DJ Benji B & String Ensemble Perform Songs by Kanye West, Drake, TNGHT & Others

Bringing a rather unique layer to live mixing, DJ Benji B partnered together with the Grang Widsor

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Bringing a rather unique layer to live mixing, DJ Benji B partnered together with the Grang Widsor String Ensemble for an hour-long BBC Radio 1 performance of tracks. Reinterpreting various dance and hip-hop tracks, we get reworks from the likes of Kanye West, Drake, TNGHT, Jeremih and plenty of other notable tracks. Benji does his thing on the turntables, throwing on the assortment of tunes, and the musicians find a way to incorporate their additional layers of strings to the jams. You can check out the tracklist of songs down below and enjoy the full performance by pressing play up above.

Dwele – A.N.G.E.L
Flying Lotus – Do The Astral Plane
Ossie – Love Crazy
D-Malice – Gabryelle Refix
Bok Bok – Silo Pass
Wiley – Highs n Lows
S-X – Bricks
Timbaland – Ayo Technology (Instrumental)
Africa HiTech – Out in the Street (Snippet)
TNGHT – Higher Ground
Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean – Clique
Drake – Headlines
Jeremih – All The Time
Raphael Saadiq – Skyy Can You Feel Me
James Blake – Love What Happened Here
Radiohead – Everything in its Right Place

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