The Popes

Conceptualist and DJ Ben Komor was born in 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. He spent the first eight years of his life traveling the globe with his parents, listening to Yo-Yo Ma and playing the violin. The Chemical Brothers ‘Block Rockin Beats’ release in 1997 marks a turning point in Ben’s life. A whole new immense electronic sound scape was now rapidly unraveling and expanding itself for Ben. As a result, in 1999, he swapped his violin for a pair of decks.

In 2004 he moved to Amsterdam where he teamed up with lifetime buddy and partner in crime Jop. Their mutual love for music resulted in the infamous Particle gonzo journalism; interviewing numerous artists across the globe, as well as deciding to start organizing. Nowadays he’s the organizer and resident DJ behind the successful Carnivale nights at Club AIR.