Ben performs with real-time synthesis and simple, generative systems for pattern creation that afford playful interaction. They are influenced by the bass music that they grew up with in the north of England, though they use software that has roots in academic tradition and their practice is exceedingly founded in research. They can’t - nor would want to - try and escape the heavy influence that Niche - bassline - and Garage has on their musical output. Instead they attempt to accelerate the features of that music that they find so enjoyable and to engage with its legacies in both serious and firmly unserious ways.