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Benjamin Vial take a us on a trip back in time with a hour of classic breaks on this edition of the APE Music podcast.

Along side PMT 'Gyromancer', Prodigy 'Jericho' and Altern 8 'Frequency' Benjamin Vial also mixes in his new APE release 'Empire' and 'Back Control' resulting in one of the best mixes this podcast has ever showcased.

Tracklisting

01. The Shamen 'Hyperreal (Meat Beat Manifesto Dirtiest Dub)'
02. Boom Boom Satellites '4 A Moment Of Silence'
03. The Future Sound Of London 'We Have Explosive (Mantronik Plastic Formula #1)'
04. Leftfield feat. Bambaataa 'Afrika Shox (Jedi's…

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Out on 14/10/10

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Ape is back and for this release we’ve gone all conty-nonty-nental and that (well France and Sheffield but still)

We at Ape towers have a lil bit of something different for you with this release in the form of 2 tunes from French house/techno supremo Benjamin Vial

Especially for us, Monsieur B. Vial has shunned his four to the floor leanings in favour of something much more breaks n bass flavoured!

First up we have ‘Empire’, a big 808 kick led garagey beast that booms from the start, winding in a wicked old…

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Special guest mix time on the Beatz and Bobz show this week and we present to you all the way from Russia… DJ Gira. DJ Gira, Margarita Gira, was born and grew up in the nice city of Kaliningrad, Russia. With a residency at 'Life Energy' in 'Matrix' expect big things fom this rising star.

More info myspace | soundcloud | website

Also don't forget the competition is still on to win Ben & Lex T-Shirts… full info on how to enter can be found on the Ben & Lex blog

** Ben and Lex Mix **

01. A…

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Here it is.. our no holds barred, pure funking rave of a set which was recorded live from the JamTheChannel tent at the Aeon 2010

01. Ben and Lex 'Intro'
02. Bass Nectar 'Here We Go (Ben & Lex Edit)'
03. Will Bailey and Punk Rolla 'Kata'
04. Freestylers 'Cracks (CTRL Z Remix)'
05. Wolfgang Gartner 'Flashback'
06. Ben and Lex 'Damage'
07. AnTITo and Nicolas Strands 'Wonky Funck (Mahesa Ultara Dirty Mix)'
08. Krafty Kuts vs Jack Beats 'Bring It On'
09. Tai 'Rocking The Set'
10. Ben and Lex 'Rock n Rolla VIP'
11.…

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Having recieved the quite frankly LUSH 'Ninja Tune XX' Box set this week I did a special on the awesome power of the Ninja Tune. First half is classics, second half is out there! Enjoy

01. Cold Cut 'More Beats and Pieces'
02. Roots Manuva 'Witness (1 Hope) (Modeselektor's Troublemaker Remix)'
03. Mr. Scruff 'Get A Move On'
04. Cold Cut 'Timber (Seiji Remix)'
05. DJ Food 'Dark Lady (Alix Perex Remix)'
06. The Bug ft. Warrior Queen 'Poison Dart'
07. DJ Food 'Scratch Yer Head (Squarepusher Remix)'
08. Wagon Christ 'Saddic Gladdic'…

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A change from the normal formula this week as we have two guest mixes for your listening pleasure. First up we have a guest mix I did for DVNT's MANTIS show and returning the favour the second half is handed over to a dark and menacing mix from DVNT. Back to back guest mix action which im sure you will enjoy. For more info on DVNT and MANTIS please check out the Darkfloor website where you will find a massive amount of brilliant music.

Metro Boy Mix

01. Intro
02. SCKE 'Airplane 1981'
03. Metro Boy 'Drone.3'
04. Binaural…

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Competition time this week as we have 3 t-shirts to give away to our lucky listeners and its mega super simple to enter. All you have to do is listen to the show to get the details and send us a postcard to 'Ben and Lex', 16 Welcome Street, Exeter, Devon, EX28EN, UK. Thats it. We will keep this competition open till 20th October and then pick 3 winners at random. We have all sizes, men and womens tees as well so EVERYONE can enter no matter where in the world you may be :)

If the postcard is…

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Oh yes it's bloody relentless round here! Ape is launchin into its twenties with a mahhhooooosive release.

The chart-topping old-jackin Freerange DJs are b-b-b-back from the old jack.

After 5 months of their last single dominating the charts (and it's still in there!!), Ape's badboys are back and fap on my back, they do not disappoint one lil bit.

"When I heard the mini drop at 3.03 I swear on my gran's tits a little bit of the happy juice came out" (Lex, APE Music)

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The forth and final part of the Full Cycle sessions running from release 60 through to 93. Loads of Clipz tracks plus Krust, Die and of course Roni Size. After 4 sessions and over 8 hours of Drum and Bass I think I missed two or three releases which isnt too bad considering and it was all done on vinyl.. hurrah!

01. 3 Way 'Appreciation'
02. Tali 'High Hopes (All Over Now)'
03. Clipz 'Trumpet'
04. Clipz 'Saigonkiller'
05. Clipz ft MC Sweetpea 'Jiggy'
06. Tali 'Lyric On My Lip (Krust and Clipz Remix)'
07. Tali 'Lyric On My…

Pure rough and ready party vibes from our set, which was recorded live, from the Little Big Top at the Beautiful Days 2010

01. Ben and Lex 'Intro'
02. Bass Nectar 'Here We Go (Ben & Lex Edit)'
03. The Party Squad 'Pull Up'
04. Splitloop 'I Want You'
05. Mindflow 'Switched (Cutline Remix)'
06. Herve 'Hot Drum Attack!'
07. Herve 'Zombies'
08. Dreadstemz 'Thrapp'
09. Freestylers 'Cracks (CTRL Z Remix)'
10. Slyde 'Reckless'
11. Lil' Wayne 'A Milli'
12. WTF! ft Dead Prez 'Bigger Than Hip Hop (Original Mix)'
13. Drumattic Twins 'Crazy In Love (…