From Retail to Hooj Tunes: Ben Lost’s Unexpected Rise in Dance Music

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Shared December 9, 2025

From working at a major chain record store… to joining legendary label Hooj Tunes… to literally biking vinyl promos to Pete Tong and dealing with the biggest DJs of the 90s and early 00s — Ben Lost shares how the dance music hustle really worked before streaming. If you love trance, house, classic rave history or industry stories, this one’s gold. Check him out in EP 11 on the Whats the BPM? Podcast 🎧🔥 #benlost #lostlanguage #hoojtunes #trancefamily #dancemusichistory #pplong #90srave #00sdance #vinylculture #djlifestyle #musicindustrystories #whatsTheBPM #edmhistory