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TENNIS : europe on
horseback
(Bleep 03)
Tennis is Benge (real name Ben Edwards) and
si-{cut}.db (real name Douglas Benford), two renown solo sonic artists
in their own rights; Tennis is part of an on-going London based
collaboration exploring digital and electro-acoustic sounds and
rhythms combined with 21st century audio software. All tracks are
recorded at Benge's Expanding Studio bunker.
"Wooden Sweets" was the first Tennis release on the Cologne
label ElectroChemicalResearch. The latest album is entitled "Europe
on Horseback", and shows a progression of the "Tennis
sound" into a harder more digital/glitchy but accesible rhythmic
realm, with dub and german influences to the fore. Tennis have already
played a few gigs, one of which was was supporting Vladislav Delay
in London. Tennis have also jammed on Coldcut's pirate.tv and provided
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Benge aka Ben Edwards
BIOGRAPHY :
Ben started recording as Benge in 1995 and set up Expanding Records
to release his own cds. In 1998 he signed a deal with Sub Rosa
to release Benge albums, and has also appeared on their 'Substantia'
series of compilations. A Benge album will released on Sprawl
in the future. His albums on SUB ROSA are "The very best
of..." and "silicon valleys".
Ben's Expanding Records continues to release projects by other
artists such as his collaborative Volume project (a moog/fairlight
based retrofunk outfit), and new signings Digital Muppet (distorted
computer beats) and Munk (dark electronics). Volume have appeared
live at the 333 club, London, and are planning a series of performances
in art galleries. The "Bengelive" project started in
March 99 in collaboration with DJs Spongeboy & Tench when
they played at the Sprawl club in London. The
"Bengelive" set is written specifically to be performed
live and features live keyboards and mixing from computer by the
3 performers. Since the Sprawl Club Benge has played at the Monastery
of Sound festival in France, Moon Palace (at Babushkas) and Rehabilitation
(at the Foundry) in London.
Recent BENGE performances have been at the BATOFAR (Paris) and
MONASTARY OF SOUND 3 and there will be an Expanding Records night
featuring 4 live acts + DJs and visuals by Dfuse in soon to coincide
with the release of albums by Benge, Tennis and Volume.
The Benge version of "Kum Bay Yah" on Sprawl's Hmm
compilation is a landmark in digital pop art.
website: www.expandingrecords.com, for more.
contact: benge@expandingrecords.com
DISCOGRAPHY :
Sep 95: 'electro-orgoustic music' cd album
Sep 96: 'beautiful electronic music' cd album
Apr 97: 'polyrythmic electronica' cd ep
Dec 97: 'I, computor' cd album
May 98: 'home music' cd album
May 99: 'experimental non-vocal electronic pop' cd album
Other releases:
May 99: Volume (in collaboration with P Elliott and R Lee) 'computergun
ep'
cd ep on Expanding Records
Oct 99: Benge 'the very best of.' cd compilation on Sub Rosa
Apr 2000: Tennis (in collaboration with si[cut]db) 'wooden sweets'
cd album
on ECR records [Germany]
Jun 2000: Volume 'evolver' cd album on Expanding Records
Jun 2000: Benge 'silicon valleys' cd album on Sub Rosa
Tracks on
Hmm - various artists (sprawl)
Substancia - various artists (sub rosa)
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si-{cut}.db aka Douglas Benford
BIOGRAPHY :
London-based SI-[CUT}.DB (pronounced 'Sye Kut Dee Bee') aka Douglas
Benford has had many recorded releases under many guises: mainly
as SI-{CUT}.DB, but also Radial Blend, Phoenix Jig, Pantunes Music
& Media Form, covering electronica/drum n' bass/ambient, and
then into jazzy-glitch and dub...as SI-CUT.DB Douglas also runs
and plays at the SPRAWL club, based in London, and its label SPRAWL
IMPRINT.
SI-CUT.DB/Douglas has just remixed a track for St ETIENNE's new
single and has a classic SI-CUT.DB track on MIXMAG's recent Osymyso
cover mounted mix cd. There was a recent SI-CUT.DB VS. BITTONIC
track on The Wire magazine's
last WIRETAPPER CD, and upcoming tracks on FIBLA'S Spanish label
SPA.RK...also Douglas has just completed a 'physcial remix' of JANEK
SCHAEFER'S WOW.
Recent SI-{CUT}.DB tracks have been on the German/US CounterIntelligence
collections along with Kreidler, Aube etc, and more si-cut.db will
be appearing on LAW&AUDER's up-coming "DUB AUDER"
compilation, and a remix on a new Hrvatski/RKK US project with FARMERS
MANUAL, GENERAL MAGIC, LOWFISH, JAKE MANDELL, MDK, THURSTON MOORE,
SPEEDRANCH, WHEEL and V/VM. SI-{CUT}.DB
also has a track on Sprawl's HMM album project with VLADISLAV DELAY,
WANG INC, FARBEN, DAVID TOOP, CARL STONE, KIT CLAYTON, and FREEFORM....and
SI-CUT.DB is apparently in the top 200 of US College radio acts
played in the last year!
As SI-{CUT}.DB he has recorded three albums, and as part of Pantunes
Music, a number of remixes, and the odd Playstation soundtrack.
In the past Douglas has also remixed, produced, and collaborated
with Andrew Weatherall, Scanner, Momus, Sarah Cracknell (St Etienne),
Add N TO (X) and produced documentary soundtracks. He has Djed at
places as diverse as the Rumpus Rooms, the Dogstar, The Batofar
(Paris), Futuresonic, the Electronic Lounge, Sunday Best and other
events, as well as being a regular live act and DJ at Sprawl events.
SI-CUT.DB will be playing live in Berlin in January.
Douglas currently is working with BENGE on TENNIS, on some live
collaborations with string outfit CHI2 (KLF/Laurie Anderson/Moby)
and SI-{CUT}.DB audio/visual performances.
Si-cut.db has recently performed at Sprawl's GROUNDSWELL (along
with VERT, SUTEKH, FENNESZ, JAN JELENIK, DAVID TOOP and HALLUCINATOR)
event at the ICA, London and Monastary Of Sound 3, France, and will
be playing in Berlin
in January.
What the press have said about SI-CUT.DB releases :
WRECK THIS MESS RADIO SHOW, AMSTERDAM: "putting jazz to drum
and bass and electronic minimal blips to forge yet another hybrid
of new musics to melodic kinetic and frenetic effect."
ALTERNATIVE PRESS (US) "an album that reveals new nuances with
each play."
MELODY MAKER "....ambio beats and noise fest....marvellous"
THE WIRE "excellent...startling...ambient acupuncture of the
highest order"
MAGIC FEET "abrasive muzak comparable to To Rococo Rot"
FULL DISCOGRAPHY
http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/benford
Douglas Benford for "si-cut.db audio systems", Sprawl
and Tennis (umpire).
LATEST NEWS http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/benford/news.html
DISCOGRAPHY
http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/benford
SPRAWL
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