Billy Brown

Billy Brown from Bordeaux/France is considered to be one of the best BREAK-DJs of Europe. His style of music is very different, he combines original breaks with disco tunes. Billy Brown, also known as DJ Ben, spun for many events all over the world such as the Battle of the Year France, international Battle of the Year, IBE Rotterdam and many more.

• 1992/1994 :
  I GOT MY VERY FIRST TURNTABLES BACK IN 1992 AND STARTED PRACTISING MY SKILLS ON THE DOWNLOW FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF...I GOT MY FIRST INSPIRATION FROM DJS SUCH AS TERMINATOR X, JAM MASTER JAY, AND GRANDMASTER FLASH...

• 1994/1997 :
  I KEPT ON PRACTISING ALONE UNTIL I WAS ASKED TO DJ AT A LOCAL HIP HOP RADIO SHOW IN MY HOMETOWN BORDEAUX, SPINNIN RAP/RNB/DANCE HALL. I ALSO DJED AT MANY HIP HOP PARTIES IN AND AROUND BORDEAUX.

• 1998/2001 :
  ALTHOUGH I KNEW ABOUT B-BOYING FROM DAY ONE I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY MEET B-BOYS UNTIL CATS FROM MY NEIGHBOORHOOD STARTED DANCING IN LATE 1998...
  THAT' S WHEN I STARTED CARING ABOUT IT AND EVEN QUITTED DJING FOR A WHILE IN ORDER TO PRACTICE MY WINDMILLS AND SIX STEPS. BY THAT TIME I PEEPED TONS OF B-BOY VIDEOS AND STARTED LISTENING TO A KIND OF BEATS THAT WAS PRETTY UNKNOWN TO ME UNTIL THEN : 70S RAW FUNK BREAKS!!!...
  SO PRETTY SOON I WAS BACK ON THE TURNTABLES WITH A BRAND NEW GOAL--BECOMING FRANCE'S TOP BREAKS-DJ!!!...

• 2001/2004 :
  SO FROM LATE 2001 UNTIL NOW I HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY TIME LEARNING ABOUT FUNK AND DIGGIN FOR NEW BEATS IN ORDER TO MAKE MY REPUTATION AS A GOOD B-BOY-JAM DJ GROW BIGGER AND BIGGER...

IN THE MEAN TIME I HAVE RELEASED A COUPLE OF B-BOY FUNK ONLY MIX-CDS; I HAVE BEEN DJING AT OVER 45 B-BOY JAMS ALL ACROSS EUROPE, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL CHELLES BATTLE, BOTY FRANCE, IBE 2003, INTERNATIONAL HYERES BATTLE , B-BOYWORLD' S UNDERGROUND FEVER AND MANY MANY MORE...