From Pietro Sent Tue, Oct 5th 1999, 21:26
From Pietro Sent Tue, Oct 5th 1999, 21:26
IDM, and AMBIENT heads should take note,
unless of course you already know about this
one. Fresh from the DEI -- press sheets:
Pietro.
>>
BENGE=20
The Very Best Of...=20
SR167 (cd)=20
Benge started recording music in 1995 after leaving=20
art college. He was a painter of large minimal abstract=20
canvasses, but defected to music because he found=20
it wasn't as messy. Since the age of 10 he had been=20
a drummer in various experimental bands, but eventually=20
decided to go it alone because he liked the idea of being=20
in control of every sound and every idea; thus he started=20
his own label and started releasing albums. Musical=20
Philosophy: using old and new technology to produce=20
unique and beautiful music without relying on other people=20
at any stage of the creative process.
File under: Relevant Ambient Revivalist
After 7 albums of unique electronica released on his own=20
label and recorded in his electronic studio based in the=20
heart of London, England, Benge shares now with Sub=20
Rosa his vision through favorite tracks from his five first=20
records, on an album outrageously called "The Very Best=20
Of=85" and packaged in the grand tradition of seminal listening=20
music albums. In an attempt to reconcile the sound of=20
machines dreaming of electric shapes floating on magnetic=20
clouds with an updated musical expression of the <<vintage>>'s=20
warmth, the British sandman invites you to the land of=20
electronic meditation. Regarding his direct and 'reduced=20
to the essential' style, Benge is the missing link between=20
the 70's melodic 'electronica' and the present 'intelligent'=20
electro wizards. Nevermind his 'you know who' look alike=20
on the sleeve, you won't find any traces or evidence of =20
'supermarket' music, or maybe an illustration of what it=20
will be like in the year 3000=85
Why not dim the lights, put on "the Very Best of=85 " and=20
join Benge for a glass of fine wine!
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