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Who Is Benga?
Benga (born Adegbenga Adejumo,
28 November 1986) is a British dubstep music producer from Croydon. As a boy he
used to hang out at the Big Apple record shop in Croydon and make his own tunes
at home on PlayStation. The tunes caught the attention of dubstep producer
Hatcha, who worked at the shop, and by the age of 15 Benga had made his first
record, "Skank", released on Big Apple's own record label. He was
also one of the first dubstep producers when the style was emerging in the
early 2000s. He has been featured on a variety of compilations including Mary
Anne Hobbs's Warrior Dubz, Tempa's The Roots of Dubstep and the BBC Radio 1Xtra
anniversary mix. Benga is also noted for using acoustic drums on some songs,
including "Live Drums" and "Evolution".
In 2007 Benga, along with fellow
producers Skream and Artwork, formed the dubstep supergroup Magnetic Man.
Benga released the cross-over
anthem "Night" with DMZ's Coki in early 2008, followed by his second
album, Diary of an Afro Warrior, both on Tempa. Resident Advisor described it
as "one of the most anticipated LPs in dubstep yet."
From January 2011, Benga joined
BBC Radio 1 with Skream as part of 'In New DJ's We Trust' and now they present
a weekly show on Friday nights. Skream and Benga performed together at Field
Day music festival in Sydney, Australia on New Years Day 2012.
Benga was caught up in an online
storm in July of 2012 after reportedly saying he wished to remove himself from
dubstep, insisting that he didn't want to be a part of the genre anymore. He
went on to clarify his comments saying "For me to remain creative, I’ve
kinda not got to call my music dubstep and for me to keep pushing boundaries
and moving around, making songs... I can’t call myself dubstep."
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