Januar 03, 2013

DJ Benji B and his string ensemble

See what happened when BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Benji B took to the decks at BBC Maida Vale, accompanied by a 16-piece string ensemble. Benji, arranger Grant Windsor and the string ensemble re-imagine a wide spectrum of music and take the performance to interesting places pushing the strings musically through neighborhood clubs with Drake Headlines and than back to comfortable orchestral landscapes with a slow build on Raphael Saadiq's skyy can you feel me. 

 

tracklist:

Dwele - A.N.G.E.L
Flying Lotus - Do The Astral Plane
Ossie - Love Crazy
Bok Bok - Silo Pass
Wiley - Highs n Lows
S-X - Bricks
Timberland - Ayo Technology (Instrumental)
TNGHT - Higher Ground
Kanye West - Clique
Drake - Headlines
Jeremih - All The Time
Raphael Saadiq - Skyy Can You Feel Me