A tale of two worlds.

- Music by: Robin Benjamins, @blunt-force-serenity, http://BluntForceSerenity.com
- Guitar: Robin Benjamins
- Arranged and produced by: Robin Benjamins

Key: G# minor and G minor in the solo
Time signature: 8/4
BPM: 85

Instruments: 
- PRS Custom 24 guitar, Mesa Boogie TriAxis
- Akai MPK 49 MIDI keyboard

DAW: 
- Mac Mini i7, OSX 10.9
- Apple Logic Pro X
- Plug-ins: Ez Drummer, Alicia's Keys
- Focusrite Saffire Pro 40
- Mackie Control Universal

- Copyright: Robin Benjamins, bluntforceserenity.com

Narrative
- Excerpts and interpretations from: “The War of the Worlds” by H. G. Wells, Book 1, chapter 1 and Book 2, chapter 10
- Curtsey of LibriVox Audio Books, https://librivox.org/war-of-the-worlds-solo-by-h-g-wells (public domain)
- Reading: Rebecca Dittman, https://librivox.org/reader/572 (pitch and ambience processed)

The Worlds

No Quiero Bailar Rock And Roll Ariel En Bicicleta (1)

Improvisation LIVE REC - Αυτοσχεδιασμός Ζωντανή Ηχογράφηση

On Saturday I programmed some new sounds. Then I suddenly had one that inspired me to write this song. So I sat down on Sunday and realised the song idea. So here it is... but be careful, don't get too close to the beast

Rocktronix Beast

Beast

Part 2 of the 3-pieces series "Birds": https://soundcloud.com/velvetsomethingsuperdark/sets/birds-1-3

Electric piano, effect pedals, unsynchronized loops, tube amps, field recording (lakeside birds in spring, outskirts of Berlin). All sounds, mixing and production: VSS. Image: VSS.

Download

Birds, Part 2

Nature Uses Everything

Throw The Rope (Stadium Track)

Mystery Island (2022) Anthology CD3 Track 03

Live Or Let Die (2023) Anthology CD1 Track 08

Midnight (2023) Anthology CD3 Track 04

Femme Fatale

Tell Me

B L U N T • F O R C E • S E R E N I T Y

"I don't always make music.  But when I do, I prefer dynamics.  Stay below -6dB, my friends."

Composition explorations in musical textures, stories and grooves.

I am an amateur composer, producer and musician who has been inspired and influenced by music my entire life.  Beyond my interests in developing harmony and rhythm ideas, a song’s timbres and textures have always held a deeper emotional grip on me.  This passion for tone has dominated my compositions and productions, which are combined with playful melodies and progressions that are immersed in sophisticated soulful beats.

B L U N T • F O R C E • S E R E N I T Y is led by Robin Benjamins and features collaborations with composers and musicians from down the road, and from around the world.  These artists are:

Олег Ястребов @v28yterij7ek
Liisa Pentti @liisapentti
Home Sweet Somewhere @homesweetsomewhere
Pia @pia-rose-music
Gabriel Bustamante, @gabriel-bustamante-12
Mindsongs Musique @nancy-joie
PlasticSky @plasticsky
Ingolfur Bjornsson @ingolfur-bjornsson
Gemma Cao @psychological_music
Niti Dharwadkar @niti-dharwadkar
UMD Anokha @anokhaumd
Nick Osmonovich @osmo94