My Love (2014)

recorded in my house

instruments - roland mc 202 (sequencer+synth),roland tr 808 (drum machine),roland r8 (drum machine), korg mono/poly (synth),roland juno 60 (synth), ARP odyssey (synth), korg ms 20 (synth) 

recorded to fostex r8 8 track tape, mastered to computer with lexicon effects.

Heliosphan (Aphex Twin Cover)

From the 2013 album "Gutta-percha" downloadable at www.mankymusic.co.uk

Mank is the ambient electronic project of Ben Powell, based in North Wales.

Ben has been recording as Mank since 1998 releasing “home made” CD’s on his Mankymusic label. Influenced by nature and maths the music is computer based, combining field recordings with real and virtual instruments. Ben is known for using some exclusive recording locations - two releases (Isbjorn and Ambergris) were recorded whilst on board a Russian polar research ship at the north pole, most of the Mank albums were born at sea.

Mank has received airtime on BBC Radio 1, Radio 3, Radio 6 and Radio Wales
"one of the most important electronic artists in Wales” – Adam Walton, Radio Wales

04 - Rheya

The euphoria of rave and hardcore music all across the US in the 90's has been replaced with forum trolls, streaming laptop music and Live Nation wristbands.  Remember a magical time when house, techno, hardcore and rave all melded seamlessly into a banging amalgam of hardware generated aural beauty keeping you stomping until you forgot the sun came up.  This love letter to synth culture provides a lighthouse to souls lost in software point and click beats and shows a new way born from the past to inject drum machine soul back into music.  All MIDI and CV forever so roll down your windows and let this take you back and move music forward again.

Heliosphan (Aphex Twin Cover)

Ben Harris-Folb

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