Ben Mynott has firmly established himself as a mainstay in the downtempo field and has built up a vast following through his work as a producer, DJ, radio presenter and through his fluidnation movement. fluidnation was born in 2004 after the split of media darlings fragile state, a production duo Ben formed two years prior, that scaled the heavy heights of number 3 in the UK Dance album chart, and number 5 in the UK album chart with their critically acclaimed albums “The Facts and the Dreams” and “Voices From The Dustbowl”; a project furthermore that garnered Album Of The Year plaudits all over the place
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, including those from Big Chill co-founder Pete Lawrence and BBC London’s Robert Elms. Quite an act to follow. Never deterred though, Ben set up fluidnation, originally primarily as a music and pr consultancy which led him to be the UK contact for legendary New York dance label Naked Music Recordings amongst others. But due to the strength of his then USA radio shows on Worldspace, Ben began Djing and taking his distinctly downtempo sound out and about. A new UK radio show was launched on Bournemouth’s award-winning Fire FM in 2005, a show that led to more praise with around 10,000 listeners going to bed listening to the fluidnation sound after heavy nights on the South Coast. Residencies at the Big Chill Bar in Brick Lane (another award-winner, this time in the Time Out London Awards) and the superb new Big Chill House in Kings Cross followed; the latter with a monthly fluidnation night which comprises just.beautiful.music with gorgeous visuals from John Rixon (Amukidi) and Myogenic. So what of the fluidnation music policy? “just.