DJ Ben and The Shitheads
DJ Ben and the
Shitheads are the key energy source of the Burning Shithead Festival (besides
burning shithead). The wealth of music
and video produced over the years has spawned many memorable hits. DJ
Professor Ben brings his best every year, and each year has a distinctive
flair all its own.
The Roots of DJ Ben and the Shitheads
At Burning
Shithead V, DJ Ben and the
Shitheads spontaneously emerged out of musical interaction between a few of the
festival attendees. Within minutes, these people and their dilated pupils began
creating music videos of a most bizarre nature. Want to know what the sign says? Yeah, right.
Joining DJ Ben was:
·
an outstanding drummer (if you happen to recognize him don't tell his label
that he skipped the promotion because he was at Burning Shithead recording
music videos with DJ Ben)
·
one of
two aesthetically pleasing shithead dancers (the other had to leave the festival abruptly for a family emergency
and wasn't able to join the recording). This person is too shy to let us show
her face or any of her best dance moves.
·
wildly convulsing shithead dancers who just can't stop moving to the sounds of DJ Ben
There are two top full length videos from DJ Ben and
the Shitheads, BSH V. The classics, Funk and Ghetto are the
youthful DJ Ben and the Shitheads in their prime.
Ramping the
Sound
At successive Festivals, DJ Ben and the
Shitheads made hard driving, dance blazing, room trashing, walls of sound and
fury. The videos captured the true
feeling of the sound and the impact of the party, where the dancers were
hearing colors and seeing sounds right along with DJ Ben. These are prime DJ Ben and the Shitheads
material.
Feel free to enjoy the full length videos of
DJ Ben and the Shitheads from BSH VI, if you are
patient to download them you will be richly rewarded. There were a couple of false starts as all the
gear got properly setup, but even the soundcheck turned out
okay, and from there we were quite literally rolling. You will even hear some skeptics in the house
who turned out to be the biggest dancers. From the danceable hit Groove to the room trashing Mattress Tricks, you
will see why DJ Ben and the Shitheads took a special break while DJ Professor
Ben reinterprets and deconstructs
Moby.
Experimental Directions – Burning Shithead
There is
something for everyone from DJ Ben and the Shitheads at later festivals. For example, at Burning Shithead VII The Shitheads sported the largest cast ever, and they were
truly innovative in every facet of the shithead genre.
In a stunning display of diversity, you can
see East Asian influences with Sitar Skanking.
You can hear a little country when DJ
Professor Ben starts Square Dance
Mixing. But the classic video from 
this festival
genre has to be the Wawawrap. If you are big fan of this genre, the epic Multisong
Abstract is not to be missed.
The Classic Sounds
The sounds of DJ Professor Ben which spawned
DJ Ben and the Shitheads so long ago have proven timeless. Right up to the recent classic runaway smash
hit mix Shithead for Breakfast, DJ Ben and the
Shitheads continue to press forward with the music that drives the festival.
Note:
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