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The Sum Of Its Parts

Culmination

Photo: Bergen, Norway, 2025.

Some laid back goodness for you.

As ever, listen all the way through = good karma... thank you.

Drums: NI Kontakt loop.
Bass: Sandberg Elektra 4-string with flats through NI Guitar Rig.
Guitars: Fender Telecaster into NI GuitarRig and Archetype Plini.
Keys: various VST from NI and Arturia. Behringer Pro-800. Crow Hill Small String Gestures.
Mastering: Ozone 11 Standard.
DAW: Ableton 12

Bandcamp

Last Night I Dreamt

Photo: coffee parchment, Pangoa, Peru, 2017.

Another linear composition, starts off with some 'bass of doom' tone around some angular chords, before stepping into some future funk and then an outro coda with some gentler progressions and a wee guitar solo. For the guitar geeks some chordal tapping at the very end of the track.

As ever, listen all the way through = good karma... thank you.

Drums: NI Karriem Riggins.
Bass: Sandberg Elektra 4-string with flats through NI Guitar Rig.
Guitars: Godin Montreal Thinline into NI GuitarRig for the filter rhythm part and then Strandberg Salen Jazz for the outro solo, chords and tapping.
Keys: various VST from NI and Arturia.
Mastering: Ozone 11 Standard.
DAW: Ableton 12

Black Gold

Synths used: Roland JX-08, Roland JD-08, Novation Bassstation mk1, Prophet Rev 2.
Drum Machine: Roland tr-08.

Mixed on Yamaha mg20x.

Mastered in Ableton.

Tha mi Sgìth

An excerpt of a live set I played in June 2025.

Lies

The Upcoming - Revived' is a rework of the track 'The Upcoming' from the 2019 album 'The Unpredictable Sky'
Available on Bandcamp and all major platforms (Including an additional Remix by Manfred Thomaser, DEMOKRATIE)
Composed, produced & performed by Benny Braun

The Upcoming - Revived

All About Dance

Sugarloaf Stomp

Verddi Mloe - Undo Redo Weirdo

Impedance

I started playing around with digital music creation in my early twenties, but I have always been haunted by a quote from Theo Parrish who said that he is "not comfortable with convenience replacing artistry", meaning that you need to put effort into learning and mastering the skills in order to bring something good. I studied computer science and have a passion for logics and programming and somehow my lack of any musical background has kept me from publishing any of my works.

Many years later I got inspired by an interview with Thomas Fehlmann where he explained how the focus in his work is not on the result so much but on the process itself. How the process is a "source of expression" and something he just feels he has to do. This resonated with me and I realised that it's ok to be an autodidact in music and it's ok to make music just for the sake of making music. I make music for me and if you, dear listener, like it along the way I'm very happy about that.

I am inspired by nature, natural processes and the interaction we have with them. Organic asymmetric fractal patterns that are rooted in logic but unpredictable as they express. How a particular stormy night can affect the shape and growth of a plant for years to come.

I use Bitwig Studio to create my tracks.

(I don't always respond with "thanks" to each comment but I read and appreciate all. If you have a question or really need a reply send me a message)

(With a few artists we run a little group on discord to discuss ideas and what not. The link is below if you're interested in joining)

Impedance

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