Two Inch Punch
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Ben Ash | |
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Origin | Brentford, London, England |
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Ben Ash, professionally known as Two Inch Punch, is an English record producer, musician, remixer and songwriter. He has written and produced records with Jessie Ware,[1] Sam Smith,[2] Years & Years, Rag'n'Bone Man, Tory Lanez, Ty Dolla $ign, Damon Albarn,[3] and Brian Eno.[4]
Ash also collaborates with American producer Benny Blanco as the production outfit BenZel. They have featured with Sia, Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J, Cashmere Cat and Ryn Weaver.[5]
Career
[edit]In 2012 Ash put out his first record "Love You Up" online under the alias Two Inch Punch. It was quickly downloaded and played by Diplo, DJ Oneman, Zane Lowe, Rinse FM DJs and other tastemakers, all via word of mouth. Nick Grimshaw made it his record of the week on BBC Radio 1, while the B-Side "Luv Luv" was being championed by MistaJam. In 2012, the white label became big on the underground, selling out 200 records on the first day.
Ash then signed to PMR Records / Island Records and released his debut EP The Love You Up EP and The Slow Jams EP before going on to write for artists and building his sound and name as a producer / songwriter.
In 2015, Ash was nominated for two awards at the 57th Grammy Awards (Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album) for his writing and producing contributions to Sam Smith's debut album In The Lonely Hour, winning the award for Best Pop Vocal Album.[6] Following the success of his work with Sam Smith, Ash would then go on to have a production role on Rag'n'Bone Man's debut album Human.
Discography
[edit]Year | Title | Artist | Album/EP | Songwriter | Producer |
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2012 | Love You Up | Two Inch Punch | Love You Up EP | ![]() |
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MoonStruck | Saturn Slow Jams EP | ![]() |
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Paint It Red (featuring Mikky Ekko) | ![]() |
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2013 | Safe With Me | Sam Smith | Nirvana EP | ![]() |
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Lost in Empathy | Rejjie Snow | N/A | ![]() |
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Precious | Javeon | N/A | ![]() |
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Deeper | Ella Eyre | Deeper EP | ![]() |
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Love Me Like You | Ella Eyre | Deeper Single | ![]() |
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If You Love Me | BenZel featuring Jessie Ware | If You Love Me | ![]() |
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Season Change | Damon Albarn and Ghostpoet | Africa Express Presents: Maison De Jeune | ![]() |
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2014 | Caution to the Wind | Becky Hill | Caution to the Wind | ![]() |
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Money on My Mind | Sam Smith | In the Lonely Hour | ![]() |
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Life Support | ![]() |
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Desire | Years & Years | Communion | ![]() | ||
Eyes Shut | Years & Years | Communion | ![]() | ||
The Fall | Indiana | No Romeo | ![]() |
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Tough Love | Jessie Ware | Tough Love | ![]() |
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Champagne Kisses | ![]() |
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Say You Love Me | ![]() |
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Kind Of...Sometimes...Maybe | ![]() |
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You and I Forever | ![]() |
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Wasted Love (featuring Stevie Neale) | BenZel | MEN EP | ![]() |
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Four (featuring Juicy J & Cashmere Cat) | ![]() |
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2015 | Sitting Pretty featuring Wiz Khalifa | Ty Dolla $ign | Free TC | ![]() |
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Gemini | Anne-Marie | Karate EP | ![]() |
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Boy | TBA | ![]() |
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2016 | Human | Rag'n'Bone Man | Human | ![]() | |
Ego | ![]() |
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Innocent Man | ![]() |
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Evil | James Vincent McMorrow | We Move | ![]() |
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Killer Whales | ![]() |
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To D.R.E.A.M | Tory Lanez | I Told You | ![]() |
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Guns & Roses | ![]() |
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All Night | SG Lewis | ![]() |
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Nothings Gonna Change | Jamie Lidell | Building A Beginning | ![]() |
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2017 | Best Friend | Rex Orange County | Single | ![]() |
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Uno | ![]() |
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Falcon Eye | Off Bloom | ![]() | |||
Good Friend | JP Cooper | Raised Under Grey Skies | ![]() |
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Black & Blue | Elijah Blake | Single | ![]() |
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Sunflower | Rex Orange County | Single | ![]() |
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Cold Fire | Saya | Single | ![]() |
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Brother | Kodaline | Single | ![]() | ||
Werk It Out | Tiggs Da Author | Single | ![]() |
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Two Fingers | Dan Caplen | Single | ![]() |
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Fuck Feelings | Olivia O’Brien | It's Not That Deep EP | ![]() |
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Never Enough | Rex Orange County | Apricot Princess | ![]() | ||
2018 | Dead To Me | Kali Uchis | Isolation | ![]() |
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Palo Santo | Years & Years | Palo Santo | ![]() | ||
Lucky Escape | ![]() | ||||
Best Dressed Man | Aeris Roves | Single (Moon By Island Gardens) | ![]() |
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Feel Me | Aeris Roves | Single (Moon By Island Gardens) | ![]() |
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Delilah | Aeris Roves | Single (Moon By Island Gardens) | ![]() |
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Comfortable | Aeris Roves | Moon By Island Gardens | ![]() |
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Pressure When The Sun Comes Down | ![]() |
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Running Thru 3am | ![]() |
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No Guarantee | ![]() |
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The Hoodie Song | Mae Muller | Single | ![]() |
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Jenny | Mae Muller | Single | ![]() |
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Busy Tone | Mae Muller | Single | ![]() |
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Break My Heart | Benny Blanco | Friends Keep Secrets | ![]() |
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You To You | Maisie Peters | Dressed Too Nice For A Jacket | ![]() |
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2019 | CRYBABY :*( | Dijon | Single | ![]() |
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Ugly | Ella Henderson | Single | ![]() |
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DNA | Years & Years | Single | ![]() | ||
100 Thoughts | SL | Single | ![]() |
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Gigantalous | SL | Single | ![]() |
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Never had the balls | Rex Orange County | Single | ![]() |
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3rd Jan | Lola Young | Intro | ![]() | ||
Blind Love | Lola Young | Intro | ![]() |
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Holy Water | Freya Ridings | TBA | ![]() |
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April Showers | Maisie Peters | It’s Your Bed Babe, It’s Your Funeral EP | ![]() |
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Céline | Gallant | Sweet Insomnia | ![]() |
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2020 | Smile | Maisie Peters | Birds of Prey (soundtrack) | ![]() |
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Super Hi | SL | Different Dude | ![]() |
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Dance (’Til You Love Someone Else) | Sam Smith | Love Goes | ![]() |
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Rest Of My Life | JC Stewart | When The Light Hits The Room EP | ![]() | ||
Go Fast Baby | Raissa | Single | ![]() |
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Less Is More | Loryn | Less Is More EP | ![]() |
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Téléphone | Chily | Single | ![]() |
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2021 | Whatchumacallit | Col3trane | Single | ![]() |
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Bad | Pa Salieu | Single | ![]() |
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Smoke Hole | Sad Night Dynamite | Sad Night Dynamite | ![]() | ||
Lost In LA | A Month Of Sundays, James Vincent McMorrow, Jessie Ware | Single | ![]() |
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Nginothando Lwakhe | A Month Of Sundays, The Joy | Single | ![]() |
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Can’t Sleep | A Month Of Sundays, Wesley Joseph | Single | ![]() |
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Brasil | A Month Of Sundays, MICHELLE | Single | ![]() |
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Tru Love | James Vincent McMorrow | Grapefruit Season | ![]() | ||
Long Way Down | Aeris Roves | Single | ![]() |
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Cairo | Aeris Roves | Single | ![]() |
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Isencane Lengane | The Joy | Singles | ![]() | ||
You Complete Me (Intro) | ![]() | ||||
Umacashelana | ![]() | ||||
Jele Iguana | ![]() | ||||
Amabutho | ![]() | ||||
Baba Kulungile | ![]() | ||||
Mortal Kombat | V9 | Murk With A Mouth | ![]() | ||
What A Life | Gabe Coulter | I Heard A Whisper EP | ![]() | ||
I Heard A Whisper | ![]() | ||||
Thinking Fucks You Up | ![]() | ||||
You | ![]() | ||||
2022 | Demon | Sad Night Dynamite & Moonchild Sanelly | Volume II | ![]() |
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Black & White | Sad Night Dynamite | Volume II | ![]() |
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Tramp | Sad Night Dynamite | Volume II | ![]() |
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Favourite | Artemas | I’m Sorry I’m Like This | ![]() |
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Real Life | ![]() |
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Waiting For It All To Go Wrong | ![]() |
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Who’s That Girl | ![]() |
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I’m Sorry | ![]() | ||||
Mr Snowman | ![]() |
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I’m Tryna Tell U That I Love U | ![]() |
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Love Yourself Again | ![]() |
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What A Time To Be Alive | ![]() |
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Runaway | ![]() |
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Happiness Street | ![]() |
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Hello Again | Artemas | Single | ![]() |
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Trash - demo | Artemas | Single | ![]() | ||
No Biggie | ArrDee | Pier Pressure | ![]() |
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Pulling Me Closer | Aeris Roves | Single | ![]() |
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2023 | Roll With A G | Clavish | Rap Game Awful | ![]() |
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You Don’t Call Me Anymore | Sam Fischer | Single | ![]() |
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Bold type denotes singles.
Remixes & edits
[edit]Title | Original artist |
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"The Look" (TIPs Shook Shook Refix) | Metronomy |
"German Whip" (Remix) | Meridian Dan |
"Spoons" (Remix) | Rudimental |
"People Help the People" (Remix) | Birdy |
"Nirvana" (Promised Land Remix) | Sam Smith |
"Suit & Tie" (Let Me Love Remix) | Justin Timberlake |
References
[edit]- ^ "Jessie Ware Shares "Tough Love" Tracklist, Release Date". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "DISCLOSURE COLLABORATOR SAM SMITH SHARES EBULLIENT ‘MONEY ON MY MIND’, PRODUCED BY TWO INCH PUNCH". Fact Magazine. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Damon Albarn announces details of Africa Express album". Uncut. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Africa Express album announced, featuring Damon Albarn, Nick Zinner, Brian Eno, Ghostpoet & more". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 13 January 2015
- ^ "BenZel IRL: The Year’s Best R&B Producers Want You To Know It’s Real". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Grammys 2015 Preview: Beyonce, Sam Smith and Other Artists Vying for Album of the Year Honors Dish on Their Discs". Billboard. Retrieved 13 January 2015.