ElevenEleven

HAH

I think I’m losing my mind
But this kind of shit happens all the time
I’m weaving now thru these relaxed lines
The read all of my memories dependant on what I define

This entire thing now is my scheme
Fabric of my dress cast from the damage
Of the fragile beings

And you said it clear as the night
SAID WANNA GO FOR A RIDE

HAH

SAID WANNA GO FOR A RIDE
SAID WANNA GO FOR A RIDE
SAID WANNA GO FOR A RIDE
SAID WANNA GO FOR A RIDE

ride

Fragment of dystopic machine-scape with Mid-Side processed (dual) MFOS Quad Timbre Bank. youtu.be/8iXUpoitYQg

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chicago memories

Calm opening with woodwinds, then into some psychedelic rock, lots of me just doing voice blending on TEOP1, trumpet at end.

LYRICS:
And we're back.
Time to move on.
Pick up where we left off.
We finally found the right direction.
It was there all along.
Hidden between the different layers.
Just had to see through the fog.
We finally noticed that tiny little glimmer of light,
Breaking out from the clouds.
And we can let go now.
Finally, a break.
What did it take?
Finally, a break.
What did it take?

Finally A Break

https://youtube.com/shorts/bru1dFw74Sk?si=LXIx5ZNHFI5uo-fJ&utm_source=MTQxZ

Love Will Win

Named a field after you

Love can come in a lot of different ways, so for this example I have three. Love for my family, love for Schuylkill River, and love for the person that will hopefully be in my life one day.

Produced, Arranged, Mixed and Mastered by Ryan Louis.

Natural Love (Single)

Where Gold Sleeps

A Finger Pointing to the Moon

Track # 15 the final track on my first LP called " Songs. For Peace Love and Understanding" concludes and wraps up what I have been trying to communicate throughout the album. Peace. love and understanding as humans is what life is all is all about to me anyway. How much of this we experience of this throughout our life is very individual and unique to us all.

"That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind."
Mos Def

Lyrics:

In a world of chaos and strife
I search for a glimpse of light
Through the darkness and the night
I seek peace with all my might

In a sea of voices loud
I crave a gentle, peaceful sound
A melody to heal and astound
To unite, to reconcile

Inner peace in the heart
Love as the guiding art
Understanding in every part
Let's come together, never apart

Let kindness be our anthem
Let empathy be our song
In unity, we find freedom
In compassion, we belong

So, let's raise our voices high
And let love be our battle cry
For in harmony, we'll never die
Peace, love, and understanding

Music and Lyrics by Len Bennati FM Folk Copyright 2024
Mastered Track: Distrokid Mixea 2025
Image: Gemini



Peace, Love and Understanding

My aim with (neo)- psychedelia
Is to be free of formal song structures. 
To allow emotions, both dark and light, to express themselves and reveal deeper images and messages from the subconscious and from soul. (Soul inspired music btw is not always pretty and polite)
I like to create atmospheres in which to hang out for a time
No barriers so I can then hybridise with other genres
I'm open to everything from Bach to Billy Idol (excepting Strauss waltzes and fairground organs... however I'm open to persuasion)
Hopefully to surprise and to disorientate. To use minimalist repeating phrases which build and give a hypnotic vibe or groove
Psychedelia teaches us that there is no rush, it's not the end that matters it's the process of getting there, that is my true goal
But I also bear in mind the imperative to be relevant 
The late 60's early 70's gave us so many great musical gifts (Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa etc the list is very long) and I for one am happy to keep unwrapping them
I highly value improvisation and jamming (but I have a no noodling policy). Instrumental music has a vocabulary of emotions with which I'm always mindful that there is a story encoded. 
I always record the first take as this is where magic, beyond the mind, can instantly emerge. An out of key, "mistake" is redefined as an accidental note or a borrowed chord a "surprise" and can liberate the piece from predictability. A degree of disharmony and musical tension are often necessary within a piece so that the subsequent release into harmony and joy is a highlighted sense of relief and spaciousness 
It's not so much about striving for technical perfection, it's about first and foremost serving the song.
I love that a piece can literally emerge from the tone of a single note, lightly asking "I wonder where this will take me?"
This keeps me guessing and ever curious 
In musical flow states, I am sometimes transcended into subtler realms of spirit. I've met some of my muses there... it can be very ecstatic 
Life on this planet, when observed for long enough, consists of periods of challenge leading to more settled blissful states... but one can only ever acknowledge these and keep on moving through, cycle after cycle.
Sometimes the pain and the bliss are simultaneous.
Psychedelia is here to remind us, usually with a mixture of compassion and gentle non insistent wisdom, that we are all equally valid and as important as one another.
The generation of this music doesn't require me to be in any specific state, prior to playing, in order to engage with it.

A Finger Pointing to the Moon

Chimera Riddle (alt rock and psychedelia)