Luke never really had a particular interest in music, and is only really getting into DJing because his other friends have been doing it and he’s beginning to feel left out. He comes from a middle-class home, where he shuffled his way through the educational system without any major incidents and moved on to the Leeds university to pursue a degree in psychology. His parents supported him through school, so he was able to buy CDs and Vinyl when he liked and he could occasionally indulge in musical whims: he bought a used Roland 606 from a pawn shop during a moment when he was fascinated by sampling technology and, not knowing its market value, sold it back to the pawn shop for £20 when he got bored with it. The same thing happened to a guitar, an ill-fated hamster, an amp, a Warhammer gaming set, and a screenprinting kit.
Too impatient to learn through trial-and-error and observation, he purchased several “How to DJ” instructional videos and has book on how to mix records. His musical influences have mostly been top-40 chart-pop, not-so-indie rock though. His musical style is a generic mix of house and tech-house, mostly chosen from whatever tracks show up on DJ-charts, whatever Beatport suggests when he logs in, and any tracks that his DJ friends mention more than once.
Luke feels quite good about his infrequent gigs over the past few years, which some people in attendance have described as “surprisingly decent.” Some guy from a downtown event promo company has expressed interest in booking him as an opening DJ, and there is some hope that he might even get booked out of town. He hasn’t played with any internationally-known DJs (or nationally-known, for that matter), but he once picked up Richie Hawtin from the airport for a gig, and he had very polite things to say about the mix-CD that Luke insisted on playing the whole drive into town. Other DJs have said that Luke is “a very nice guy” and “vaguely memorable.”
Luke Benson doesn’t really know what he’s up to next. He’s been digging this DJ thing alright, but it doesn’t feel all that important to him.