Adegbenga “Benga” Adejumo, alongside his partner in crime Oliver “Skream” Jones, burst forth from the south London borough of Croydon in the early 2000s with a string of minimalist productions that would forever alter a sound that soon crystalized as dubstep. Hanging around the Big Apple record shop and making beats on Playstation, Benga’s infectious energetic take on the new London sound made him a household name while still in his teens. Following dubstep’s global takeover in the late 2000s, he joined forces with Skream and early mentor Artwork to form the trio Magnetic Man, blending their bass knowledge with big room pop. In this lecture at the 2007 Red Bull Music Academy, Benga spoke with Emma Warren about the experimentation of his early years, cutting dubplates and the science behind using bass to drive the energy of a dance. TOPICS: 03:17 - Dubplates 11:22 - Soundsystem bass 18:18 - Michael Jackson 21:19 - PlayStation music 25:38 - Arsenal youth team MUSIC: 01:00 - Benga & Coki - "Night" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNStVlJWy88 08:03 - Coki - "Spongebob" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vfhTtJZKYY 11:08 - Benga - "26 Basslines" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqZJcN1G8fg 16:14 - Benga - "Loose Synths" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJrTLByC-t8 19:53 - Benga - "Zero M2" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23zFqGPKEWU 33:35 - Benga & Skream - "The Judgement" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRBg7ubJrNQ 44:29 - Benga - "Flame" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWLD1P1aUI 57:28 - Benga - "Benga's Off His Head" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRVBuqbWsW4 1:05:44 - Benga - "Pleasure" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNCYYtQupK8 The Red Bull Music Academy is a global music institution committed to fostering creativity in music. We celebrate music, its culture, and the transformative minds behind it. Begun in 1998, the Academy has taken the core principles that underlie its annual workshop for selected participants and applied this curatorial approach to events, lectures, and city-wide festivals throughout the year. ► Visit Red Bull TV: http://win.gs/1uy4YFF ► Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/10OyDHc ► Visit our official website: http://win.gs/avjLrK ► Our latest videos on YouTube: http://bit.ly/12nkX7h ► Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/Lx4wQy ► Like us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/12N5Ch0

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