aaamusic | On 24, Feb 2012

Benga- I Will Never Change

 

http://soundcloud.com/iambenga/i-will-never-change

 

 

Available to download – March 5

 

First listen to new music from forthcoming solo album

 

By way of introduction to Benga’s sure to be big 2012, ‘I Will Never Change’ is the first release to lead into his debut major label solo album ‘Chapter 2’, (Columbia Records, August).

 

A rather epic instrumental, ‘I Will Never Change’ will be available to stream online from Friday Feb 24 with the download date set for March 5.

 

Benga is one of the UKs most seminal and forward thinking producers, he’s been making music since he was a whipper-snapper – originally creating tracks on his playstation with fellow beat head Skream after school.  His work with Katy B (most notably Katy On A Mission), Skream and as one third of Magnetic Man, have already seen him build up a mighty impressive back catalogue. This step into the solo artist world for his debut album looks set to draw on all his prolific and varied work to date.

 

As one of the most in demand DJs around right now (individually and alongside Skream), March will see Benga embark on his first full DJ tour of Europe, with Youngman covering MC duties for most of them. This tour, alongside ‘I Will Never Change’, will be followed by the first single proper in May, as well as a brand new, super exciting live show leading into the album in August.

 

By the sounds of this teaser – Benga is set to stamp his mark all over 2012 – as a DJ, as a producer and now as an artist in his own right.

http://www.facebook.com/iambenga

DJ tour dates:

 

Friday 24th February – Brighton Audio

Saturday 25th February – Plymouth University

Sunday 26th February – Swansea Sin City

Tuesday 28th February – Leeds Mint Club

Wednesday 29th February – Coventry Kasbah

Thursday 1st March – Loughborough Echoes

Friday 2nd March – London Fabric

Saturday 3rd March – Bristol Motion

Friday 9th March – Manchester Sankeys

Saturday 10th March – Sheffield Tuesday Club

Monday 12th March – Liverpool Magnet

Wednesday 14th March – Southampton Oceana