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Ben UFO

Ben UFO
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About

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.

#500
Resident Advisor podcast - episode number dedicated to Ben UFO (series milestone)
2×
official mix CD (Rinse:16, 2011 and Fabriclive.67, 2013)
#35
placement in Resident Advisor Best DJ poll (year of Rinse:16 release)
2021
BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix - shortlist for mix of the year

What's new

  • 2025-10

    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.

  • 2025-10

    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.

  • 2025-08

    Ben UFO was confirmed for the Revier Südost festival in Berlin (August 30, 2025) alongside Mura Masa and others.

  • 2025-11

    Ben UFO performed at the Gяeg Residency event at the Paris Rex Club (November 14, 2025).

  • 2025-09

    The Hessle Audio show on Rinse FM continues with regular broadcasts; the September 2025 episode lasted over two hours and featured 31 tracks.

Tour

BerlinManchesterNew YorkParis

Tracks

Fabriclive.67Official mix CD for the Fabric label (2013), considered one of the best in the series
Rinse:16First commercially released mix CD (2011), which got him into the RA Best DJ poll
RA.500Mix for Resident Advisor for the 500th episode of the podcast (2015) - a prestigious milestone of the series
BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix 2021Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1 (September 2021), shortlisted for mix of the year
Hessle Audio show (Rinse FM)Regular radio show on Rinse FM, broadcast since 2007 to the present day

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