IDM, and AMBIENT heads should take note,
unless of course you already know about this
one. Fresh from the DEI -- press sheets:
Pietro.
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BENGE
The Very Best Of...
SR167 (cd)
Benge started recording music in 1995 after leaving
art college. He was a painter of large minimal abstract
canvasses, but defected to music because he found
it wasn't as messy. Since the age of 10 he had been
a drummer in various experimental bands, but eventually
decided to go it alone because he liked the idea of being
in control of every sound and every idea; thus he started
his own label and started releasing albums. Musical
Philosophy: using old and new technology to produce
unique and beautiful music without relying on other people
at any stage of the creative process.
File under: Relevant Ambient Revivalist
After 7 albums of unique electronica released on his own
label and recorded in his electronic studio based in the
heart of London, England, Benge shares now with Sub
Rosa his vision through favorite tracks from his five first
records, on an album outrageously called "The Very Best
Of
" and packaged in the grand tradition of seminal listening
music albums. In an attempt to reconcile the sound of
machines dreaming of electric shapes floating on magnetic
clouds with an updated musical expression of the <<vintage>>'s
warmth, the British sandman invites you to the land of
electronic meditation. Regarding his direct and 'reduced
to the essential' style, Benge is the missing link between
the 70's melodic 'electronica' and the present 'intelligent'
electro wizards. Nevermind his 'you know who' look alike
on the sleeve, you won't find any traces or evidence of
'supermarket' music, or maybe an illustration of what it
will be like in the year 3000
Why not dim the lights, put on "the Very Best of
" and
join Benge for a glass of fine wine!
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Pietro Da Sacco, m b m @ n e t c o r e . c a
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