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Biography
Conceptualist and DJ Ben Komor was born in 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. He spent the first eight years ofhis life traveling the globe with his parents, listening to Yo-Yo Ma and playing the violin. The Chemical Brothers “Block Rockin Beats” release in 1997 marks a turning point in Ben’s life. A whole new immense electronic sound scape was now rapidly unraveling and expanding itself for Ben. As a result, in 1999, he swapped his violin for a pair of decks.
In 2002 he played his first gigs and his alter ego “Kartikeya” was born. It refers to a Hindu god of war, created by Shiva to destroy the demons, representing the negative tendencies and energies held within most human beings. The symbolism points to the ways and means of reaching perfection, a mission Ben strives to accomplish in music and life.
After high school he moved to London for a year where he studied electronic music at the Academy of Contemporary Music. This meant being exposed to the various styles of UK’s electronic music and Ben started experimenting with different genres like house and minimal, which eventually lead him to create his own versatile approach towards music.
In 2004 he moved to Amsterdam where he teamed up with lifetime buddy and partner in crime Jop. Their mutual love for music resulted in the infamous Particle gonzo journalism; interviewing numerous artists across the globe, as well as deciding to start organizing. Nowadays he’s the organizer and resident DJ behind the successful Carnivale nights at Club AIR.
While constantly striving for innovation and a better understanding of music as a whole, he has developed himself throughout the years into an artist who knows his way with the crowd. Energetic, deep, rhythmic and the unexpected are the keywords that perfectly reflect Ben’s sound in no better way. In other words: “Simply be unhindered in expressing yourself.”
Follow Ben Komor:
www.myspace.com/zen020
www.twitter.com/benkomor
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/kartikeya
Audio:
Carnivale Podcast 019
Carnivale Podcast 008 (Queensday Special)
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