Based in Oakland California, Ben Wa is the mechanical musings of Dr. Ware and Butthouse, two Bay Area musicians who think of the human body as a machine and the computer as an extension of the the soul. Their compositions range from Dub and psychotropic Hip Hop to Electro Breakbeat Funk, with the occasional nod to Acid Techno freakiness. "Dub is to modern dance music what blues is to rock. It's where the technique of jamming on the studio itself came from. It's our roots music" states Ware, and Ben Wa blends heavy doses of delay drenched mayhem into every experiment.

Begun in 1997, their collaboration has produced tracks for various compilations as well as for their own Black Hole label. Devil Dub was their first full length CD, a downtempo sinister selection of dub featuring special guests Buckethead, Brain, MIRV, Adrian Isabell and DJ Disk. Their new release Disciples of Retro-Tech turns up the tempo for experiments in Electro-Funk and Breakbeat styles. For more details move on over to the release page and hear it all for yourself...

And remember, effects are instruments too.

The first full-length CD from Ben Wa.

Scary beats, scary textures, scary guests:

Buckethead, Brain, Disk, MIRV and Adrian Isabell

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