Behind The Green Door presents: BUSHWACKA!

03 OCTOBER 2025 | FRIDAY

7:00PM to 3:00AM

Online: $45.00

Door: $55.00

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-BUSHWACKA!-

Matthew Benjamin, a percussionist in the London School Symphony Orchestra who was converted into a member of the infamous Rat Pack after a warehouse party in ’88, has been DJing for over 30 years now. From that first Acid House experience Matthew quickly started playing all over London, holding residencies at four of the most famous clubs in town by the time he was 18 years old. From London the gigs spread countrywide, doing up to 8 shows a weekend, and then into Europe and the USA by 1992.

It was via a mutual friend Mr C that Layo & Bushwacka! first met, whilst Matthew was working at his studio, and by the mid 90s the two had started writing music together. Over a decade later, the partnership has yielded three artist albums, three mix albums, internationally renowned club residencies and a superb record label. By 1999, they’d already composed their debut album, ‘Low Life’, released on End Recordings, the label spawned by The End. The album announced the arrival of the duo as a force in electronic music, with a record that brought together electro, house and breakbeat fused with blues, dub and downtempo, all underpinned and informed by their collective experience of underground culture. This inclusive and open minded approach to sound became the blueprint for their future work.

Their sophomore album followed in 2002, this time released on the mighty XL Recordings. Entitled ‘Night Works’, the record featured their unforgettable top ten hit ‘Love Story’, and took their sound onto a bigger and broader canvas, charting all over the in the process. The accompanying live show brought further acclaim with stunning shows from Homelands to Sonar, whilst their famous DJ sets had now garnered residencies at some of the world’s finest clubs including Space in Ibiza, Warung in Brasil and of course The End in London. While this explosion was happening, Matthew was also achieving huge solo success with his remixes for Depeche Mode, his bootleg of Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean, and getting phone calls from Madonna wanting him to work on her music. It was a crazy time.

Their End residency, known as All Night Long, became one of the capital’s most revered nights with Layo & Bushwacka! taking the club through an edifying tour-de-force of electronic music.

When The End closed its doors for the last time in 2009, Layo and Bushwacka! started the Shake It brand and threw amazing warehouse parties all over London, booking Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Magda, Laurent Garnier and many other friends, and created dancefloor destruction for 4 years. The parties were legendary, the energy incredible.

Layo & Bushwacka!’s reputation as two of the world’s foremost DJ duos is rock solid. Four artist albums have proven them remarkably talented producers, capable of mixing styles, tempos and genres to create enduring and engaging electronic music. Their trio of mix albums and international club residencies have shown they are sonic connoisseurs who can guide a dance floor on an epic journey through the many facets of their sound. Their label Olmeto meanwhile has become a bastion for quality, a label that, much like its figureheads, has become a rubber-stamped seal of class, and many of their vinyl only releases have become sought after rarities.

In 2013, Bushwacka! took some time out to focus on his solo Just Be project, recording on Crosstown Rebels, Get Physical and Intec, while Layo created a new empire in Soho, of world class restaurants, applying his magic touch to everything he does. Five years later, Bushwacka! started touring and recording again under his original name, only on select shows and keeping it special for the fans, old and new.

Fast forward to 2019, and Bushwacka! had been releasing massive tracks – starting with his classic track The Healer, with remixes from himself, Carl Cox, Sasha, M.A.N.D.Y and Denney – and just released a second banging single on Ultra Records – Get Up, with remix from Mason Manyard.

During this period, Matthew also trained for four years, and qualified as a psychotherapist, with a huge desire to use his life experience to help others. Matthew started his private practice in Harley Street, and online, as well as launching Listen Up Therapy Ltd, with his partner Belinda Matwali, providing therapy, meditation and mentoring for people in creative industries and beyond.

After COVID, having to park 3 huge residencies, in London, Ibiza, and New York, Bushwacka! took time out to focus on his Vinyl Love Affair live streams, amassing over 2 million views, keeping people all over the world entertained during lockdown. As well as this, he released two albums – Listen Up Vol 1 and 2, remastered versions of some of his classic and rarer productions.

Through 2023/24 Bushwacka has released music on Rekids, Nu-Groove, DFTD, The Classic Record Company, and Aus Records. He has signed a further 10 release deal with the Defected Group, and has remixed and collaborated with Archie Hamilton, Darius Syrossian, and Carl Cox, and Crosstown Rebels. On top of this he is re-releasing vinyl only limited tracks from his Plank Records catalog, and other rarities, and relaunching Oblong records. Gig wise, this last year Bushwacka! has focussed on a select handful of shows, from London Kiev, Manchester, Liverpool and Brighton, Glasgow to Ibiza, Brazil to Australia and more. His monthly Pikes Ibiza residency, in its 10th year, kicks off this April 2025, and he continues to tour his favourite parties around the planet, doing what he loves best! Asia, North and South America, and Europe dates are already set for 2025, and a new album is launching soon. Stay tuned for tour announcements and album updates as we gear up for an epic 2025!

Get busy with us for a night, where the door to unadulterated fun swings wide open.

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• Minimum age of entry is 18 years old. Valid identification may be required for age verification at entry.
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Behind The Green Door SG, 97 Duxton Road, Singapore, Singapore