"Escaspism Part One" hears Ben cutting, hacking and scratching through 41 Tracks in 77 minutes. recorded live, it merges texture and tone with kick-bass and hard beats; trademark rhythmic body music. Blending drawn-out fades with quick, trick-mixes it charges along; looped-up, spun back and straight-ahead. In short, it states the healths of a global sound, packed with examples strong and skilful. Undoubtedly, the compilation market is saturated. but despite being consistenly demeaned in the press, and degraded by the cynical "best of/most of" marketing elsewhere, its probably never been a more productive format.whether its a collection of proudly compiled classics, a jigsaw-pieced trip doused in the studio trickery , or a one-take tour-de-force, it´s the dj as an artist , the modern mixtape culture. Ben Sims operates five labels: hardgroove, symbolism, killa bite, theory and ingoma, his hottest new imprimt, and he has employed a definite function to each. Ben has been acknowledge by contemporaries as creating a tangible techno style-shift, his work supported by a broad cross-section of djs and featured on high-profile labels such as tresor and primate. he has remixed green velvet, blake baxter, adam beyer and oliver ho(audio35) amongst others and has a fothcoming artist album on the forward thinking uk-label peacefrog. a number of close friendships have formed too, bolstered through remixes and collaborations, likeminds continuing to throw oneanother forward. So sit back and press play for inspiration!