I'm playing at on Wednesday the 9th with Cosmo D and friends. It's at the Donna De Vine Wine Bar at 378 Atlantic Atlantic Ave. think we're on near enough to 9pm sharp so don't be too late. If i'm not mistaken we are the only thing on that night so we should play a nice long set.
Heads up Guys! I'll be playing in the new year with Cosmo D and friends. It should be a good long set so I'm sure we will all solo a bit too. I'll post the dates as soon as they are confirmed. P.S. I've got a new Podcast on the way so that should be up in January too! If there are any Wordpress Heads out there who'd like to help me get the whole thing set up then please send me a mail. Happy Holidays!
I decided to try out tumblr which is a site designed for people that want to post short, not so text heavy, content on the net. so i created a tumblelog. i added the link to my nav bar above but here it is again. Ben's Tumblr Blog-Like-Thing. So there it is, i hope it's not too boring or self indulgent but i'm enjoying it so maybe you might too. in any case, i can update it from anywhere, add posts from my phone, etc, so hopefully it will be a little more living then this site can be sometimes. i'm still posting news, music, and serious stuff here, but if for some odd reason you want so see some more of my day to day behavior like my daily dose of octopus photos from flickr or what tv comedy i'm watching then have a look there.
I'll be performing with Cosmo D at Share this month. it should be fun. we had a great time at warper last month and hopefully there won't be any technical problems and we can play a bit longer this time. Hope to see you there. we are on at 9pm sharp. for directions and details check Share.
Hey, there's gonna be an another Ableton Users Group meeting at Tekserve on January the 29th. The very talented Christian Kliene will be there showing off his music and way he uses Ableton to perform. It starts at 7:30pm @ Tekserve
Hey everybody, the Werk discs back catalog has been added to Bleep.com. So now you can listen to my werk releases there and buy then on MP3 form if thats what you like. you'll find the bleep werk catalog here: Werk Discs on Bleep.
Hey, there's gonna be an Ableton Users Group meeting at Tekserve on december the 19th. I'll be there and I think we're all gonna talk about song-writing, so stop down and lets hear what everyone has been up to. It starts at 6pm @ Tekserve
Hello all, so it was about time for a new site and so i thought i'd moved to a new super minimal design that (hopefully) will make it easier for me to update on a regular basis. So i hope you like it. Grab your big red pens and start circling mistakes! I've put some songs up already, and once I finish formatting some of the photos and video i've got laying around I'll get that posted up here too.
So Mr Bill Zurat over at WFMU played my track DIN on his excellent radio show recently. Thanks Bill. Any radio listeners out there should tune into Bill as both his show and the others at WFMU are great.
I've got a song on another amazing Werk compilation... GrimFM is a collection of some of the best tracks from the GrimDUBs series or 12"s as well as some new unreleased ones. GrimFM is out and available all over the place. if you're looking for a good online record shop you won't get much better then boomkat.
"Werk are a strange bunch. What we have here are 6 cuts from various members of Werk world. Cut Out provide Squedge: deep sub-bass, broken rhythms and noises from the other side, this is seriously twisted and doesn't resort to pointless jazz style noodlings to impress - the emperor does indeed have new clothes. Mr. Lizard's The Thin Line Between Love and Assault would give the British Murder Boys and Reeko a run for their money in threatening sounds from the mental wards for the persecuted, dark glitched up bliss from left of field. The drum programming is pretty darn funky and acts as an excellent counterpoint to the rich textures and layers. Format.K gives us one of the best twisted comedown songs yet with Music To Die To. Like a sick but sweeter version of The Streets without the pointless mockney lovelorn chatter. I get the impression that the automated voice on this track doesn't want you survive. Actress provide us with Mentor, a track that threatens to have us all "Shitting bass until lent" - never really gets going for me but it has an early Warp/Rave vibe going that certainly won't do it any harm. Draw Step by Byte Stripes sounds like it's actually made out of three existing tracks, but it works - D and B vs Walter Carlos vs Squarepusher - it unfolds very nicely, definitely a pick. Last but not least, Ben Codec with Acid Burnt My Retinas, squeaky wheel phrases, big space washes and the chatter of machines hating each other. I could have done with another 20 minutes of this one - excellent stuff, constantly changing under drums that mark the passing of time, all over too darn quick. Excellent opening sampler of things to come. Soon we will all be Werk!" Reviewed By Clone 23 (11/08/2004)
Here are some tracks I've written, The stuff that has been released on CD and vinyl is available at Boomkat.com and now through Bleep.com as a download. you listen to it through the Bleep.com player here. The unreleased songs here are ones I love but decided not to release, or couldn't decide on another song to release with them. so they are here online, for free.
Title: DIN
Album: GrimFM
Label: Werk Discs
Title: Acid Burnt My Retinas...
Album: WERKONE
Label: Werk Discs
Title: The Box (Part 1)
Album: Teknotes II
Label: Tekserve
Title: boygeniusage12breaksarm...
So, the nice folks at Midnight society took some great pics of the last DJ set i played at Love and here they are: Tek-no at Love
These are actually very old photos now, but as it was one of my all time favorite parties, here some pic from an old Werk Boat party Das Boot
you guys don't really need too many of these from me do you? thats what google is for... but i might as well point you toward some of my favorite folks on the net.
WERK - the incredibly talented guys who put out my tunes
NSD - a great record distribution company
Boomkat - THE amazing online record shop
Stuff Records - wicked weegee label
No-Future - movers, shakers, conversation makers. get your biscuit avatars ready!
Hand on the Plow - brilliant record label i never get tired of
Woody Batts Design - A very talented artist, designer, and friend.
Lauren Colchamiro Photography - A stellar photographer and talented musician.
I love to meet new people so please get in touch, however email is way more fun then myspace so why not email me at: "ben at bencodec.com" but you know, make "at" an "@" symbol. yeah?
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