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Pop Messe 2026
Pop Messe 2026 is a music festival featuring a diverse lineup at Brno's Velodrom.
Ben UFO (born Ben Thomson) is a London-based DJ who has been one of the most respected figures in underground dance music since the late 2000s. In 2007 he co-founded Hessle Audio with Pearson Sound and Pangaea - a label that reshaped the UK club scene in the post-dubstep era. His reputation rests entirely on his skills as a selector and mixer rather than on production work, and he plays everywhere from Fabric and Panoramabar to small festival stages.
Ben UFO played the closing set at the Sustain Release 2025 festival in New York; the recording was broadcast in the Hessle Audio show on Rinse FM on October 6, 2025.
Resident Advisor published a review of the set from Sustain Release, where Ben UFO blended house-electro mutations with Chicago techno and closed the set with Playboi Carti and Liquid Liquid.
Ben UFO was confirmed for the Revier Südost festival in Berlin (August 30, 2025) alongside Mura Masa and others.
Ben UFO performed at the Gяeg Residency event at the Paris Rex Club (November 14, 2025).
The Hessle Audio show on Rinse FM continues with regular broadcasts; the September 2025 episode lasted over two hours and featured 31 tracks.