BEN BUSINOVSKI

Ben was born in 1980. He grew up in a small industrial town in eastern Australia called 'Wollongong'. Wollongong, as anyone who has ever lived there would tell you, is the closest you can get to an Australian version of Detroit.

Ben's earliest exposure to music was 70's and 80's Italo Disco. His Dad had an extensive record collection from his time as a DJ in communist Yugoslavia. Ben studied classical piano for 12 years, but spent more time trying to emulate Giorgio Moroder bass lines on his Yamaha PSR-75 than practicing his scales. His uncle was the late Miroslav Businovski, a virtuoso clarinet player in the Yugoslavian and later Macedonian philharmonic orchestra.

Miroslav must be turning in his grave to find out his young protégé turned out to be nothing more than a part-time techno producer.

He was introduced to Detroit techno in 1997 when he moved to Perth during high school. He would spend all night listening to the Looney Choons program and Ben Stinga's 'Underground Solution' on local community radio station RTRFM. A live interview with Eddie Flashin' Fowlkes made a deep impact on him, as did a song by a then 19 year old Russian producer in South Korea by the name of Alex Kislytson. The song 'Yesterday' on Chris Grey's 'Deep 4 Life' label sent Ben on a mission to get his own music released someday.

He studied English Literature at University, and continued to make music in his spare time. He never expected anything like a record deal to come out of his hobby, but after suggestions made by some friends, he sent out some demos and was pleasantly surprised with signings to Justin Berkovi's Predicaments label, and Basic Implant's Toneman sublabel 'Musicfirst' in 2003. The Predicaments EP was subsequently licensed to Universal Records in the Netherlands in 2004. 2005 saw the release of 'La Cicatriz' on Spanish net label 'Offaudio'.

2006 will see Ben release on Detroit inspired label Code316 from France. His secret love affair with Italo Disco will also come out into the open with two releases with New York electro outfit 'Hongkong Counterfeit' and Gigolos singer 'Marc Ayats' from France. Other releases on German net labels 'Shrimps and Chips' and 2600 Records are scheduled for this year too.

Ben's resides in South Korea, where he works by day as an ESL teacher, and terrorizes his girlfriend and neighbors with bass by night.

Predicaments – Subway EP – 2003
Toneman/Musicfirst! – Mo(ve)ments EP – 2003
EEM – Various Artists – EEM Vol. 1 feature track ‘ Displacement ’ – 2003
Universal NL ID &T Techno 3 – Subway - 2004
Offaudio – La Cicatriz EP – 2005 www.offaudio.com
Code 316 Records – Temporary Empires EP
AKAltd – Spacer Woman Album – Ben Businovski vs Hong Kong Counterfeit
Kinetik Media – Hong Kong Counterfeit Tribute CD – Metal Disco (Businovski feat Ayats.)

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