Ben Sims is one of techno’s most exciting talents -
a DJ who has stayed true to the genre’s funk, groove
and electronic fused origins whilst continuing to
embrace and nurture its development over the past
25 odd years.

Schooled on a diet of Hip Hop, Reggae, Soul, House
and Rave in the 80’s, he played a huge part in
defining British dance music in the 90s and continues
to be an ardent champion of new music, producers and
DJs via his many nights, record labels, radio shows,
podcasts and relentless touring endeavors.
As a DJ, Sims commands your attention, both visually
and musically with anything from 3 to 5 decks
running near constantly and hands, faders, effects
and EQs a blur as tunes overlap to create a dense
and quickly evolving collage of sound. Whether
playing to 50, 500, or 5000 this unbridled energy
and commitment to the art of mixing never falters
and shows why Sims is regarded as one of the true
masters on the circuit, both a DJ’s DJ and a
straight-up party rocker in equal measures.
In the studio, Sims has notched up over 50 original
productions as well as countless remixes and edits
in the past two decades. Embraced by techno’s
originators and Detroit ambassadors he’s been,
uniquely for a UK artist, called upon by Jeff Mills,
Robert Hood and Kevin Saunderson for remixes as
well as contributing to the majority of influential
European labels from Mote Evolver to Drumcode to
Cosmic to Token via Tresor, CLR, and his own (now
completed) Theory imprint.

Most recently, his disco/house leanings have
birthed Ron Bacardi, an alias that has quickly
established itself and resulted in 12”s dropping
on Bass Culture, Karlovak, Way Back Wednesday and
Hardgroove.

Outside of the studio and club, the dedication,
enthusiasm and search for the next great record/
talent continues. His monthly Run it Red radio
show on NTS Live is devoted to new music, his
club night, Machine (co-founded with
Kirk Degiorgio), was set up to only showc...