Benjamin Cartel’s solo career has earned a new set of wheels thanks to an EP that bridges the gap between the sounds of Wilco’s wry rock & roll and John Lennon’s classic pop.  
Recorded in Brooklyn, LA, Tokyo, and in Gotthenburg, Sweden by Producers Kristoffer Ragnstam and Joel Lundberg. And mixed by Ed Ackerson (The Replacements, The Jayhawks, Motion City Soundtrack, BNLX) at Flowers Studio in Minneapolis.

No One

Together

Lead track from the forthcoming BNLX EP #8. The track is also featured on the new BNLX compilation LP Produit Collecté, a collection of tracks from the band's now out-of-print early EP releases. The LP and CD versions of the compilation contain 14 tracks and provide a great overview of band's early releases. The LP version also includes a download card to access the entire BNLX EP collection, 32 total tracks all newly remastered and more rad than ever. Preorder Produit Collecté (Collected Product) at bnlx.bandcamp.com.

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Recorded at Flowers Studio, Minneapolis
Produced by Ed Ackerson

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Opposites Attract

A protest album in the purest sense, this new EP by Dylan Connor chronicles the Syrian uprising from its beginnings in March 2011 through the current crisis. All proceeds from sales of the album will benefit displaced Syrian children through the Karam Foundation (karamfoundation.org).  All tracks were produced, engineered, and mixed by Bryce Goggin at Trout Recording in Brooklyn NY. 

Feza Feza

2013-08-28-21_30_11.mp3

Tennessee

When his indie-folk band, Kaiser Cartel, took an indefinite break after releasing their second album, Benjamin Cartel decided to move ahead by going back to where he'd started. That meant resurrecting the buzz-worthy solo career he'd kicked off in New York City, back in the early 00's. Benjamin was invited overseas to work with producers Kristoffer Ragnstam and Joel Lundberg in their studio in Gothenburg, a quiet Scandinavian city that helped fire up Cartel's imagination. Inspired by a feeling longing for his friends back home and a surge of excitement for his new songs, he finished the album in 12 days. The result is Gothenburg, a solo album inspired by everything from New York City breakups to Alfred Hitchcock movies. 

by Andrew Leahey

Gothenburg

Boderline

"Songs from the Fridge" - A Record Release from the fridges
of Paris France (free song at https://jamesjewell.bandcamp.com/ )

Paris release tomorrow Nov 11th AU CHAT NOIR
76 Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 Paris

Nashville Tennessee release Dec 11th - Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge - Madison, TN

Reading Pennsylvania release Dec 15th @Building 24
1115 Bern Rd, Wyomissing, PA

Produced by James and Kara Messinger Jewell
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Steven Forward
Recorded at Human Studios in Les Frigos in Paris

The Ant And Superman

Plane

Far Away Across The Sea

"After earning a buzz as one of New York City’s up-and-coming songwriters, Benjamin Cartel put his solo career on hold in 2004, the year he co-founded the indie folk duo Kaiser Cartel. Now he's playing solo again, showcasing "top notch music, up close and intimate" (Secrets of the City). CMJ happily reports that "after all the rocking and road work he’s put in over the years, he has finally released the first proper Benjamin Cartel solo release, the Money & Love EP, six songs of the straightforward heartfelt songwriter stuff that comes from, well, all that rockin’ and roadwork." On the record, Cartel builds a bridge between old and new, love and loss, to arrive at a rock-solid folk-pop creation (Pitch)."