DJ Beta Hector

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The man behind Beta Hector is musician, DJ and producer Simon Hill. As a bass player, he formed the deep funk & soul band Baby Charles. Their debut album received rave reviews in the music press, and they went on to tour Europe and rocked some major festivals including Glastonbury. He now plays the upright bass in vintage soul / r’n’b band Derriere.

Hill has also deejayed since the late nineties and has collected vinyl since his late teens. His sets (at hot spots including The Big Chill Bar) include a flowing mixture of raw vintage soul, rhythm ‘n’ blues, heavy funk and classic hiphop, with some tropical and other eclectic grooves thrown in for good measure.

As a producer, Hill has been making beats and loops for over 10 years, but got a real taste of producing when he co-mixed the Baby Charles Album. It wasn’t long before Beta Hector was born; experimenting with heavy drum loops, bass lines, analog synths, vintage tape machines, and a range of talented vocalists.

Tru Thoughts released the debut Beta Hector 45 ‘Payback’ in April 2010, and also included it in their Tru Thoughts Funk compilation. It went down a storm with DJs and music lovers all over. Watch out for the Beta Hector debut album coming out in August 2011…