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Ben Cardew Author

Ben Cardew is a music writer and radio journalist with thirty years of experience behind him. He wrote his first review in 1991, setting him on a path that would lead to freelancing for The Guardian, Pitchfork, The Quietus, NME, Wired, Vice, DJ Magazine, and many other outlets. Ben has lived in Barcelona since 2011 and works for Radio Primavera Sound, the online radio station of the Primavera Sound festival. He has interviewed everyone from Daft Punk to Quincy Jones and appeared on a range of TV and radio shows talking about the music industry. His first book, Daft Punk s Discovery: The Future Unfurled, was published by Velocity Press in 2021.