Benjamin Stanford (Born 11 June 1983), better known as “Dub FX” is an Australian electronic street performer and recording artist from St Kilda, Melbourne.
In his early years, Stanford peformed in a band called “Twitch” in his native Australia. However, when he decided to pack up his bags and travel around Europe, he started busking on the streets to help pay for his trip and Dub FX was born.
His unique show, which involved mashing up genres such as Dub, Reggae and Dubstep, whilst using various live looping and sampling techniques as well as beat boxing, proved to be incredibly popular, after one day his friend BD filmed and uploaded one of his performances to Youtube. The video went viral, giving Stanford his first taste of fame on the Internet.
In 2007, Dub FX released his first album, “Live in the Street”, which was an audio collection of his various busking performances in the previous years. In 2009, he returned with his first official studio album “Everythinks A Ripple”. Stanford claims the album was created purely through the use of free samples, and loops of his own beatboxing and vocals. At this time, he began touring with his newly married wife, Flower Fairy, whom he met in Manchester at one of his shows.
In 2010, Stanford released a collaborative dubstep album with fellow artist Sirius, entitled “A Crossworlds”. The album was released under the collective name Kila Mega Giga Tera, and saw Dub Fx try his hand at a darker sound. More recently, Dub FX returned to his trademark sound with his second studio album, “Theory of Harmony” released in 2013.
All of Stanfords albums have featured various political themes such as social mobility, world events and revolution. All of Dub FX’s albums have been released on his own independent label “Convoyun.ltd”.
Alejandro Escovedo
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