De Benedictis_ElectroAmbient (Trance)

A combination of electro and ambient by Dean De Benedictis and yet-to-emerge artist, Roarkyd.

Photo - Roarkyd

Joylean - (Surface 10 vs. Roarkyd = Roarface)

A remix by Surface 10 for the artist Abereiddy Astronomical Society (aka Min Y Llan), soon to be released for free download by Fateless Flows.

The Outsider - Abereiddy Astronomical Society (Surface 10 Mix)

Electronic Ambient mixed selection of Carbon Based Lifeforms Tracks - Jody Dj Podcast 2011 
Non commercial use, play cool music to music lovers! Enjoy.

Carbon Based Lifeforms Genesis Mix Sequence (Jody DJ Set)

This is a track from Dean De Benedictis's project, Travels Rendered, that was aired on British radio program Sunday Synth, hosted by Bruce Gale. The track/song is an improvised ambient piece that was performed and recorded live, in an alpine canyon near Provo, Utah, by Dean De Benedictis and Nyle Steiner (inventor of the EWI). To create this piece, both men hiked up into the mountains with their gear, and then Nyle plugged his EWI and synth module into an audio card for Dean's laptop studio (which runs Ableton Live and Reactor). Both men then preceded to improvise live ambient music, successfully.  The canyon was elevated in the mountains east of Provo, and it was a gray day. Nyle Steiner grew up near the canyon, but this was his first time ever making music there. (The accompanying video is not from this performance, but rather a separate TV interview that introduces Nyle and what he does.) For more info on Dean's project, Travels Rendered, visit: http://summitmusicproject.blogspot.com


Nyle Steiner & Dean De Benedictis - Travels Rendered on British Radio

Carbon Based Lifeforms 5 hours mix

A track from my CD release - Salvaging The Past, in 2005 on Spotted P. Records.

Occur - from Salvaging The Past - Dean De Benedictis

This track will not be released on any CD.  Enjoy and share. (Recorded in Newhall, CA. 

Image (entitled "Vacancy") by Ellen Jantzen.
http://www.ellenjantzen.com

A Morning Down - (unreleased Dean De Benedictis)

Another weekly free download: a long ambient track that Dean made while messing around with his software a few years ago.  Just click the download button on the side of the track.  And make room, it's a half-hour-long aiff file. (Art by Dean in 2003.)

To find and/or purchase music from these official CDs, visit the following Discography pages for both of my aliases. The rest can be Googled quite easily:
dean-de-benedictis.musikear.com/
www.discogs.com/artist/Surface+10

(Art by me in 2005. A collage of my own photos from the 90s.)

Ode To My Girlfriend's Living Room (unreleased Dean De Benedictis)

A track I just created as a free download and to re-introduce Surface 10 to the public.

(Photo by Marcin Majkowski.)

Flagrant Flyer Miles - (unreleased Surface 10)

A track I did with grand piano while testing out my old microphones.  Free download.

Image by Ellen Jantzen.
http://www.ellenjantzen.com

A Moment Is - (unreleased Dean De Benedictis)

This is the very first moment Dean recorded live ambient music at the rim of the Grand Canyon.  It was considered Day 1 of a three-day recording session, and there will be a second trip this year, 2013.  The entire piece lasted upwards of 40 minutes.  This is an excerpt of the first 11 minutes--more than enough to get the idea.  It was windy so not very easy to play flute, but it still worked.

The photo is of the exact moment of recording.

Live At The Grand Canyon - Trip 1 / Day 1 - (unreleased Travels Rendered)

From Dean's 2005 CD release, Salvaging The Past.

Death for Music - (Dean De Benedictis)

This is an electronic-ambient piece that Dean De Benedictis wrote, performed and recorded on his laptop for two days while perched next to the Mesa Arch in Canyonlands, UT.  It is part of his Travels Rendered project.  Dean used Ableton Live, Logic, Reactor, and his cedar flute the create this music.

De Benedictis_ElectroAmbient (Trance)

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