A granular bell-like tone in Alchemy, using the first Alchemistry sound bank of Simon Stockhausen.

Ice Bowl

A gently evolving, tonal soundscape with many overtones, synthesized in Poseidon, recorded live to disk in Logic.

Poseidon Above Mix

Recorded during a nightmare inside an enormous piano whose detuned strings were scraped and struck and resonating with ominous tension, ...

Piano Morte 2

Samples of a prepared piano recorded live to disk in Logic with electronic processing, subsequently edited in BIAS Peak.

Piano Morte 1

A slow, melodic, background soundscape derived from various field recordings.

Sonic Ambience 2

An undulating soundscape with rhythmic creaks and subdued metallic resonance, derived from manipulated field recordings and bell sounds.

Sonic Ambience 3

A slowly evolving, background drone using samples of a bowed water phone, recorded live to disk in Logic and edited in BIAS Peak.

Bowed Aquaphone 1

An abstract soundscape consisting of samples of birds, waterphones, and scraped piano strings, which have been digitally edited and manipulated in Kontakt and BIAS Peak after being recorded live to disk in Logic.

Birds, Scrapes, Water

Slow Flageolet Solo

One half fingered wankery,  one half psychedelic blues, one half reverb and delay . . .

Delayed Gtr Solo

One of a group of three quiet and peaceful vignettes, recorded in Zebra.

Zebra Vibe

A resonant piano string struck with a hammer, then forced into spectral manipulation in Photosounder, then . . . blah, blah, blah . . . with GRM resonance and Lexicon reverb.

Maze of Confusion

An ambient soundscape with a slow, drifting quality as though one were slowly moving under water and shapes were somewhat blurred and indistinct. 

In the Deep Blue Sea

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Benjamin Steele, a musician and sound artist, lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife and their Alaskan Malamute, both of whom are inspirations to record sound and make music.


BeSteele

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