Originals and alternative versions side by side

Collaborations

The next tribute goes to long time collaborator Florian Mueller - the man with the lyrical guitar touch! Just listen to the songs included!

Love what you do, man ;-)! And thanks!

Go check Florian's excellence at: https://soundcloud.com/flohbold

Collabs with Florian Mueller

Finally I got an excuse to collaborate with amazing vocalists Rudi Lockefeir and Padruna - soaring voices in a soaring theme about wonder, hope and strength. As many times before, backed up by my trusted stablemates Florian, Jonny and Walter. Enjoy this Swedish-Dutch-Swiss-German-American collab!

Music: Peter Bennborn
Lyrics: Peter Bennborn

Lead vocals: Rudi Lockefeir (https://soundcloud.com/ruud-lockefeir)
Backing vocals: Nina Giannotti (https://soundcloud.com/padruna)
Drums: Walter Kelleher (https://soundcloud.com/walter-w-kelleher)
Bass: Jonny Trobro (@jonnytrobrobass)
Guitar: Florian Mueller (https://soundcloud.com/flohbold)
Keys/Synths: Peter Bennborn

Mixed & Mastered: Peter Bennborn

Lyrics:

Walk these mountains
Feel the fresh air
Watch the skyline
Free to wonder
What would happen
If I fall

The world belongs to me
Up here I’m feeling free
To let go

Flying high
Save goodbyes
Come what may
Gone to the sky

Hold on tight
The sun is bright
Have no fear
Live your life

Flying high
Save goodbyes
Come what may
Gone to the sky

Hold on tight
The sun is bright
Have no fear
Live your life

Find the fountain
Drink from wisdom
Reach for wonders
Be strong, don’t flounder
Take your chances
Just let go

Imagine what would be
A vision,  and you’ll see

Flying high
Save goodbyes
Come what may
Gone to the sky

Hold on tight
The sun is bright
Have no fear
Live your life

Up the Mountain, Into the Blue (ft. Rudi Lockefeir, Padruna, Flohbold, W. Kelleher & J. Trobro)

A strong woman is something to behold. 

A power ballad with powerful Michelle Yaneza conveys this with grace, with Yann's exquisite lyrics, Florian's epic guitars and Anders rockin' drums ! Enjoy!
Music: Peter Bennborn
Lyrics: Yann Vienne (https://soundcloud.com/non-sapiens)
Vocals: Michelle Yaneza (@michelle-yaneza)
Guitars: Florian Mueller (@flohbold)
Drums : Anders Grönlund (https://soundcloud.com/powerhell)
Keys/Synths: Peter Bennborn
Mixed & Mastered: Peter Bennborn
Lyrics:
You are the air: a perfume only I can know,
A mix of childhood memory and desire to go,
You are the air that keeps on flirting with my skin,
When you hold touching for so long, like a sin,
You hit the nerve, you are the air:
Elusive, always there...
Air that I must breathe
To pray that you will never leave
And will live with me...
Stronger... You make me feel so
So much stronger...
So much stronger... You make me feel so
So much stronger... I'll take you inside my night...
The fires rise, they steal away my eyes,
The fires ate at the hope and left a shell to cope,
The waters came... And drowned the shell,
The waters killed again... Another hell:
I was the earth packed deeper still,
And I would never move...
Stone that once was life and that would now,
Yes that would never know, nor ever sense
Stronger... You make me feel so
So much stronger... 
So much stronger... You make me feel so
So much stronger...
Stronger...
Stronger...

Stronger (ft. Michelle Yaneza, Florian Mueller, Anders Grönlund & Yann Vienne)

Original music composed by: Peter Bennborn 
Guitars: RaphaelGTR (left), Anders Isberg (right) 
Bass: JonnyTrobroBass 
Keys, synths, programming: Peter Bennborn

Mixed and Mastered by Peter Bennborn

Enjoy!

Called Your Booty (feat. Anders Isberg, RaphaelGTR & Jonny Trobro)

Remixed 130323

"Call it rock, funk or dubstep...time to wake up and hear Daniele ply his trade! Rock on!"

Original music composed by: Peter Bennborn 
Lyrics by Peter Bennborn
Vocals: Peter Bennborn
Guitars: Daniele Turani 
Keys, synths, programming: Peter Bennborn

Mixed and Mastered by Peter Bennborn

Lyrics:

""Ah, the games we play..."

It’s the same dance as always
Same procedure every time
I move forward
You move back
For no reason and no rhyme

Just the shadow of your smile
Makes me smile inside
Just the smidgeon of a frown
Makes me doubt, again

Just the winking  of your eyes
Makes me wish I tried
Just the crinkle of your lips
Makes me wish I’d hide


Same Dance as Always (feat. Daniele Turani)

(Updated 120615: cleaned up mix, changed piano and flute)

This track is the result of my objective to pair two of my favourite musicians here on SC through their respective offered stem and loop; Nazneen's vocal stem for "Love Affair with life" and Balam's(FredWhite) Rhodes loop.

The idea was to go purely inspirational and not overwork the subject matter. Props goes to Andawan's inspirational take on the same vocal stem - but without having listened to his resulting track, not to cloud my own take.

I hope I haven't abused Nazneen's nor Balam's musicality but instead given more people a chance to hear the talent of my fellow SoundClouders in a new and hopefully fresh context. 

Enjoy!

Vision/concept/realization: Peter Bennborn
Vocal stem: Nazneen, http://soundcloud.com/nazneen-1/love-affair-vocal-stem
Rhodes loop: Balam, http://soundcloud.com/balammusic/a-rhodes-loop-if-anyone-would
Keys; Club Upright Bass, Deluxe Grand Piano, Flute: Peter Bennborn
Mixed and mastered by Peter Bennborn using Propellerhead Reason 6. 

P.S. Thought it might be fun for the interested listener who found his/her way to these liner notes to check out the other interpretations of Nazneen's stem out there. Have fun ;-)!

Original 
http://soundcloud.com/nazneen-1/love-affair-with-life

Vlad Josephson
http://soundcloud.com/vladaroo/love-affair-with-life

AndaWan
http://soundcloud.com/andawan/love-affair

Cinestecia
http://soundcloud.com/cinestecia/love-affair-with-life-nazneen

Bo Bo Nomad
http://soundcloud.com/bo-bo-nomad/nazneen-vs-bo-bo-nomad-im-not

Sketches of a Love Affair (feat. Nazneen & Balam(FredWhite))

Original music composed by: Peter Bennborn 
Lyrics by: Peter Bennborn
Vocals: Andre Bellwood
Backing vocals: Sigrid Spångberg
Guitars: Daniele Turani
Synths; bass, drum programming: Peter Bennborn
Drum programming and remix: Mixed Meta4

Mixed and Mastered by Peter Bennborn

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You don’t care for the Devil
You don’t care for me
You don’t bare to be troubled
Oh, no, no, no

You don’t care for me, honey
You don’t see what’s right
You don’t care for the money
Oh, no, no, no

Thus
 if you don’t change your mind
I’d rather see you
dead

The devil may care
The blood running through my vein
Demands that you to dare
To share my pain

I want you to stay
To enter my personal hell
To share an eternity
Of passion


Devil May Care (feat. Andre Bellwood, Daniele Turani & Mixed Meta4)

Get your groove on in this jazz funk rock fusion combo with Vlad, Anders and Raphael going at it! Enjoy!

Original music composed by: Peter Bennborn 
Guitars: RaphaelGTR (right), Anders Isberg (left) 
Bass: Vlad Josephson 
Keys, synths, drum programming: Peter Bennborn

Mixed and Mastered by Peter Bennborn

If You Want Me, Then Take Me (feat. Vlad Josephson, RaphaelGTR & Anders Isberg)

Yearning...an intense or overpowering longing, desire...

Music by Peter Bennborn: Peter Bennborn, Florian Mueller (http://soundcloud.com/flohbold) & Vlad Josephson (http://soundcloud.com/vladaroo)
Keys & synths: Peter Bennborn
Guitar: Florian Mueller
Bass: Vlad Josephson 

Mixed & Mastered: Peter Bennborn

Yearning (with Florian Mueller & Vlad Josephson)

A love song...because you want it...need it...and Neisy sings it so well....

Music: Peter Bennborn & Benjamin Meilink (original idea/harmonies)
Lyrics: Peter Bennborn
Vocals: Neisy Wilson (http://soundcloud.com/neisy-wilson)
Guitar: Florian Mueller (http://soundcloud.com/flohbold)
Bass: Jonny Trobro (http://soundcloud.com/blomgrenmedia)
Keys: Benjamin Meilink (http://soundcloud.com/benjamin_meilink)
Synths: Peter Bennborn & Benjamin Meilink
Drum sequencing/programming: Peter Bennborn & Benjamin Meilink
Mixed: Peter Bennborn
Mastered: Jonny Trobro (http://jonnytrobrobass.com)

Made for Me (feat. Neisy Wilson, Florian Mueller & Jonny Trobro)

Very proud to present sizzlin' Michelle on vocals, rockin' guitarist Florian and funky bassist Jonny in a track that I truly believe will get your attention. Enjoy!

Music: Peter Bennborn
Lyrics: Peter Bennborn
Vocals: Michelle Yaneza (https://soundcloud.com/michelle-yaneza)
Guitars: Florian Mueller (http://soundcloud.com/flohbold)
Bass: Jonny Trobro (http://soundcloud.com/blomgrenmedia)
Keys/Synths: Peter Bennborn
Drum sequencing/programming: Peter Bennborn
Mixed: Peter Bennborn
Mastered: Jonny Trobro (http://jonnytrobrobass.com)

Lyrics:

No reason to feel really bad 
No excuses to feel really sad 
You don’t want me, I don’t really care 
You can’t have me, I’ve no time to spare

Clock is ticking, time is running fast 
My life is short, so many things have passed 
You don’t want me, I don’t really care 
You can’t have me, I’ve no time to spare

All is over and the past is past 
We were lovers, and it couldn’t last 
You don’t want me, I don’t really care 
You can’t have me, I’ve no time to spare

You chose another and you made your case 
You left me hanging, threw it in my face 
You don’t want me, I don’t really care 
You can’t have me, I’ve no time to spare

No time for love 
No game to play 
Won’t be afraid 
No reason made 
No time for love 
No plan to solve 
You want it bad 
No reason had

You had it coming 
Because you wronged me 
I know we’re failing 
We don’t belong here

Buy on iTunes

No Time For Love (feat. Michelle Yaneza, Florian Mueller & Jonny Trobro)

Piano is my instrument, inspired by the world. Sounds like whatever I like, intent on a cool vibe, often somewhere in between Swedish melancholy and Brazilian bittersweetness... 

Peter Bennborn Project is a diverse musical experience ranging from romantic piano ballads to alternative indie metal rock and everything in between, but for country and reggae so far...

The music is either performed alone or in worldwide collaborations, wherever the appropriate musician for the task is located - no limitations and no limits in a borderless world... 

SoundCloud collaborators (from Sweden, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, USA, Cuba, South Africa, Dubai, India, Philippines, Australia):
Vocals; https://soundcloud.com/michelle-yaneza, https://soundcloud.com/neisy-wilson, https://soundcloud.com/jogoldie, https://soundcloud.com/vapmok, https://soundcloud.com/nazneen-1, https://soundcloud.com/just-andre, https://soundcloud.com/kosmi-1, https://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik, https://soundcloud.com/michael-obadja, https://soundcloud.com/markexander, https://soundcloud.com/vocalatti, https://soundcloud.com/steveferguson, https://soundcloud.com/vocalatti, https://soundcloud.com/ruud-lockefeir, https://soundcloud.com/padruna
Drums; https://soundcloud.com/walter-w-kelleher, https://soundcloud.com/powerhell, https://soundcloud.com/manuel-muzzu, https://soundcloud.com/moodymo
Bass; https://soundcloud.com/jonnytrobrobass, https://soundcloud.com/vladaroo, https://soundcloud.com/manuel-muzzu, https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
Guitars; https://soundcloud.com/danieleturani, https://soundcloud.com/flohbold, https://soundcloud.com/raphaelgtr, https://soundcloud.com/single_espresso, https://soundcloud.com/jerry-kramskoy-1, https://soundcloud.com/lando-orz, https://soundcloud.com/derek-cornett, https://soundcloud.com/robertdahlstrom, https://soundcloud.com/danarchx
Horns; https://soundcloud.com/dave-mckeown, https://soundcloud.com/waynemorley, https://soundcloud.com/michel-martineau, https://soundcloud.com/jomama-2, https://soundcloud.com/the-ewi-master
Vibraphone: https://soundcloud.com/cocogdiez
Keys; https://soundcloud.com/martinmusic-1, https://soundcloud.com/balammusic, https://soundcloud.com/benjamin_meilink, https://soundcloud.com/johan-rigner
Remix/Drum Programming; https://soundcloud.com/mixed_meta4
Lyrics; https://soundcloud.com/jaime0223, https://soundcloud.com/non-sapiens

https://soundcloud.com/bitbybeat

Enjoy!

Influences: Acid Jazz, Bossa Nova/Latin, Classical; Early inspirations; Satie, Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Narada Michael Walden, Level 42, Ultravox, Incognito, Shakatak, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Jay Graydon/David Foster, Quincy Jones