Inspired by motif I altered from a piece of music by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Forbidden Colors from the soundtrack Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. I started this piece in 2012, July 2018 I updated mix, the original mix had some volume and balance issues.

Invisible Colors (Lush Mix)

I started writing about theme biking thru the city of Toronto. This version is the original version.

City Lights And The Northern Star

This is an edited version of a long experimental house track!

 I could have title this track Bleu Nuit! If you lived in Quebec, you would understand, Bleu Nuit was weekend midnight erotic show. :)

Coeur De Pomme - Quarter Cuts Mix

There's an old myth that you can't fold a single sheet of paper in half more than seven times. My inspiration for this comes from Japanese art & culture.

Origami (Paper Mix)

8MhzSun composed in late 80s, a unfinished demo version in early 90s and early 2000. 

8 Mhz was my Mac's speed, Sun was the file name, a lost project that has a new life. 


A component of the 90s demo was used in the movie Tag by R. Chretien, an art film.  ...watch here: vimeo.com/127207674 - 


8MhzSun 
I started composing this piece in the late 80s in Hull, Quebec. By the early 90s I had a somewhat version that was never completed. This piece was initially composed as chill out club track.

My Friend Rob did a cassette recording while I was working on this piece in the early 90s. Later, my computer dies, lost files. Many lost tracks, including 8MhzSun. From that Cassette grab, I ended up sampling a part that I included is in this track.

It's that casette grab from Rob that made this track survived! 

You can hear section of the original demo in TAG video. It's an artist video about tagging the city virtually, based on a idea that I still find brillant: The Military Budget to for the artists, would you have any imagination? A world where art is used to express our difference. War & Attacks are forbidden and non existent.

In the early 2000 I tried recomposing this piece but did not complete to project to term. Its in the vault somewhere. Recently I had a sudden creative moment that brought this finished version, at last!

8MhzSun, what does that mean? That computer that crashed was my old Mac classic, think it had a 20meg HD in there. And so the 8Hmz was the speed of that thing and Sun was the name of the sequence file. 

A new life, 30 years after!

8MhzSun (New Life Mix)

Where Is Deck...?

Origami - Implants Memories Mix

Origami - Atari Console Mix

She Moved Thru The Fair (traditional) is one of my favorite traditional of music, and I had this idea of transposing it to the new world of music. 

It started as an exercise, to learn arrange a song from tradition to electronica. the biggest challenge was to get the main melody synth patch to fit what I build around, and to have a traditional feel to the sound.

She Moved Thru The Fair (traditional celtic)

Another song arrangement exercise that turned to a final track. This piece is inspired by Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare from the common man". I did not want to go where ELP had done before in the late 70s, and I did not want to copy or rearrange Copeland's song, its more a musical pastiche. 

The inspiration came from the Montreal subway which uses some melodic component of Copland's music when the subway leaves the stations.

A Variation For The Common Man

This piece was composed as part of my Blade Runner 2021 project. 

The title translate to: In the darkness of her eyes. 

I had this melody in my head for years, just like a good wine its a matter of letting it sit for a while. I'm amazed about how long I can retain melodic ideas in my head. I often get inspired while walking or while I am not playing music, nor close to any instruments. 

The title refers to the Blade Runner movie, which refers to one of the main character, Rachel.  Dans le noir de ses yeux, which means: In The dark of her eyes.

Thanks to my friend Nico Maranda for the lovely picture!

Dans le noir de ses yeux (In the dark of her eyes)

Of A Lost Memory (in Asia)

Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder (Gem's Darkness)

Dedicated to Gemma Figura Pantalla, a woman all about nomophobia

Gemma Nomophobia

A melody from an old track I recycled! Its a simple instrumental track.

When Time Stands Still

A down beat variation of my track When Time Stands Still

When Time Stood Still -

Instrumental version of a track - vocal version available later

What's Her Name?

A fusion of music inspired by house and reggae music.

Scketched

The title "The Perfect Triangle" is inspired about a conversation I heard recently while in Asia. Someone next to me talking in French thinking they were private about their marital problems. 
Experimenting, trying new things can sometimes lead to finding something you enjoy, I'm talking about music!

Aug 2018

The Perfect Triangle

The Great Wave (of Plastic)

a simple 5 tracks song, just a rough demo mix. why not?

Second Wind (demo mix)

• Composed, arranged & mixed:  Beno
• Image Art: Beno

• Last Music Update : October 2018 
• email: tuned.in440@gmail.com
• About-Beno, Canadian Artist - Electronica & Ambient

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