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February 25 has come and gone, and Benga's Chapter II is still not here. While there's no confirmation on when we can expect this album to be released, Benga did launch a new website, benga.co.uk ...
In 2002, the then-16 year-old Croydon DJ Benga released his first single, “Skank”, an exploratory 2-step track that took ... of his third full-length, Chapter II, one thing is clear: this ...
The 25-year-old Magnetic Man member now has his sophomore solo album Chapter 2 set for release next month. We sat down with Benga to talk about his live show, the new LP, skydiving and what to ...
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Benga has announced that his forthcoming album, Chapter II, is streaming right now; you can listen to the entire project via this website. DAD's definitely loving what we're hearing, including ...
That’s not to say that Chapter II lacks edge – its exuberant tunes are propelled by Benga’s powerful, versatile touch, from electro boogie opener Yellow to the catchy ‘ecstasy’ refrain ...
He’ll release ‘Chapter 2’ in October, taking his ‘Katy On ... on top of the song’s WUB. In July, Benga told NME: “I’ve been seen to say that dubstep is the music of our generation ...
Dubstep innovator Benga released his new album, Chapter II, yesterday. It’s his third solo album, and, explaining how his work producing Katy B and Magnetic Man has influenced the new LP, he says: ...
Benga tries to move on with Chapter II, which diverts the big wobbly basslines into reggae (“Warzone”), chart-pop (“Smile”) and Prodigy-style mayhem (“Higher Speed”) but the results ...
There’s more than enough of this kind of fare to make Chapter II well worth investigating. Listening to the fantastic, squeaky-synth laced slow-roller, “Running”, for instance, you might wonder if ...