Links

- Velcro City Records (record label)
- Multipraktik Recordings (record label)
- Funklife Records (record label)
- Targetblank (Graphic Design Studio)
- Foem (Netlabel & Community)
- BeatPort (Online record Store)
- DJDownload (Online record Store)

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Biography

Benny started making music at around 1989 by influences of the growing popularity of hip hop music. Artists that inspired him back in those days were Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, NWA and Gangstarr. With primitive use of cheap equipment he managed to lay down some beats on which some of close friends started writing rap lyrics. In this time he also started collecting vinyl with which the dj-ing skills started to evolve.

After a couple years and some rap gigs later, house music started to grow in popularity. His musical interests started to shift a little bit and he began to experiment with creating this type of music. Role models started to emerge in the shape of house dj’s and producers. The main style Benny was interested in was hardcore house in those times. Dj’s and producers that were a huge inspiration were Buzz Fuzz, DJ Weirdo, Paul Elstak, Lady Dana and many more. Hardore house was at its peak in Holland and Benny started dj-ing at small rave parties.

When the hadcore house scene started to calm down a little bit, Benny began producing other types of house music like funky house, tech house and electro. Not in particularly one style on its own, but mostly a mix between these kinds. He either created traks from scratch or made remixes of all sorts of original material. This is the time when remix competitions became popular among producers, so he decided to enter a couple too. This didnt go down unnoticed. After some high rankings and also being asked to do remixes by other producers, he won his first contest and signed his first record deal.

Benny Sands uses the following gear: QuadCore PC – Steinberg Cubase 5 – Focusrite Saffire LE – KRK RP6 G2 Studio Monitors – Nord Lead 3 – Nord Lead 1 – Roland JP-8080 – E-Mu Xboard 25 – Numerous VSTi plugins