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Benbo possible biography no.1
Benbo: fiddled with instruments from age 4 until he rejected them all aged 18 and overdosed on drug and record binges.
Born again* (*NOT RELIGIOUS) now and off both drugs and records he is hiding in Hastings avoiding stuff.
Benbo professes to prefer McCartney to Lennon** (**ONLY HIS SONGS NOT THE PERSON, ANYWAY THIS OPINION IS UNDER REVIEW AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE) and threatens one day to write a song like ‘Mull of Kintyre’ that will consume the world with awful genius. He is working on his first album and it may or may not be called 'It's A Long Road... And I Need Someone To Hold My Hand'.
PLEASE TO CURRENTLY BUY HIS 'SHEEP ON DRUGS' WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON ITUNES ETC AND ALSO TO MAKE IMMINENT SINGLE BLACK HOLE A MASSIVE CHART SUCCESS AND ALSO TO COME TO WORLD OF BENBO PARTY NO.1 SECRET LOCATION HASTINGS JULY 3 THANK YOU
'Black Hole' video (dir. Jake Scott/Neon Films)
Some more Benbo tracks and mixes
Tweetybenbo
Benbo as seen through the piercing lens of his jolly good friend the mysterious i
Benbo is a mass of contradictions.
On the one hand, he wants to look after you; while, at the same time, he wants you to go away. Friends, he is a veritable Moebius strip of reversals and impossible quests.
I have whiled away many a happy hour watching his alter ego, Lord Fuxley, play in that iconic band The Black Tulips.
As he and I co-own PinPrick Records, I must also bear partial responsibility for releasing 'Fire To Feed,' the single by his irrepressibly annoyed, one-song-only side project The Gays.
He has worries, then. Fears. Moments of clarity that dissipate with heartbreaking speed. 'Sheep On Drugs,' the first song he recorded (listen on last.fm or imeem), sounds almost optimistic as it introduces its hooky melodies, yet ends in melancholic indie lament, as intimate as its bedroom studio sound suggests. This is a pattern that will, I fear, be repeated across the rest of 'Black Hole,' the EP to be released this June.
But as much as twisting guitars and diving organs follow his lyrics into dead ends, paradox and nothingness, the songs streaming out of Benbo’s addled brain are unable to escape their love of 3-minute pop sensation. This is short-attention-span, mini-hedonistic stuff (though the magnificent future-retro story Jake Scott created for the 'Black Hole' video manages to eke it out to a whole 2:57), a manic oscillation between YES and NO, optimistic motivation running into suicidal depression in the space of seconds.
So while you’re UP, surround yourself with some Benbo things. They may offer some protection against life’s uncertainties. Come to a World of Benbo party (no.1 on June 6th), watch and listen to songs and drawings (at worldofbenbo.com), say hello through your preferred social media platform, and buy things if you’re so minded – the money will help him carry on.
