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March 2009 DJ Chart

Here’s the Ben Brown Beatport Chart for March 2009. A little bit of house, techno, and progressive in this one.

Ben Brown Beatport Chart

https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/chart/detail/14914/Ben%20Brown%20March%202009%20Jams

Ben Brown March 2009 Chart Tracklist:

1. Ben Brown – Chinstroke [Audio Logic]
2. Faithless – Music Matters (Axwell Remix) [Toolroom]
3. Gui Boratto – No Turning Back [Kompakt]
4. Nosmo v Kris B & Ben Brown – La Cocina (Liluca Remix) [Nightshade]
5. Ian Pooley – Difference [ Simple]
6. X-Press 2 – London Xpress (Cagedbaby Chateau Remix) [ Skint]
7. Emerson Todd – My Eyes [Anabolic]
8. Golden Girls – Kinetic (ATFC Remix) [Floorplay]
9. John Selway, Christian Smith – Swingworld [Jericho]
10. Pryda – Animal [Pryda]

* keep in mind that the beatport charts are for music that is already released on beatport.com

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Chinstroke / 151 DJ Feedback + Reviews

Reviews of Chinstroke & 151

Out now on Audio Logic : http://www.beatport.com/labels/audio+logic+recordings.

Good to see some support on this EP.  Thanks to everyone.

DJ Reviews:

Andre Solaris – Wow! Ben doensn’t dissapoint. 151 is totally up my alley…dark alley. 9/10

Blake Jarrell - Chinstroke is Good Stuff! 8/10

Bs As Deep – Thanks for the EP. Both tracks are good but my favorite is 151! You have my full support 8/10

Christopher Manik – Cool tracks! 151 has an old school flavor it. Nice stuff from Ben as usual. 8/10

Flash Brothers – Supporting Chinstroke 7/10

Harry Lemon – Supporting 151. 7/10

Jaytech – Really liking both of these – thanks! 8/10

Kev O’Brien – Chinstroke is right on the money. 151 is not really my style as much, but has a big peak hour energy which I can see a lot of people liking. 4/5

Luke Porter – I love Chinstroke, fucking chunky as hell! 8/10

Mashtronic – Chinstroke is awesome. Will hammer this for sure. 9/10

Matt Rowan - Really enjoying both tunes. Big peak time stuff from Ben… well done! 8/10

Mike Hiraztka – Chinstroke is really nice, cool groove, some great sounds and as always Ben’s production is excellent. 8/10

Nico Heins – Chinstroke is a monster! The spacious, heavy groove and elusive lead makes this a peak time bomb not to be messed with! 9/10

Row – Ben delivered once again. Both tracks are great productions and Chinstroke will be in the bag for my next gigs! 9/10

Sasha Le Monnier – 151 is certainly rolling along with a rather FAT, Hypnotic sound… sweet! Chinstroke is a lovely track for warming up with… sweet stuff! 4.5 / 5

Seneca – Chinstroke is one of my favorite releases to date! 9/10

Shawn Michaels - Solid production. 151 is a BOMB! 9/10

Stefan (Progressive-World.at) – Chinstroke is awesome! Proper dance floor stuff which will manage to do some damage on the floors worldwide! 151 is amazing as well! That’s the way progressive house should sound! 9/10

The Funky Bastard - Supporting Chinstroke 7/10

Thomas Sagstad - Bouncy, I like it! Chinstroke is my choice.

Topher Jones – 151 is a really nice tune. Liked it the first time I heard it! 7/10

Tyler Hampton – Chinstroke is massive! Really groovy stuff… it will definitely get some plays from me. 9/10

More DJ Support

Spesh (Jondi & Spesh) (USA)
(Loöq Records, Loöq Radio, Qoöl, Jondi & Spesh)

“chinstroke is cool. big room house”

Chloe Harris (USA)
(further, b-sides, proton radio, litheum, machine agency, djdownload)

“Another great release from Ben.” – 4.0 / 5

DiscoJunk (USA)
(Relentless Beats, House 7340, Myst, Event Vibe, London West)

“Nice EP, Chonstroke track is good”

Chris Drifter (Hungary)
(SoundTribe Rekords, Plastic Fantastic, Existence, Pure.Fm, Danceradio.Gr)

“Ben Brown drops another bomb with this release. Love the energy behind these tracks.” – 4.5 / 5

Dirty [M] (USA)
(Solvent Entertainment, www.thebeat713.com)

“Chinstoke is absolute peak time gem” – 4.0 / 5

PaavoU (Estonia)
(www.clubeden.ee, www.clubliverpool.ee, www.djclub.ee, www.dps.ee)

“liking the parts with the weirder melodies in Chinstroke, blends nicely into the chunky parts. Nice mix of styles on 151, housey elements, trancey drive and a 303 ” – 4.5 / 5

Nosmo v Kris B (USA)
(Armada, Baroque, Nightshade Music, DI.fm, Protonradio.com)

“Chinstroke is great, rolling with a nice electro edge. ” – 4.0 / 5

Ben Coda (UK)
(Overcast, Toes in the Sand, Polytechnic Recordings)

“Another solid release from Ben Brown. Consistently badass. ” – 4.0 / 5

Ray Mack (USA)
(DI.fm, ETN.fm, Snazzy Recordings, Boilerhouse Recordings, afterhoursdjs.org, Episode Jakarta)

“Love chinstroke, techy drums and percussion while the melodies are progressive, makes it fantastic. I charted this guy this month, lets see what happens next month. Great job” – 4.5 / 5

Peter McGill (N. Ireland)
(Freaks Culture Records, Monu Digital, Twister Tunes, Forza Records)

“That chinstroke track is massive!!!” – 5.0 / 5

Roell Sapphire (Netherlands)
(Magnitude Recordings, Stuccato Fusion)

“”151″ is a bomb! with a hard driving beat and bass and some twisted sounds on top….. i love it!” – 4.5 / 5

Jim_Star (Canada)
(www.alicemanagement.com ; no sound)

“Excellent work again by Ben Brown. ” – 4.0 / 5

Aaron Lee (USA)
(Giant Squid Recordings/Ultramusique/Nightshade Records/Twenty40 Nightlife/Pure.FM)

“151..is certainly rolling along with a rather FAT, Hypnotic sound..sweet. Chinstroke lovely tracks for warming up woith..sweet stuff!” – 4.5 / 5

Sasha Le Monnier (UK)
(Source Of Gravity/Ascension Records/Nightshade Music /Balkan Connection/Pangea Recordings/Bellarine)

“Chinstroke is right on the money, niiice. 151 not really my style as much, but has a big peak hour energy which I can see a lot of people liking.” – 4.0 / 5

Kev Obrien (USA)
(Stranjj Recordings | ProgressiveHouse.com | ExposureNYC | Proton Radio )

“Great ep with some interesting tunes. Chinstroke is a nice funky piece and 151 is an upbeat tune with a trance edge to it.” – 4.0 / 5

Jehr (USA)

“Really great progressive sounds with elements of tech ! Fantastic vibe!” – 5.0 / 5

Streamteck (Ukraine)
(Dance radio Kiss FM/Club Saxon(Kyiv)/ Relax recordings/)

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Ben Brown, Nosmo, Kris B – ‘La Cocina&...

Nosmo v Kris B & Ben Brown – “La Cocina” Remixes Pt 2

Remixes by Mazi, Andrew K, Liluca, K Loud, Bedlam Knights, and Banx

Ben Brown , Nosmo, Kris B - La Cocina

Recently licensed to Global Underground 36, the “La Cocina” saga continues as Nightshade Music has put out another group of remixes to go with a group of already stellar tracks from the first pack. Included in this round is the Mazi Dubstramental, Andrew K‘s Remix and Dub, and three diffrerent remixes from Liluca,  K Loud, Banx, and Bedlam Knights.

You can check out free samples of the remixes and download the tracks here at the Ben Brown Beatport Download Page.
Links:

• Nightshade Music
• Nosmo
• Kris B
• Mazi
• Andrew K

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Ben Brown – Tuesday Night Heroes [Nightshade...

Ben Brown – Tuesday Night Heroes Download

[Nightshade Music]

Ben Brown - Tuesday Night Heroes

Nightshade Music

The newest Ben Brown track, “Tuesday Night Heroes” is now available as an exclusive download at the fine internet dance music retailer, Beatport. It is out on Nightshade music, run by Nosmo and Kris B. This pack also contains remixes from The Flyers and Yura Popov.

You can check out samples and downloads of Tuesday Night Heroes here
Also check out the recent release of Ben Brown , Austin Azua – Night Train on Audio Logic Recordings

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Darren Emerson – “Global Underground 3...

Darren Emerson – Global Underground 36 Bogota

Featuring Nosmo v Kris B, Ben Brown – La Cocina (Mazi Dubstramental Remix)

Darren Emerson GU 036 Bogota

A collaboration between myself and the guys behind Nightshade Music, Nosmo and Kris B has just been licensed to Darren Emerson‘s new mix compilation for the Global Underground series. The Mazi Remix is the track that made the cut. The mix CD, recorded live in Bogota, is coming out on March 2nd, 2009.

Here’s Darren Emerson’s tracklist for the GU 36 double CD (we are on the 2nd disc):

And a sample of the track:

[audio: BenBrown_Nosmo_KrisB-La_Cocina_Mazi_Dubstramental.mp3]

The track is currently available for download on the Ben Brown Beatport Page

Cheers!
-Ben

Links:

• Darren Emerson’s Site
• Mazi
• Nightshade Music
• Global Underground