Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Extinction.

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ZOMBIIIES (Album Preview)

Satellites (Demo)

Angel/Devil

There is a superficial variant of my listenership who will not give this song the time of day and that is fine. This song however, is astonishingly well crafted at a songwriters level and demands respect for the well formed lyrical structures and apt use of the standard fourcomers chord progression. 

I recorded this in roughly an hour or so yesterday after hearing it on the radio. For some reason it stuck with me and I recorded it essentially to try and understand the architecture. This song isn't finished, nor is it edited or mixed. It was recorded for research and for nothing more.

Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus Cover)

A Fire in Atlantis...

This is a short piano Medley of a few songs that relate to Zombies. The final Medley is far longer but I wanted to give you a taste of what is to come. This will never be available on an album, it's just a long piece of music that I put together for Jack @ PTG. Enjoy!

Song:
The Bones of Philippe Auguste (ZII)
Sharp Nails and Malice, The Devil (Xtinction)
Beauty in Annihilation (BO1 Zombies OST)

Zombies | (Medle)y [As Above, So Below]

This is a song that I created for Borderlands The Pre-Sequel, it started out as a bit of fun and kinda ended that way too... I hope you enjoy it!

'Borderlands' (The Pre-Sequel)

Previews of 'The Disgraced Henry Langham' [EP] available from www.hurtrecords.com

'The Disgraced Henry Langham' [EP]

10. Victimised (preview)

9. Look Down And Find Me (preview)

8. Twenty Two Down (preview)

7. Down II (Preview)

6. Time For Flies (preview)

5. 'The Day' Recording #3 (preview)

4. And They Fell From The Sky (preview)

3. Alone With, Alone Without (preview)

2. Afraid Of Living (preview)

1. Always Never On My Mind (preview)

The Tragedy of Time (EP) will be available from the 13th of December on Hurt Records! 

Produced by Benn Down
Mixed by Tim Morris
Mastered by Dick Beetham

Tragedy of Time is;
Benn Down; Vocals, Piano, Bass, Synths, Drums, Percussion
Joey Staxx; Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars

Tragedy of Time // 'Erasure'

This song was written a year before we started thinking about another album. The release before this was Here is Lost which really did take us away from the 'tongue in cheek' feeling that we love. I love the bridge in this, I'm spin, spin, spin, spin, spinning around! It's the alcoholic's anthem!

3. Hair of the Dog (demo)

This was a cover of the song 'Drive' by the cars. This version was recorded in late 2009.

13. Drive (the cars cover)

This was a demo version of the ending track for the original The Two Lost Boys. Once again the entire sound of the album was a real experiment for us and I really liked this song. Hope you enjoyed this trip into our vault! I'll try and make more of these soon!

15. Happily Ever After (demo)

Release Date: 2nd July 2015

'Yesterday' is a song written by Benn Down for Fallout 4. 'Yesterday' features guitars, synths, bass and vocals by Benn Down, drums by John Williams, strings by Ellie Wyatt and Benn Down and additional synths by William Cameron. The song was written to celebrate the release of Fallout 4.

'Yesterday' was recorded at Hurt Records and John Williams studio. The song was mixed by Tim Morris (Two Down, Enter Shikari & Young Guns) and was mastered by Dick @ 360 Mastering.

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Benn - Yesterday (Inspired By Fallout 4)

Instinct:Extinct is the first single from Benn's ZOMBIIES album available Fall 2015. Instinct:Extinct was written, produced, mixed and mastered by Benn Down @ Hurt Studios, UK.

Benn Down: Vocals, Choir, Baritone Electric Guitar, Bass, Synths, Cello, Viola, Piano, Drones, Drums, Percussion.

Instinct:Extinct is available NOW on Hurt Records!

Instinct:Extinct (from ZOMBIIES)[Call of Duty: Black Ops III Zombies]

I decided to try and cover this song. The main purpose in making this video was to test out some new looping tech for Quiet One as the new EP has a few looping parts. I used to use a Boss RC-300 looping system but now I'm testing one made my Apogee which will be available soon. 

I ended up driving my preamps mentally but I think it sounded really interesting at the end as you can literally hear the sound start to break apart. I hope you like it.

9 Crimes

Here is a taster song from our upcoming album 'The Two Lost Boys'. This song is titled 'Leaves' and is a personal favourite of ours. We hope you like it. We are really excited to share The Two Lost Boys with you soon! Thanks for all of your support! You mean the world to us.

Two Down // Leaves (from The Two Lost Boys)

We are extremely excited to offer you 8-Bit remixes of six of Benn's game songs. These versions were painstakingly crafted from scratch by Sam Bertram who has been a long serving and valued member of the Hurt Records Street Team. The 8-Bit versions of these songs are free to download exclusively from Hurt Records.

The 8-Bit versions of the songs were created by Sam Bertram and were mastered to iTunes standards by Abbey Road Studios. The songs are also compatible with both Android and Apple as native ringtones. Please listen to the demos below and be sure to share this free opportunity!

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6. InstinctExtinct (8 - Bit Version)

"This EP was created with the intention of showcasing a different side to my writing and production style. A mixture of new and slightly older material which combine well to provide an accurate standpoint of where I am at now as an Artist. 

The EP features Byroe Bliss (LBC) and Shiverz (Monsters) on Track 3 as well as production from Dotman (Dotslab) on Track 2.

Something a little different with the release of the new Two Down album "The Two Lost Boys" fast approaching!" - Kroman

3. Reality Check (feat. Byroe Bliss & Shiverz)

Benn //  'Zombie' for Call of Duty: Zombies 'The Giant'

Benn Down // Where Are You Now? (Justin Bieber Cover)

'Eyes on the King' is a bleak look at the future of the Call of Duty: Zombies story campaign. Looking into the future we view 'him' coming to terms with his own misgivings. From the cells beyond the sewers to the fires in the sky he walks alone. 'Eyes on the King' was recorded at Hurt Studios and drums were recorded by John Williams in Denver, US.

Mastered by Chris Graham to DES -1db standards. The artwork for 'Eyes on the King' was created by Benn and Will Cameron (website).

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Eyes On The King (Single)

I don't want to talk about this. Vocals and Baseline were tracked live. The rest wasn't.

Hérétique (Single)

Hérétique // 'Close to You'

This is the song 'Piece of Me' by Pressure Fashions Diamonds.

Pressure Fashions Diamonds are: Benn Down (guitar, vox), John Williams (drums), Max Wright (bass) and Mel Mather (vox)

Mel's Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/mel_mather

Recorded at Hurt Studios
Mixed by Benn Down
Mastered by Jerome Schmitt @ AirLab

Piece of Me

Pressure Fashions Diamonds // 'Piece of Me' (Single)

This is the song 'Hold On' by Pressure Fashions Diamonds.

Pressure Fashions Diamonds are: Benn Down (guitar, vox), John Williams (drums), Max Wright (bass) and Mel Mather (vox)

Mel's Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/mel_mather

Recorded at Hurt Studios
Mixed by Benn Down
Mastered by Jerome Schmitt @ AirLab

Hold On

Pressure Fashions Diamonds // 'Hold On' (Single)

Worlds Collide (Live Unplugged)

Z.5 // Worlds Collide (Live Unplugged)

This is Benn's cover of 'Beauty of Annihilation' which was first released in the final Map Pack for Call of Duty: World at War. This version was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, UK, mixed by Tim Morris and mastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios. Drums recorded by John Williams, Denver.

Beauty of Annihilation (Single)

Benn // Beauty of Annihilation (Call of Duty: World at War)

This is a cover of the 1993 Hum song 'Stars' from 'You'd Prefer an Astronaut'. This song is available to stream for free on both Spotify and Apple Music.

Stars (Single)

Stars

Portraits - Stars (Hum Cover)

High Risers was created by Benn Down for the Call of Duty: Black Ops II DLC 'Revolution'.

Musicians:
Benn: (Vocals, Guitar, Synths, Score, Bass, Drums) (http://www.youtube.com/BennDown)
Amanda: (Vocals, Backing Vocals) (http://www.youtube.com/AmandaontheRun)

Special thanks to:
PLAYtheGAME: (http://www.youtube.com/playthegamecentral)
Lox: (http://www.youtube.com/Myoelectric)
John: (http://www.youtube.com/JohnKew)

Other thanks to:

Jon: (http://www.youtube.com/MrDalekJD)
Reed: (http://www.youtube.com/Radaustins27)
Brian: (http://www.youtube.com/Yoteslaya)

High Risers (feat. AmandaontheRun)

This is a song I recently wrote in dedication to the Amnesia series. I love Frictional and The Chinese Room and I can't wait to play their next installment.

'Red Meat' (Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs)

Rusty Cage | Group 916

Benn Down (born Jan 27, 1982) is a British singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and composer. He is the founder, lead vocalist and principle songwriter in various bands including; Benn, Portraits, Two Down, Pressure Fashions Diamonds and Diplomat. His first release was the album ‘Origins?’ under the band Two Down, which he founded in 2007 with long time-collaborator Callum Richardson. He has since released a vast number of albums, EPs and singles. Benn Down was an independent recording artist until signing with Hurt Records in 2014. In previous years Down was involved with iTunes, Sony, Universal Music Group, Vevo and Tunecore and came to the conclusion that not only did these companies tie up their artists in uncompromising contracts, but their percentage share of the artist’s revenue was appalling. Benn decided to step down from these companies and invest his time in creating a ‘contract-less’ Record Label that focused purely on the integrity of the sound recordings and bringing the artist’s visions to life.

At the beginning of 2017 Down embarked on a ten-year-long ambition to release his anticipated ‘Z’ story in audio form. The story being widely received as cryptic, intriguing and dark. Down is recognised for making his listeners work to understand the form that the story takes. Down maintains that the Z series of albums isn’t made for everyone, instead limiting its comprehendible exposure to a few thousand listeners.

Down is the owner of Hurt Records, a UK based independent record label. Hurt Records’ primary focus is to create extremely high quality music for it’s listenership. Hurt Records is unique in the fact that all of the releases on the label pass through a single studio complex; ‘Hurt Studios’. Down maintains that “the purpose of the ‘single studio’ mindset is that complete control over the entire process of an album’s creation is attained and artistic integrity is maintained at a high standard.”

Down’s music is currently licensed through both Hurt Records, UK and Create Music Group, US.

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