Buzzin' Fly Records

07/01/2023

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12/05/2021

Ben covers Ten City’s house classic That’s The Way Love Is on his new mini-album. Full story, streams and video - http://bit.ly/storm-shelter

6-track piano-vocal set, companion piece to Storm Damage, includes covers of Sharon Van Etten and Ten City

05/05/2020

Stock of new Temperamental double vinyl re-issue has arrived! Out May 8 2020 on Buzzin' Fly/Chrysalis. Hi-fidelity half-speed master cut at Abbey Road. Heavyweight pressing. Lyric sheet insert. Pre-order direct from artist at Unmade Road, or other retailers. All links → https://ebtg.lnk.to/TemperamentalVinyl

02/12/2019

Check this performance video. Ben's new 'future-retro trio'. Piano, double bass, drums, 808 kick, Juno 106 and samples. See them live!

24/09/2019

"I was after a timeless-meets-modern live jam - the directness of an unadorned trio capturing the spirit; and the samples, synthetics and electronic boom capturing the psychological mood."

Ben Watt is back with a new and different solo album →

I'm excited to tell you my fourth album, Storm Damage is out on January 31. The first track I'm sharing is out today. It's called Sunlight Follows The Night with a video by Rahim Moledina, who wrote and directed the video for Hendra in 2014. I am also announcing a new UK tour for early next year. (More countries to be added soon.)

Pre-order album - https://ben-watt.lnk.to/StormDamageSo
See video - https://ben-watt.lnk.to/SFTNSo/youtube
Stream single - https://ben-watt.lnk.to/SFTNSo
Book tickets - http://benwatt.com/dates

The album has a fresh approach. It forgoes the twin-guitar approach of the last two, and shifts focus onto what I'm loosely calling "a future-retro trio" of upright piano, double bass and hybrid acoustic-electronic drums, all set against a backdrop of lone analogue synths, spiralling echo spins and impressionistic 'found sounds' that I adapted from online public-domain recording archives. Low's Alan Sparhawk makes a great guest appearance.

I was after a timeless-meets-modern live jam - the directness of an unadorned trio capturing the spirit; and the samples, synthetics and electronic boom capturing the psychological mood. Sometimes repeating yourself musically feels disrespectful to the sharpness of your feelings. You have to search for a new way to capture the energy.

The ten songs came out of an intense period of personal anguish and political anger. My closest half-brother died unexpectedly in 2016, only four years after my half-sister. I got stuck for a year, angry inside and angry at the political world casually detonating around me. I felt half powerless, half driven. When the songs finally emerged, some were dark, yes, but there is always room for light. Always. I just tried to put that across.

Anyway, I really hope you like it. There are links below to pre-order the album, watch the video, stream the single, and - if you pre-order the album from the official store before October 1 - you can get access to priority tickets for my UK tour before they go on sale to the general public on October 4. (You can also just go the official store and register for priority ticket access without pre-ordering too.)

Photo: Antonio Olmos

24/05/2018

We’ve been quiet lately, yes, but we made a new email mailing list so you don’t miss out on vintage DJ mixes, re-releases, special editions and any new stuff. It replaces the old list. Stay in touch →

17/02/2018

Need an inspirational playlist? Since 2014 Ben Watt has added gems to SpinCycle, his infinite Spotify mixtape. Multi-genre. New, old, rare. Now 600 songs. Find something unexpected to love.

A never-ending mixtape. Music I love. New, old, rare. Regularly updated. Find me on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Spotify | Or at benwatt.com

27/01/2018

In 2011 Mano Le Tough dropped the classic Stories EP on Buzzin' Fly. He delivered this sparkling 60 min DJ mix too → http://buzzinfly.com/buzzin-fly/mixes/

Vintage DJ mixes. Buzzin' Fly party sessions. Ben Watt live. Guest mixes from the radio show.

03/01/2018

Happy new year, everyone. Buzz buzz.

Ben Watt’s fourth Buzzin’ Fly mix compilation, Buzzin’ Fly Volume 4, was released in 2007. Recorded the same year, here is his three-hour DJ set at the SQ Club in Poznań, Poland.

07/12/2017

VINTAGE MIX - Just uploaded. Rocco Rodamaal, Live, Buzzin’ Fly at Neighbourhood, 18.04.2004. Listen now → http://buzzinfly.com/buzzin-fly/mixes/

Vintage DJ mixes. Buzzin' Fly party sessions. Ben Watt live. Guest mixes from the radio show.

01/12/2017

Up to Number 6 in the Mixcloud Electronic Chart!

Live DJ set recorded at the Buzzin' Fly 5th Birthday in the main room at The End in London in the summer of 2008.

28/11/2017

FRESH VINTAGE MIXES. Charles Webster at our 5th Birthday in 2008. And a Dixon guest mix from 2007. Via . Play → http://buzzinfly.com/buzzin-fly/mixes/

23/11/2017

Only 2 days after it we uploaded it, a recording of Ben Watt Live on the Space Terrace in Ibiza 2009, has jumped into the Mixcloud Deep House Top 10.

Ben Watt was a resident DJ on Sundays for We Love at Space in Ibiza for three years. Here is one of his early summer terrace sets.

20/11/2017

Hear vintage DJ sets! Today we begin a new journey on the Buzzin' Fly website with the launch of our brand new Mixes page. We start with Ben Watt on the Space Terrace in Ibiza in 2009, and Manoo on the Buzzin' Fly Radio Show the same year. More to come. Buzz buzz → http://buzzinfly.com/buzzin-fly/mixes/

19/11/2017

MIXTAPE: Best of Buzzin’ Fly. New Spotify playlist of the label’s best-selling and most enduring tracks → bit.ly/bestbuzz

The ten-year heyday of Buzzin' Fly Records ran from 2003-2013. Leading-edge deep house and electronica. Here are the best-sellers and most enduring tracks.

08/11/2017

We just launched our brand new website. A home for all three imprints - Buzzin' Fly, Strange Feeling, Unmade Road. Full catalogue interaction, new label histories, unseen photos, online shop for rare vinyl, state-of-the-art responsive design. Jump in → http://www.buzzinfly.com

04/11/2017