Beginning his musical career as half of Everything But the Girl (with Tracey Thorn), Ben Watt has moved on from his lite-jazz muso origins to become a producer, DJ and founder of Buzzin' Fly Records. The house stage of Watt's life began with Todd Terry's 1995 remix of Everything But the Girl's "Missing," which Watt then remixed under the pseudonym Little Joey before going on to dabble in drum 'n' bass with "Wrong," a U.K. Top 10 hit from the Walking Wounded album. Subsequent clubland success led to a partnership with KISS-FM's Jay Hannan, and their formation of the U.K. club night Lazy Dog. The five-year event spawned two compilations and a number of remixes for Sade, Maxwell and Sunshine Anderson, among others, along with the breakout hit "Tracey In My Room," released on Astralwerks in 2000. Wanting to end the club night at the peak of its popularity, Watt and Hannan held the Lazy Dog closing party on May 16, 2003, at London's The End and went their separate ways. Since then, Watt has continued to refine his soulful deep house sound with releases like "Lone Cat" and "A Stronger Man" on his Buzzin' Fly imprint, which he describes as "replenishing music for the modern soul."
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