Draft:Ben Gomori

Ben Gomori is a house music DJ, producer and event promoter from London, best known as the creator of the Pitchblack Playback album listening sessions.

He has played at clubs and festival including fabric, Ministry Of Sound, Glastonbury, Secret Garden Party, Sisyphos, Lío Ibiza and Jumbi.

He has organised several fundraiser events for the charity Choose Love

He is the founder of Pitchblack Playback — a series of album and mixtape listening sessions held in the dark in the cinemas and sound spaces around the world.

Early Life
Gomori was born in Cambridge to Hungarian parents (his father is Hungarian poet, writer and translator George Gomori. He began DJing in late 1998.

Production
He has released on labels including Atjazz Record Comapny, Africa Seven, Soul Clap Records, Exploited, House Of Disco Records, True Romance, Nervous and Club Bad and is the founder of the labels Monologues Records, Sterns Edits and G-Edits.

Pitchblack Playback
Gomori founded Pitchblack Playback in 2016. In an interview with AOL.com, he said of the events origins and ethos: “''I want to change the way people listen to albums and get back to the way people used to -- revere them and get inside them, obsessed with them. People grow up listening to crappy Bluetooth speakers and headphones, and I want to show them there’s something better to strive for.''”

He cites the inspirations for the event as a combination of attending a press preview of Amon Tobin's album ISAM and Samuel Beckett's play Endgame, the first act of which is held in the dark.