BEN NOTT | GUEST MIX | FRICTION w/ B-THAM

FRICTION welcomes BLUEPRINT owner/founder, BEN NOTT from Sydney Australia. Blueprint is a well known Sydney collective that throws warehouse parties, club events and has hosted some of the worlds best acts. Then moving onto Ben, a humble and well respected artist with a character that is synonymous with a person that is grounded in life. Friction is stoked to have Ben in for a guestmix.

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BEN NOTT

(Blueprint/Sydney)

It began in the USA at the end of the 90’s, where Chicago house and Detroit Techno legends; Paul Johnson, Derrick Carter, Juan Atkins, Slater Hogan, Kevin Saunderson and the like showed Ben the light and lead him to the decks then into the promoter world, There was no turning back. The new Millennium saw Ben relocating to the UK and regularly DJing all over Europe with all the big boys such as Steve Lawler, Hernan Cattaneo, Danny Howells, Layo & bushwacka and Sasha plus hosting his own Club night; Ultra, which was based in Birmingham and at one point was a feature on Pete Tongs bbc radio one show as one of the best night in the country!

After a decade of being heavily involved in all aspects of Europe’s club culture, A new adventure was calling – Sydney Australia was next, where he worked with Funktion One and built his own party BLUEPRINT, considered one of the cities best underground parties today. In his own words i‘ve always looked for melody and journey in all music I listen to and play, dj sets are a story”

Since the conception of Blueprint 4 years ago Ben has taken the events and his Dj gigs next level, Blueprint has held x100+ events all over Sydney and recently Melbourne, has weekly radio shows on Bondi Beach & VR radio plus featured some of the worlds best underground artist while also regularly playing for S.A.S.H, CicoLoco, Electric Gardens, Shipwrecked Nz, Cloud 9- Fiji, Subsonic, Division, Burdekin, T-1000, Revolver, Breakfast Club, Maitreya, Return to Rio, Strawberry fields, kiss fm and just about every other promoter and club around Sydney and a far!

For 2018 its set to get even busier with more shows, bigger acts and Dj gigs around Australia and overseas, plus running his own club the Junction in Sydney with has turned into one of cities top venues featuring all the big when in town, there’s no stopping him anytime soon, see you on the dance floor!

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Check out last weeks episode below to keep you grooving until this Wed at 10pm, and remember to keep tuning into Friction every week as we welcome the following guests up to the Friction waves, including Andrew Wowk, Charles Oliver, Christian Kerr, Dave Juric, Fütwerk, Lask, Mittens, Suki, Timothy Weston.