ABOUT

Hi, I'm Ben, a Chilean producer based in the UK and the person behind Soul of Waves. It's my independent electronic music project, and I don't keep it inside one genre: depending on the track, you might hear Progressive House, Hardstyle, Psytrance, Techno, House, Drum & Bass or something in between. I mostly make the kind of tracks I enjoy listening to myself, and Soul of Waves is my way of putting those ideas out into the world and sharing them with anyone who connects with them.

My story with music started at 13, behind a drum kit, playing in rock and metal bands. I came to electronic music later. Martin Garrix's "Animals" was the track that first made me pay attention to EDM, and from there I kept exploring the genre until Soul of Waves eventually took shape in 2021. I had spent years listening to and playing heavier music, so that background naturally came with me.

That's probably one of the reasons the catalogue moves around as much as it does. I can make something melodic and nostalgic and then become interested in a much harder idea for the next release. I don't really see those as different versions of Soul of Waves. They're different ways of exploring the same things I enjoy about electronic music, with some of my rock and metal background still finding its way in.

For most of the project's life, I've handled nearly everything around Soul of Waves myself. I write and produce the music, and over the years I've also taken care of mixing, mastering, artwork, releases and marketing. Most of what I know has come from teaching myself, trying things, getting things wrong and gradually becoming better at them.

Ultimately, being an independent producer gives me the freedom to make the electronic music I want to hear without having to force every idea into the same box. The next track doesn't need to sound like the previous one to come from the same place.