Manchester, December 2021.

Performed by Manchester Collective:
Beibei Wang - Percussion
Rakhi Singh - Violin
Julian Azkoul - Violin
Ruth Gibson - Viola
Stephanie Tress - Cello
Joe Reiser - Electronics

Score Follower: https://youtu.be/ufGRThgUtIQ

https://bennobuto.com/serenity-20

SERENITY 2.0

for percussion and fixed media.

I. Chroma
II. Value
III. Hue

performed by Joanne Chiang.
premiered in Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music in May 2022.

artwork: Sol LeWitt - Composite Series, Plate #01 (1971)

Video: https://youtu.be/knODmkcNeqU?si=qTI2aO6x1ZOQl39B

Three Studies

for piano, electronics & video.

'Tell me again' is a piece that asks a simple question over and over again. Each time the music moves towards some kind of answer, the narrative gets side-tracked and we arrive back at the opening question. Eight hand bells sit above the piano, each corresponding to a different voice, from Eckhart Tolle and Thich Nhat Hanh to Youtubers and Metaverse engineers. Like switches, the bells trigger the voices to appear in random sequences, like switching channels on a TV. Throughout the piece, the performer becomes a kind of manic, multitasking machine, and it’s up to them whether they can pull themselves away from the noise to find a moment of stillness.

Commissioned by UK New Artists and premiered at Leicester City Takeover Festival in February 2022.

Video: https://youtu.be/MZDdOMxt6AE?si=f3-lPI9thSLYn9iV

Tell me again

St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, 6 April 2024.

for choir, organ, violin and sampler.

National Youth Chamber Choir and members of Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Sofi Jeannin. For London Handel Festival.

https://bennobuto.com/face-anthem

FACE ANTHEM

for orchestra, chorus and electronics.

performed by bbc symphony orchestra & chorus, bbc singers and elim chan. 

19 july 2024, royal albert hall (for the first night of the bbc proms).

video: https://youtu.be/hELmcWBs9R0?si=n3lHGCFsb0TJKRY9

Hallelujah Sim.

Ride Wit Me x Mavio Messiah (Prod. Terrence Wimberly)

6-28-25 (everything is fine now.  please come home)

Track I made for KVR's One Synth Challenge (OSC) #196. This is the first OSC challenge I have competed in, and the first track I would say I've "finished". It's crazy dense, and I've never made something like this before, but I hope someone likes it! Dedicated to Berlin and it's amazing EDM culture.

Club OSCT

Final, remixed submission for OSC 197. Idea for this track was partially inspired by Carl Craig's "Home Entertainment" off of his classic Detroit techno album Landcruising, but then I decided to add drums and it became a very different beast. Hope y'all like it!

Quartal Heart

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in the space between

Experimental instrumental album, filled with ambient and industrial vibes. Every song is a journey from beginning to end, and most of all I hope this is nothing like anything you have heard before!

Bandcamp

entropy. . . (intro)

Do you listen to music or do you just skim through it?

entropy. . . (intro)

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