The Lille resident has been “living” techno since his beginnings. From the 1990s, he followed this new scene closely via the flyers he found at local record stores. With his friends, he spends nights in Belgium, in Fuse in Brussels, at Kozzmozz parties in Ghent or in disused factories in Kortrijk, free and ideal territory to listen to the best sound of the time. All this the obviously pushes to join forces with other enthusiasts to organize evenings at Lille and elsewhere.

The composition will come later, a natural step after years of DJing and exchanges. In 2010, Benjamin put his savings in a rudimentary studio, a pair of speakers, a monitor, a MIDI keyboard and a computer equipped with Reason and Ableton. Passionate about the sounds of Purpose Maker outputs, Blueprint or Tresor, or the technique of other techno artisans like James Ruskin or Surgeon, Madben polishes his music and starts broadcasting it in real time on Soundcloud. Pushed by his friends, he sends demos to Laurent Garnier who immediately responds: “Mortal. » Garnier plays a title on his radio show on Le Mouv, It is What It Is. Madben plays are multiplied by 100 and he teams up with the Brest festival Astropolis, a French electronic institution, which soon to launch his own label. Starting signal.

Madben moved to Paris in 2012. He learned at the same time that he surrounded himself with machines, composing his studio piece by piece, between vintage and modernity: drum

Elektron Analog Rytm machine, Kill Patrick Phenol synth, some modules Eurorack or good old Moog or Modor (made in Belgium!). Total techno man, at ease on turntables, in the studio or live, he lacked a first album. It’s been done since Frequency (s), released in 2018 on Astropolis Records. He establishes his light/dark techno style there by inviting his fathers (Laurent Garnier and Manu Le Malin) and artist Rebeka Warrior. This record opened the door to European festivals and clubs and led him to meet his new allies at the international: Maceo Plex recruits him in his team (Ellum audio). With her A successful first date at Berghain in 2019, a whole new horizon opens up for him. More recently he stood out during his performances at the Printworks in London, during from Awakenings in Amsterdam, Berns in Stockholm or De Marktkantine in Amsterdam for the closure of the cult club in May 2022.