Herbie Hancock, Patrice Rushen, Dayton, Quincy Jones, Pleasure, Don Blackman, Ahmad Jamal, Mel Rhyme, Larry Young, Jimmy Smith, Sam Yahel, Wynton Kelly, Monty Alexander, Roy Ayers, Wes Montgomery, Dexter Gordon, Roy Hargrove, Gene Harris (the Three Sounds), Richard Tee, Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, George Benson, Booker T and The MGs, Meters, Prince, Terence Blanchard, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Celia Cruz.....
Check it out!!! New remixes of 'Let The Love' by YamWho?, Mark Rapson and Soul Tornado, coming out on a Raw Fusion 12" soon.....!!
Hi welcome to the Bennson myspace!!! My first full length album is coming out around the globe in Sept on Raw Fusion in Europe/US, Knowfoowl in Australia/NZ and Toy's Factory in Japan. It features some super awesome singers and musicians from my home town of Melbourne in Australia.
>>>>> check out the first single 'Whatever It Is', already smashing up dancefloors >>>>> what the experts say:
"DUMB GOOD! Man this is two super dope value for money high production soulful 12". This shit should be in the top 20 man. Its killer. Respect to all envolved. 9/10"
Domu
"WOW! BET U BOYS N GIRLS MUST HAVE DIED N GONE TO HEAVEN WHEN THIS
LANDED ON THE DOORMAT. NICE TO HEAR HUMAN BEINGS SINGING IN THE PROPER FASHION AGAIN..
ANY MIX U LIKE..U CANT GO WRONG WITH A GOOD SONG. AWESOME..GOOD LUCK U DESERVE."
Yam Who?
"The a-side original mix is a perfect slice of 1982-sounding Boogie. It’s as simple as that. The Soul Tornadoes mix is mid-90’s sounding Soulful Garage (and I DO mean Soulful) and is leaps-and-bounds ahead of anything else around at the moment. If either style is your thing then you just cannot afford to miss this absolute classic-sounding winner. 9 out of 10"
Snowboy
>>>>>> I'm currently relocating to Berlin which I will call my home town for a while. The Bennson live show will be up and running in Sept, looking forward to taking the new tunes on the road!
New album 'Let The Love'. Coming out on Raw Fusion records and Knowfoowl records in Australia and New Zealand Sept 2008.
Download the first single 'Whatever It Is', and other remixes here;
www.beatport.com (search for Bennson!)
>>>>>>ABOUT ME<<<<<<<<
I'm from Melbourne in Australia, which is a cool joint. I started playing piano when I was a kid and after discovering guys like Wynton Kelly and Kenny Barron, my head turned to jazz. Since then I've worked as a session player both live and recording with many diverse artists like The Bamboos (AUST), Eddie Floyd (US), Eddie Bo (US), Alice Russell (UK), The Quantic Soul Orchestra (UK) and The Drifters (US). I was a co-founder of Equatorial Records which showcased the best of Melbourne's soulful club producers and I've done a bunch of projects under different names, too many to mention. My remixes and releases have had support from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Nik Weston, Adrain Gibson, Snowboy, Paul Murphy and Mad Mats.
I like to drink a cold beer in summer and a nice red in winter. I miss the surf already, will have to hit France soon!!!! Check back for gig and DJ updates! WERD, Bennson.
The new Guynamite 180 gram 12 inch -''Born in '82' 4 Track Soul Boogie EP is out now on Mukatsuku Records (Cat MUKAT 015 )featuring the amazing vocals of Shea Soul & Dee.
As played by Phil Asher,Simbad,Kyoto Jazz Massive,Tubbs,Kevin Beadle,Mr Scruff,dam funk and more !
Trippin.. on 80..s Black music; funk, soul, jazz are all met on this classy EP that..s deliberately risk taking too. Down tempo BPM..s electro key pads and rustic synths inserts lead on ..Take My Dreams sung by Dee, while the beats are prominent on instrumental ..Patrice.. dedicated to keyboardist Patrice Rushen. Inputting new wave forms and bonus beats in double time ..Space Elevator.. has plenty of funk with the gorgeously sung headliner ..Set Me Free.. from Shea Soul sweetly soul broken boogie u p ! 10 out of 10 (IDJ Magazine)
Just wanted to let you know that our debut single CRAZY featuring amazingly talented Sarah Brown and supported by DJs from BBC Radio 1, Kiss FM, Ministry of Sound, Hed Kandi and many others has reached NO. 1 on Junodownload in the first week of sales! It's now available in most of the major mp3 stores so if you like it support the scene and buy one now!!! :)
