Ben Watt

Hello, and welcome to myspzzzzz. Unlike many pages up here, this one is actually genuine and you are reading content actually posted by me. First let’s get a few things out of the way. Yes, I am/was that bloke in Everything But The Girl. Yes, I recorded ’North Marine Drive’ in my youth. Yes, I have been a DJ for over 10 years. Yes, I wrote a book in 1996 called ’Patient’ about surviving an extremely rare life-threatening illness. Yes, I now run two independent record labels called Buzzin’ Fly (House and Techno flavours) and Strange Feeling (Alt-Indie). OK, that’s that cleared up.
Upcoming biz. Buzzin’ Fly celebrates its 5th Birthday this year. We release a triple unmixed compilation in June, two parts retrospective, one part future-facing with brand new tracks. It is called ’Buzzin’ Fly - 5 Golden Years In The Wilderness’. Stay focussed, folks!
Other Buzzin’ Fly hazards in your way - Justin Martin’s ’Chaos Restored’ mix CD (came out Nov 2007 but still ace) and the debut studio album from Mlle Caro & Franck Garcia (out Feb 2008) and even more ace......................................................... ........................................................
So ... what else is new? Buzzin’ Fly is throwing parties every other month on a Saturday at The End in central London. I have just been made a resident at We Love Space Sundays in Ibiza this year. Look out for me on June 15, Jul 6 and twice in September. Meanwhile, the Buzzin’ Fly Radio Show that I present and edit moves to a new weekly slot on Kiss FM on Wed Apr 23. If you can’t tune in live we do a worldwide LISTEN AGAIN re-stream for 7 days at the Buzzin’ Fly website.
On the Strange Feeling front, ’When The Deer Wore Blue’ by Figurines is out now (look out for ace Prins Thomas remix) and there is stuff in the pipeline from The Unbending Trees and others.
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Meanwhile, here are some more tender portraits. Above - relaxed and ’enjoying myself’ at DC10 in Ibiza. Below - Tracey’s awesome organic vegetable garden. Check those lettuces, folks!
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I also add new music to this page - some by me, some by artists on Buzzin’ Fly or Strange Feeling. And for a final flourish, here is a pic a grass verge in Santa Monica the morning after a gig at Deep in Hollywood recently.
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Incidentally, you can buy all of the Buzzin’ Fly and Strange Feeling catalogue at the Buzzin’ Fly Online Shop including 320kbps MP3 downloads.
As for the back story, I’m sure many of you know I have been in a band with Tracey Thorn for 25 years called Everything But The Girl . We made nine studio albums, and travelled all over the world. Some of the records were good, some not so good, some were hits, some were flops, but that’s life. If you’re new to this information, our biggest records were Missing (1995) and the Walking Wounded album (1996). There is a nice collection we assembled called ’Like The Deserts Miss The Rain’ in 2002 if you wanna start somewhere. In 1998 I moved away from the mainstream and set up an underground club night playing deep house with Jay Hannan. It was called Lazy Dog. It happened every other Sunday in London for five years. We released a couple of compilation albums and made lots of people very happy. Lazy Dog folded in 2003. I set up my own independent label called Buzzin’ Fly Records the same year. We put out mainly underground house and techno records and compilations. The label is basically a vehicle for my own dance-oriented productions eg ’Lone Cat’ (2003), ’A Stronger Man’ (2003), ’Outspoken Vol 1’ (2005), but more importantly a place for new talent and DJ-producers on their first record, people like Justin Martin, Rodamaal, Manoo and Francois A, Kayot, Darkmountaingroup. There is a cool Buzzin’ Fly Forum too with hundreds of people chatting about deep house, music, tunes they love, recommended stuff. I DJ all over the world and we throw regular Buzzin’ Fly parties in London. You can buy Buzzin’ Fly stuff like records, tees and badges at the Buzzin’ Fly Online Shop . People ask if I will record with Tracey again. Of course this is a possibility but not right now. Tracey put out a wonderful solo album in early 2007 (her first stuff for ages) called ’Out Of The Woods’ but apart from offering moral support (yes, we are a couple and have been for 25 years) I was not involved. That’s about it. Here’s a pic of somewhere I love - the beach promenade near Branksome Chine in Dorset. Best buzzin’ ... Ben
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