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Anthony Naples & Ben UFO

Mansions46-63 Metropolitan Ave, Queens, NY, 11385 · Map

This night happened — Thu 25 Jan 2024

Mansions Bar

Press play

Who was billed2 artists

In the order the promoter listed them.

Set times were not published.

This was a crew, not a first meeting.
the pairs that have met

All 1 pairing on this bill had shared a bill before.

  • Anthony Naples and Ben UFO — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 25 Jan 2024.

Who they are

  • Anthony Naples

    New York City · 19 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Anthony Naples is a New York City based producer, DJ, and co-founder of the record label Incienso.”

    their own biography

    Their RA profile lists Incienso and ANS.

    Last at Nowadays in Jan · often with KYRUH, DJ G., Amelia Holt, none of them here that night

  • Ben UFO

    London, United Kingdom · 22 bookings since Sep 2023

    “As one of the co-founders of Hessle Audio, Ben UFO has been responsible, alongside Pearson Sound and Pangaea, for some of the most varied and ground breaking releases of recent years.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    As one of the co-founders of Hessle Audio, Ben UFO has been responsible, alongside Pearson Sound and Pangaea, for some of the most varied and ground breaking releases of recent years. Having become immersed in the still emerging dubstep scenes in London and Leeds in 2005, his musical taste was shaped primarily by the DMZ and Sub Dub nights taking place in those cities. However, as tastes have shifted and scenes have fragmented, Ben UFO's approach to the music and to Hessle Audio itself has developed. As BPMs have dropped and influences have broadened, so too has the vision of Ben UFO's DJing. He remains one of the few DJs in the UK to have made an impact without a production career to fall back on, and as such his reputation is solely the result of his skill as a selector and as a mixer. As a result he remains in a position to fully explore sounds both old and new, across the worlds of house and garage, dubstep and grime, and further into the past. This level of commitment to the dance music of the last two decades has led to a collection of records which reflects the position London has long held as a city responsible for the constant development of forward thinking music. This is not to say that his focus is primarily on the sounds of the old school, as Ben UFO is looked to as one of the leading figures supporting up and coming producers. He was the first DJ to play material by producers such as Blawan and Joy Orbison, both now scene figureheads, and his weekly slot on London's leading ex-pirate radio station, RinseFM, is considered to be one of the only places to hear the most exclusive new music by both new and established producers. In addition to well received podcasts in magazines and websites as varied as Resident Advisor, XLR8R, Red Bull Music Academy and Fact Magazine, 2011 was the year that Ben UFO entered the world of commercially released mix CDs. His contribution to the respected RinseFM series was widely praised for its coherence despite the breadth of styles showcased, and he was placed #35 in a Resident Advisor readers’ poll to find the years best DJ. It’s a result which reflects Ben UFO’s ability to successfully present unfamiliar, experimental dance music to a diverse variety of audiences worldwide.
    Their RA profile lists Hessle Audio.

    Recently at H0L0, Camp Kennybrook · often with Helena Hauff, Shvili, Emsho, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • DJ G.3 with Anthony Naples
  • DJ'J3 with Anthony Naples
  • MORENXXX3 with Ben UFO
  • adobeprincess2 with Ben UFO
  • Alien D2 with Ben UFO
  • Amelia Holt2 with Anthony Naples
  • Bruno Schmidt2 with Ben UFO
  • Donis2 with Anthony Naples
46 said they were going — much busier than a usual Thursday at Mansions.
how this compares
  • Median final count, Thursdays at Mansions6
  • Middle half finished between3 and 14
  • Past Thursdays at this venue counted102

The room

Mansions — 545 events and 503 distinct artists since Aug 2023.

Holds about 160.

Most-tagged here: House (12) and Techno (12). genre tags on this room’s listings

Artist photos: Resident Advisor, event 1837812.

Attending counts, venue records and co-billing history: adrift’s record of New York City events.

Quoted passages are the promoter’s or the artist’s own words, unedited.