Two Inch Punch

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Ben Ash
Background information
Origin	Brentford, London, United Kingdom
Genres	Pop R&B hip hop pop rock electronica dance-pop synth-pop
Occupation(s)	Record producer musician remixer songwriter

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[]

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[]

Year	Title	Artist	Album/EP	Songwriter	Producer
2012	Love You Up	Two Inch Punch	Love You Up EP	Y	Y
	MoonStruck		Saturn Slow Jams EP	Y	Y
	Paint It Red (featuring Mikky Ekko)			Y	Y
2013	Lost in Empathy	Rejjie Snow	N/A	Y	Y
	Precious	Javeon		Y	Y
	Deeper	Ella Eyre	Deeper EP	Y	Y
	If You Love Me	BenZel featuring Jessie Ware	If You Love Me	Y	Y
	Season Change	Damon Albarn and Ghostpoet	Africa Express "Maison De Jeune"	Y	Y
2014	Caution to the Wind	Becky Hill	Caution to the Wind	Y	Y
	Money on My Mind	Sam Smith	In the Lonely Hour	Y	Y
	Life Support			Y	Y
	Desire	Years & Years	Communion		Y
	Eyes Shut	Years & Years	Communion		Y
	The Fall	Indiana	No Romeo	Y	Y
	Tough Love	Jessie Ware	Tough Love	Y	Y
	Champagne Kisses			Y	Y
	Say You Love Me			Y	Y
	Kind Of...Sometimes...Maybe			Y	Y
	You and I Forever			Y	Y
	Wasted Love (featuring Stevie Neale)	BenZel	MEN EP	Y	Y
	Four (featuring Juicy J & Cashmere Cat)			Y	Y
2015	Sitting Pretty featuring Wiz Khalifa	Ty Dolla $ign	Free TC	Y	Y
	Gemini	Anne-Marie	Karate EP	Y	Y
	Boy		TBA	Y	Y
2016	Human	Rag'n'Bone Man	Human		Y
	Ego			Y	Y
	Innocent Man			Y	Y
	Evil	James Vincent McMorrow	We Move	Y	Y
	Killer Whales			Y	Y
	To D.R.E.A.M	Tory Lanez	I Told You	Y	Y
	Guns & Roses			Y	Y
	All Night	SG Lewis		Y	Y
	Nothings Gonna Change	Jamie Lidell	Building A Beginning	Y	Y
2017	Best Friend	Rex Orange County	Single	Y	Y
	Uno			Y	Y
	Falcon Eye	Off Bloom			Y
	Good Friend	JP Cooper	Raised Under Grey Skies	Y	Y
	Black & Blue	Elijah Blake	Single	Y	Y
	Sunflower	Rex Orange County	Single	Y	Y
	Cold Fire	Saya	Single	Y	Y
	Brother	Kodaline	Single	Y
	Werk It Out		Single	Y	Y
	Two Fingers	Dan Caplen	Single	Y	Y
2018	Dead To Me	Kali Uchis	Isolation	Y	Y
	Palo Santo	Years & Years	Palo Santo		Y
	Lucky Escape				Y
	Best Dressed Man	Aeris Roves	Single (Moon By Island Gardens)	Y	Y
	Feel Me	Aeris Roves	Single (Moon By Island Gardens)	Y	Y
	Delilah	Aeris Roves	Single (Moon By Island Gardens)	Y	Y
	Comfortable	Aeris Roves	Moon By Island Gardens	Y	Y
	Pressure When The Sun Comes Down	Aeris Roves	Moon By Island Gardens	Y	Y
	Running Thru 3am	Aeris Roves	Moon By Island Gardens	Y	Y
	No Guarantee	Aeris Roves	Moon By Island Gardens	Y	Y
	The Hoodie Song	Mae Muller	Single	Y	Y
	Jenny	Mae Muller	Single	Y	Y
	Busy Tone	Mae Muller	Single	Y	Y
	Break My Heart	Benny Blanco	Friends Keep Secrets	Y	Y
	You To You	Maisie Peters	Dressed Too Nice For A Jacket	Y	Y
2019	Ugly	Ella Henderson	Single	Y	Y
	DNA	Years & Years	Single		Y
	Wickedest One	SL	Single	Y	Y
	Holy Water	Freya Ridings	TBA	Y	Y
2020	Smile	Maisie Peters	Birds of Prey (soundtrack)	Y	Y

Bold type denotes singles.

Remixes & edits[]

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