Benjamin Finger is one half of Norway's Beneva vs. Clark Nova, who are quite excellent. I know that because I immediately had to hear them after I was blown away by "Woods of Broccoli". The two projects are both centered around shimmering acoustic guitars and subtle electronic flourishes, but Finger's solo work dispenses with the glitchy percussion of his parent group and instead strives for a dreamy, pastoral minimalism. In less skilled hands, that would probably be quite boring (and undoubtedly swathed in reverb). Finger, however, is not boring at all, and he has crafted a mesmerizing, warm, and understated masterpiece here.
I feel somewhat stupid and helpless trying to describe this album, but it is essentially like having an extremely beautiful, bittersweet dream (perhaps involving reuniting with a lost-love and probably inexplicably featuring unicorns) while a distant Bjork-like female voice tries to wake you up. All of the tracks here are simple, organic, captivating, and elegantly melodic. However, that simplicity is deceptive, as Finger masterfully uses subtle (and often beautiful) layers of electronics and field recordings to create a haunting surrealism (I especially loved the mournful, crackling vocal loop in "Unestablished Gossip"). Incidentally, the label's description of the album mentioned that Finger has been compared to Arvo Part, which initially struck me as insanely presumptuous and wildly inaccurate. However, "Unestablished Gossip" actually justifies that comparison and calls to mind a more innocent and childlike "Spiegel Im Spiegel". Not an easy feat.
There is not a weak track to be found here, but the most immediately gratifying moments generally feature female collaborators. "Cat Yowled Weak Jaws" features layered wordless vocals from Inga Lill (Children and Corpse Playing in the Street) over sparse, almost improvised-sounding piano. "Watermelon Deserts" features some guitar work and vocals from Crisis De Jour, and marries a blissful, swirling cloud of twinkling acoustic ambience to wheezing electronic throbs and a mournful cello. The unexpected plunge into a nightmarish rabbit hole of David Lynch-iness at the end of "Howl" featuring vocals by Therese Aune is the perfect end to a flawless album. It is difficult to imagine anything that Finger could've done to make this better. Brilliant. -- Anthony D'Amico
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Greetings! My name is Frank Benjamin Finger and I..m trying make escapistic music. Besides this I also make up one half of Beneva vs. Clark Nova. This site is dedicated to my solo projects. My debut album "Woods of broccoli" was released on How Is Annie Records march 2009.
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Interesting music here as usual! Keep it up!
Preview for all tracks of my debut album Symbiosis of Contradictions are now available on my myspace page through zimbalam player. Mp3 release is now available in all the major stores worldwide.
Greetings from the snowy Moscow/Russia
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Thx alot for the friendship. Visit our page and get a free download. Just click on the coverpic to get the song ( 192kbps MP3 ) This is a service for our friends and fans on MySpace. ENJOY.
novedades en el myspace de f gayo, un nuevo tema de "Las próximas cosechas", se trata de "Te irás al campo", además del clip para "Economía de Guerra" dirigido por Milagros Mumenthaler. Espero los disfrutes.
Hi,
There're some news in f gayo's myspace. On the one hand a new song from the album "Las próximas cosechas", "Te irás al campo" On the other hand the music video for "Economía de guerra" directed by Milagros Mumenthaler.
Sigo muy preocupada con este tema, y ya han pasado meses...
No comprendo que pretende, ni cuales son sus verdaderas motivaciones, la verdad, cada dia entiendo menos todo esto, pero aunque no me llame y no sepa nada de él... siempre apoyaré a mi hijo incluso en una locura como esta.
Muchas gracias por estar ahí.
Arriba te dejo una img de mi hijo x si no sabes quien es.
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