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BENJI CANDELARIO

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For years DJ/producer Benji Candelario has been doing it like Frank Sinatra. 'His Way'. He entered the music business in 1980 working with two of the most groundbreaking producers of that era: Arthur Baker and Aldo Marin. Editing records for the likes of Grace Jones, Evelyn King, Thomas Dolby. The Bee Gees and New Order. During his stint at Cutting Records he helped produce such classics as Nitro Deluxe's 'Let's Get Brutal'.

In 1991 he found himself working in the Capitol Records dance dept. promoting such acts as Mellowman Ace, and Hammer…. quite a stretch from his dance music roots, but it was at Capitol that Candelario met Des O'Neal, an overseas radio programmer who took him to London and put him on the air as Choice FM's new mixshow jock.

Stepping into the 90's as a respected DJ/Remixer. (he remixed records by Todd Terry, C-12, Living Joy, Inner City and Hippie Movement and has worked crowds at staples like 'The Building'. Red Zone and Danceteria) one of Candelario's greatest contributions came during an A&R job at Vito Bruno's AM:PM Entertainment when he hipped Bruno to an import release of one of the Biggest finds in the history of the company: Crystal Waters. At Candelario's insistence Bruno quickly signed her and helped cement a deal at Mercury with the Basement Boys on as producers. Soon finding himself in high demand as a DJ in London, Candelario quickly developed into one of the most influential dj's on the planet obtaining cult status in Spain, Italy.

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