Biography
Ben XO's radio podcasts are available at http://xo.am/dnb/bd/rss and http://xo.am/electro/di/rss .
Ben XO is a drum and bass and electro house DJ from London UK.
Growing up on a diet of pirate radio in north London, UK, Ben XO began DJing in 1998 and is well known for his series of DJ demos that are regularly released onto the internet.
XO has been holding down a weekly radio show on Bassdrive, the largest drum’n'bass shoutcast station on the internet, since 2001. For 5 of those years he was also a resident on underground radio station Origin FM. He also has club residencies at Locus in Bristol and Grooverider’s Grace in London. He has played events in several continents including club nights and festivals large and small in Europe and the USA.
Since 2010 he has also had an Electro House radio show on DI.FM.
Highlights include a guest slot on Adam F’s Kiss FM show in 2005, a mix CD for the cover of Knowledge magazine in 2006, guest slots on national radio in Norway, Hungary and Estonia, and being interviewed on the subject of how the internet has changed drum’n'bass for Brian Belle-Fortune’s book “All Crews Muss Big Up”.
He was the webmaster for both www.bassdrive.com and www.dogsonacid.com for over 3 years. He is now lead web developer at Last.fm.
He also owns the record label Xposure Records.
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