Ben Westbeech

• Name — Ben Westbeech • Alias — Breach, Lean • Born — 17 April 1981 • Birthplace — Hertfordshire, England • Origin — Bristol, England • Instrument — Keyboards • vocals • Genre — Electronic, house, jazz fusion • Occupation — Producer, DJ • Years Active — 2006–present • Label — Trademark of Energy Production Srl, Brownswood Recordings, Naked Naked, Dirtybird, Glitterbox Recordings Defected Records

Westbeech gave a CD containing his first single, "So Good Today," to a friend in London. Two months later, the track was played to Gilles Peterson, who signed him to the newly established Brownswood Recordings. His debut album Welcome to the Best Years of Your Life was released in March 2007. He later appeared on Later... with Jools Holland alongside Paul McCartney and Björk. He also appeared on the track "Squeeze Me" on Kraak & Smaak's album Plastic People, released in April 2008.

More recently, he appeared on the track "I Can See", which was the main single for Jazzanova's album titled Of All The Things, released in January 2009 on Verve/Universal. Ben also sang on the song "Shame" for DJ Marky and Artificial Intelligence. Westbeech is working with Professor Green (producing for his new record), Kutz (Soul Jazz), Redlight (Lobster Boy) and Rusko (Mad Decent). He released his second album, There's More To Life Than This on Strictly Rhythm in September 2011. The record features collaborators including Soul Clap, Henrik Schwarz, MJ Cole, Motor City Drum Ensemble and Georg Levin. (featuring Andreya Triana) — 9 — 2 — 84 — 13 — * UK: Silver • 2014 — "The Key" (featuring Kelis) — — — — — — — —

• "Get Closer" (2006) • "Get Closer" (Rockers Remix) (2006) • "So Good Today" / "Beauty" (2006) • "So Good Today (Domu, Osunlade, Yaruba Remixes) (2006) • "Dance With Me (MJ Cole / Switch Remixes)" (2007) • "Hang Around" / "Pusherman" (2007) • "Hang Around (Aaron Ross / Wahoo Remixes)" (2007) • "Something for the Weekend" (2011) • "Falling" (2011) • "Falling" (Deetron, The 2 Bears, Dark Sky Remixes) (2011) • "Same Thing" (2012) • "Let's Get Hot" (2013) • "You Won't Find Love Again" (2013) • "Heaven" (2019) • "Heaven" (Mousse T., Nightmares On Wax, Remixes) (2019) • "Home" (2019) • "Mountains" (2020) • "Mountains" (Danny Krivit, Joey Negro, Paul Wooldord, The Patchouli Brothers Remix) (2020) • "Missing" (2020) • "Missing" (Deetron, Maurice Fulton Remixes) (2020) • "Down" (2020) • "Down (Riva Starr, Natasha Diggs Remixes) (2020) • "We Rise Above" (2021) • "Broke" (Ben Westbeech Remix) (2020) • "Always On My Mind" (2024) • "Times Are Changing" (2025) • "Times Are Changing" (Two Soul Fusion Remix) • "Do Me Right" (2025) • "Your Voice" (2025) • "Your Voice" (Crackazat Remixes) (2025)

• "Get Silly" samples Ray Barretto's cover of Stevie Wonder's song Pastime Paradise • "The Reasons Why" samples Tom Brock's There's Nothing In This World That Can Stop Me From Loving You • "Stop What You're Doing" samples Dionne Warwick's Wives And Lovers • "Shame" samples The Jone Girls' When I'm Gone • "Get Closer" samples Linda Williams' Elevate Your Mind • "Pusherman" samples Lover's Theme by Bob Cunningham • "Dance With Me" samples James Brown's Get up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine