Ok, I must have waited about four years to announce this song. Yes, it's been written quite some time ago, but I finally got around to finishing it. 

I'm incredibly proud to have Adam Holzman (Steven Wilson, ex- Miles Davis)on Moog synth here as well as Mike Malyan of progressive metal giants MONUMENTS on drums!
 
Also, what would I do without my dear friend Preben Raunsbjerg who once again performed the mixing and mastering duties on Newton's Cradle. 

Also, I'd like to thank Antelope Audio for their incredible gear and to inspire me everyday trying to come up with new ideas. It's much appreciated! 

Also a BIG thanks goes out to Frans Dommelen from GUITARKING for introducing me to the incredible GK50 amplifier built by Ron van de Laak.

And last, but certainly not least I'd like to thank Hicham Hamzi who did the amazing artwork for the single. 
I hope you all like Newton's Cradle. It's a banger!

Newton's Cradle

Here's my new track, finally! On this one Ronny Heimdal is playing a guest guitar solo and the fretless bass is recorded and played by Preben Raunsbjerg, who also did the mix for this track.

Thank you guys! Both of you. It's been a great experience working with you two. 

Stay tuned for more, because I'm working on a quite long, progressive track which will be released very soon as well.

If you like my music, please visit my website on: http://www.benvangeest.nl and consider making a donation to support me and my music. I will send you a high resolution WAV audio file in return. Also, plese - like my Facebook page on: https://www.facebook.com/benvangeest.nl?ref=hl

You can now order my debut album on Bandcamp: ben-o-cular.bandcamp.com/releases, iTunes: itunes.apple.com/nl/album/conject…d1133692418?l=en , Google Play or Amazon: www.amazon.com/The-Lesser-Light/dp/B01IC9VL2Q

Cheers!

Enochian Calls (feat. Ronny Heimdal)

Here's my 'intermediary' new fusion/prog track, called 'Are You Sirius?'. I apologise for the bit of self-indulgence displayed here. I’m a musician - I can’t help it. ;-)

This track I wrote very quickly and wasn't planned at all, but it just came to me naturally, so I decided to let some good musicians join in and suddenly this song was born.

A BIG thank you goes out to Preben Raunsbjerg (mix, guitar solo 2:35-3:00) and Ronny Heimdal (synth solo 0:01-1:03, and guitar solo 1:59-2:34). Everything else played by me.

Hope you will enjoy it. My next progressive song is going to be released probably somewhere in February. 

You can now order my debut album on Bandcamp: ben-o-cular.bandcamp.com/releases, iTunes: itunes.apple.com/nl/album/conject…d1133692418?l=en , Google Play or Amazon: www.amazon.com/The-Lesser-Light/dp/B01IC9VL2Q

Cheers!

Are You Sirius? (feat. Ronny Heimdal and Preben Raunsbjerg)

Here’s my latest and in many respects greatest track. It’s the most ambitious track I’ve written to date, because of the multi-layered textures, themes, solos and length (10 minutes of pure prog!).

Once again Ronny Heimdal played a few brilliant guitar solos (1:38-2:37 and 9:03-9:50) and Preben has really outdone himself here with the mix. 

I’m really quite proud of this song. Hope you'll like it! It has been a labour of love and it has taken me a considerable amount of time to get it right! Give it some time to let it sink in...

You can now order my debut album on Bandcamp: ben-o-cular.bandcamp.com/releases, iTunes: itunes.apple.com/nl/album/conject…d1133692418?l=en , Google Play or Amazon: www.amazon.com/The-Lesser-Light/dp/B01IC9VL2Q

Cheers!

Breakdown - Breakthrough - Breakout (feat. Ronny Heimdal)

Here's my latest track, called 'Crash Retrieval'. It's a bit more raw and dirty, but still progressive.

Audio mixed by Preben Raunsbjerg.

I've also made a guitar play through video of this track, which you can find on my YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msZXQgqNP5E

If you like my music - please, support it using the donate button on my website: http://www.benvangeest.nl/

For more music and info - please, visit my Facebook band/project page: https://www.facebook.com/benvangeest.nl?ref=hl

You can now order my debut album on Bandcamp: ben-o-cular.bandcamp.com/releases, iTunes: itunes.apple.com/nl/album/conject…d1133692418?l=en , Google Play or Amazon: www.amazon.com/The-Lesser-Light/dp/B01IC9VL2Q

Cheers!

Crash Retrieval

This one is a little heavier. I made use of the excellent Scuffham Amps software, called 'S-GEAR' (http://www.scuffhamamps.com/). This is a deviation from my regular routines (SM57 in front of a Celestion Vintage '30 speaker with my trusty Blackstar HT5 and/or Laney TT50H).

Hope you like this track. 

The audio mix was once again done by Preben Raunsbjerg.

You can now order my debut album on Bandcamp: ben-o-cular.bandcamp.com/releases, iTunes: itunes.apple.com/nl/album/conject…d1133692418?l=en , Google Play or Amazon: www.amazon.com/The-Lesser-Light/dp/B01IC9VL2Q

Thank you!

Early Warning

This is the last track I'll upload before my full-length album comes out. This track is called 'Conjecture Views' and features the excellent IK Multimedia's guitar modelling software. I've used the recently released MESA/Boogie amp package, consisting of the Mark IV, Dual Rectifier and Transatlantic amps. I hope you'll enjoy this track as much as I did creating it!

Once again engineered, mixed and mastered by my good friend from London, Preben Raunsbjerg. He was the one encouraging me to use the MESA/Boogie amps on here. Thank you mate!

If you like my music, please - consider making a donation on my website: http://www.benvangeest.nl/portfolio and/or visit my Facebook band page on here: https://www.facebook.com/benvangeest.nl?ref=hl

You can now order my debut album on Bandcamp: https://ben-o-cular.bandcamp.com/releases, iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/conjecture-views/id1133692418?l=en , Google Play or Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/The-Lesser-Light/dp/B01IC9VL2Q

Cheers!

Conjecture Views

I know it's been a while!

Here's a track off of my new album (which I'm still working on), called 'Psyence'. There's a bit of old school metal influences on here but also traces of progressive rock and fusion-esque elements.

My friend Ronny Heimdal plays the intro lead on here and Zsolt Meszaros plays drums. I did everything else, except for the mix, which has been done by my good friend Preben Raunsbjerg. I hope you like it! 

Cheers!
Ben

Psyence (feat. Ronny Heimdal, Zsolt Meszaros)

Here's my latest track 'Options Paralysis'. It features Zsolt Meszaros on drums and my friend Ronny Heimdal plays the extended guest solo in the middel section. Guitars, (fretless) bass and keys were recorded by yours truly. Once again the mix was in the more than capable hands of Preben Raunsbjerg. The brilliant artwork was done by Hicham Hamzi @H-Hich Design.

Options Paralysis

Welcome to my Soundcloud page and thank you for checking my music out! My name is Benjamin van Geest and I'm writing progressive rock and fusion music and play all the instruments myself.

Sometimes there are guest musicians involved as well. I always mention this in the track description.

The mix of all the tracks is done by my good friend Preben Raunsbjerg, who is a professional mixing engineer from Manchester, England.

I hope you'll enjoy my music and please - share as much of it as you wish. If you wish to donate (highly appreciated!) to support me and my music, please - check out my bandcamp page here: 

Alternatively you may want to visit my music Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/benvangeest.nl?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

Thank you and take care.

BEN-O-CULAR

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