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Ben Watt has a music career spanning over 25 years as one half of UK Everything But The Girl with the pinnacle of their success being Missing a billboard chart big hitter. Since the mid 90s, Ben has risen to international DJ after him Tracey (his partner in life and EBTG) collaborated with the likes of Massive Attack on Protection and released Walking Wounded.

In 1998 Ben established the seminal London Deep House Sunday club and compilation series, Lazy Dog, with Jay Hannan. He also knocked out some acclaimed re-rubs for Sade, Sunshine Anderson, Zero 7, and Sandy Rivera, and has since mixed and produced music for Beth Orton.

In April 2003 Ben launched his own independent record label and club night, Buzzin' Fly, and his series of best-selling Buzzin' Fly mix CDs. The label won Best Breakthrough Label at the House Music Awards 2004 and Best Label in 2005. Now a well revered DJ on London's club scene, 2005 saw Ben tour the festival circuit, from Homelands and Coachella to Lovebox Weekender) and he currently fronts Buzzin' Fly's two new London residencies - monthly underground Sundays at Plastic People, and quarterly events at The End.

I Like Music caught up with Ben Watt to talk about the Buzzin' Fly Winter Party, working with Beth Orton, and the sweet success of Everything But The Girl's 'Missing.'

"I like music because… it's there."
BEN WATT

ILM: Galaxy DAB will be broadcasting Ben Watts (EBTG) Buzzin' Fly Winter Party Fri 19th @ The End. And you're headlining a two room monster bash. What can people expect from this winter party?

BEN: We've been doing parties at the End as Buzzin' Fly for 18 months now. And, more recently, we've tried to make the two rooms offer something a bit different to each other and it seems to go down very well with the crowd. We're doing the Buzzin' Fly vibe in the main room this time, me and Chris Woodward and Justin Martin playing, but we decided to have something a bit different in the lounge, so we asked Tom Middleton to come and play, and I've just given him a remit to do anything he likes really and, once that was in place, I thought, why not go one step further and have someone really super. I ran into Nick Luscombe at a gig at the Luminaire in Kilburn a few months ago and I said how do you fancy coming and doing something for Buzzin' Fly?' and he said 'Are you joking?' and I said, 'No, come and do a gig for us, come and play.' And he said, 'great'.

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