Plan B
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Not content with boasting a delicious stop-motion video for their infectious single, No Good, Ben also doles out a whole host of other beated-up tuneful grime garage loveliness.
They were tracking and mixing in Miloco's Engine Room and down at The Square throughout the autumn and early winter of 2005 with none other than Paul Epworth producing. Towards the end of 2005 Jimmy Robertson took over on the engineering duties to help finish his forthcoming LP in The Square and The Garden.
Plan B returned to The Engine Room in 2009 with engineer Mark Rankin to mix material for his second album. This time, we didn't let him get away without answering a few of our notorious artist questions...
Miloco: It's great to have you here at Miloco. What project are you doing here and when's it due to be released?
Plan B: Second album, due to be released in September... hopefully. Here with Mark Rankin to mix it.
Miloco: Which Miloco studio are you using and why did you choose it?
Plan B: Leroy Street, Neve Room (Engine Room). Mark chose it... I guess for the big fuck off speakers that are built into the wall.
Miloco: How would you describe the material you are working on
Plan B: Hip Hop raped by Motown... it's a concept album, you'll love it.
Miloco: Who was your studio assistant, and how was your studio assistant?
Plan B: Mark Allaway. Very attentive and helpful. Also quite a funny cunt in a sort of Alan Partridge kind of way.
Miloco: How did you come about working with Mark Rankin on this project?
Plan B: He engineered for Paul Epworth on four of the tracks on my (last) album. Paul recommended him to mix the record and I trust Paul so here we are.
Miloco: What does he bring to the project that other producers / engineers wouldn't?
Plan B: He seems to genuinely care about the project and he has the patience needed to get it right, as well as listen to my ideas and accommodate them into what he is trying to do.
A few silly questions...
Miloco: The song you wished you'd written:
Plan B: 'Tell Yo Momma' by Gangstar Red (look it up on YouTube... If I had to be any crackhead in the world it would probably have to be him!)
Miloco: The Song You're Glad you didn't write:
Plan B: 'Rude Box'
Miloco: What was your strangest experience of 2008?
Plan B: Some geezer asked me to fuck his girl after a gig at Leeds university. She was up for it as well... fucked up!
You are placed in front of a time machine. Which year in history would you travel to and why?
Plan B: 1966. See England win the World Cup as I probably 'aint ever gonna see that in my life time.
Miloco: Draw us a picture:
Miloco Releases
| Released 30th October 2006 |
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Plan B - 'Live at the Pet Cemetry EP'
Latest release from the acoustic hip hop maestro features new live versions of hit No More Eatin', Broke and My Life. Recorded in our Engine Room (where, we hasten to add, no animals have been buried) in between a summer of festival appearances. Plan B was in The Toyshop, The Garden, The Square, The Yard and The Engine Room throughout the winter of 2005 and spring/summer 2006 recording and mixing tracks for his debut album.  
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| Released 26th June 2006 |
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Plan B - 'Who Needs Actions When You Got Words'
It's here at last. The debut album from the phenomenon that already is Ben Drew is out now through 679 Records. Featuring half a dozen tracks that were recorded and/or mixed at Miloco, it's destined to be on every post-watershed radio play list in town. Plan B was in The Toyshop, The Yard, The Engine Room, The Garden and The Square throughout the autumn and winter of 2005 and the spring and summer of 2006. 
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| Released 12th January 2005 |
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Plan B - 'No Good'
'No Good' (produced by Paul Epworth) bends hip hop, r&b, acoustic guitar with confrontational lyrics and story telling. Utterly unique and scarily talented Plan B may well rewrite the rule book for 2006. The single was playlisted by music week and has a great video to accompany. Paul Epworth finished this single in The Garden with Ben Thackeray helping on protools duties. 
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