Ben Watling

Soloist – Lead Vocals, Guitar, Bass & Drums – plus keyboard for weddings and private bookings to make the band a 5 piece

Meet Ben Watling – with his custom-built live looping setup, Ben blends the flow and finesse of a DJ with the energy and skill of a seasoned live performer, delivering shows that captivate audiences from all walks of life. In recent years, Ben has held residencies at some of the top Après- Ski spots in the Alps, toured across the US, Canada, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Iceland, the UK and Europe, performing his multi-instrumental live looping show or contributing to other projects. A conservatoire-trained brass musician who’s also a frontman, guitarist and bassist in a raucous underground rock/pop/funk band. Then add a deep obsession for groove, originality and the technical know-how to bring genre-blurring performances to life. This is Ben Watling.

Example setlist:

Please note that for Bens multi-instrumental live looping sets he will often blend multiple songs at
a time using a mix of live instruments and samples. This list is to give you an idea of what kind of
songs you might find in the mix. Expect lots of improvisation, crazy mash ups and infectious beats.
9 Crimes
A Little Bit Of Luck
A Little Less Conversation
Acceptable In The 80s
Aerodynamic
All I Wanna Do
Autumn Leaves
Bad Guy
Bad Touch
Beat It
Betty Davis Eyes
Billie Jean
Bitter Sweet Symphony
Body Groove
Born Slippy
Cake By The Ocean
Californiacation
Call Me Al
Chandelier
Children
Chop Suey
Could You Be Loved
Dance Monkey
Do You Really Like It
Don’t Stop Believing
Don’t Stop The Music
Feel Good Inc
Feeling Good
Freed From Desire
Gangsta’s Paradise
Get Lucky
Ghosts n Stuff
Giant Steps
Good Luck Babe
Gotta Get Through This
Gypsy Woman
Heads Will Roll
Hold Back The River
I Need You Tonight
I Will Survive
Im Yours
In Da Club
In The Air Tonight
Insomnia
Lady
Lady Madonna
Little Fluffy Clouds

Love Again
Love Generation
Love Lost
Love The Way You Lie
Lose Yourself
Macarena
Midnight City
Minor Swing
Money For Nothing
Monster
Move On Up
Music Sounds Better With You
Ms Jackson
Naive
No Diggity
No Scrubs
Oh Lordy
On The Nature Of Daylight
Otherside
Out Of My System
People Everywhere
Phat Planet
Pompeii
Porcelain
Praise You
Rather Be
Return Of Django
Satisfaction
September
Sex Machine
Shotgun
Singing In The Rain
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Smile
Somebody That I Used Too Know
Spring 1
Summer Of 69
Summertime Sadness
Sunny
Superstitious
Sweet Child Of Mine
Sweet Disposition
Sweet Home Alabama
Thunderstruck
Time
Umbrella
Viva La Vida
Wake Me Up
Walking On The Moon
We Found Love
What’s The Difference
Wicked Game
With Or Without You
Wonderwall
Youngblood