Party Ben

Party Ben

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Name = Party Ben


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Birth_name = Ben Gill
Alias = Dean Gray
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Genre = mashup
Occupation = DJ
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Associated_acts = Team9
URL = [http://www.partyben.com/ Party Ben
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Party Ben is a DJ in the San Francisco area who spent many years working at local radio station Live 105 and is one of the more notable figures in the mashup scene.

Radio

From June 2003 to December 30 2005 Ben hosted the Sixx Mixx on Live 105, a weekly program consisting of a continuous half-hour of mashups. After the Sixx Mixx ended, he began airing half-hour mixes on KJEE-FM in Santa Barbara, CA and 91X in San Diego. Party Ben was also a member of the short-lived "Untitled Friday Night Show" along with Madden and Miles the Intern.

Boulevard of Broken Songs

In late 2004, Party Ben created the "Boulevard of Broken Songs" mashup, featuring elements of Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," Oasis' "Wonderwall," Travis' "Writing to Reach You" and Eminem's "Sing for the Moment." (A later version replaced the Eminem with the original source of the audio clip, Aerosmith's "Dream On.") The track became his most widely-spread work and received worldwide attention, including that of Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, who mentioned in an interview that he thought it was "cool."cite news |last=Vaziri |first=Aidin |title=A DJ's 'mash-up' of sound-alike tunes by the likes of Green Day is getting mad airplay -- and no one's sued yet |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/03/DDGTCCHQP41.DTL |publisher=Hearst Newspapers |date=2005-05-03 |accessdate=2008-08-19 ]

Collaboration

"Boulevard of Broken Songs" was the impetus for Party Ben to work with Team9 on the "American Edit" album under the alias Dean Gray, where the two mashed up the songs from Green Day's "American Idiot" album, much like DJ Danger Mouse's "The Grey Album". Recently he mashed "Every Breath You Take" by The Police and "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol to create the popular mash-up "Every Car You Chase". The mash-up has been played on many radio stations and got the attention of Snow Patrol. One of his earliest works include a collaboration of "Ohh La La" by the The Wise Guys and "Summer Nights" from the hit movie, Grease (Film).

Bootie

Party Ben is one of the resident DJs at Bootie, a monthly club night in San Francisco that showcases mashups.

References and Notes

External links

* [http://www.partyben.com Party Ben Information Systems]
* [http://theisle.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/behind-the-scene-the-party-ben-hit-parade 2007 2-part interview with Party Ben]
* [http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2005/09/050902_partyben/ Spin.com featuring Party Ben as "Band of the Day"]
* [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/03/DDGTCCHQP41.DTL "San Francisco Chronicle" profiles Party Ben] and discusses "Boulevard of Broken Songs"
* [http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=4655&IssueNum=181 "Los Angeles CityBeat" profiles Party Ben] , calling him "Mashup Man"


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