So My name is Ben. I'm from Atlanta originally and I went to college in Savannah and recently moved to Los Angeles. Throughout all of that I have recorded a lot of music and made friends with other people who do likewise. I started this blog as a way to post up music for people to download, just as a way of getting it out there in the world instead of forever festering on CDRs made in an edition of five.
So I've posted a lot now, it's close to a hundred, maybe in the seventies and I have plenty more sitting on hard drives waiting to go up. I recognize that if you are new to the site you may have no idea where to start so I thought I would guide a bit and tell you about some of the key bands/albums featured on this blog.
Uncle Owen Aunt Beru - "Black Seas"
It might be the best album on this whole site. Jessica (sole member of Uncle Owen Aunt Beru, now called simply "Beru") is the unquestioned star of this blog, anything she plays on gets downloaded the most and for good reason. Get this record first before anything else.
Download it HERE
Or view the original post HERE
DETH(gate)(cat)PEOPLE
This is another of the most downloaded recordings. It also features Jessica, this time playing drums in our duo Cat People, (which also includes me on guitar). This recording has us playing in double-duo form with Deth Gate, who were (are?) a rad duo in Savannah made up of Stephen Zerbe on keys and Coley Brown on drums.
Download it HERE
Or view the original post HERE
Ben Collins - What is a Lover?
A lot of the records on this blog are mine, simply because I have more of my own stuff than anyone else's. My record vary in style and quality, I have no real objective way of saying what is good at all but in many ways this album is my favorite one I ever did. It has a good blend of styles from noise to acoustic and other...
Download it HERE
Or view the original post HERE
Black Thirteen - Whiskey & Honey
This was the first album I posted. Black Thirteen is a now sort of defunct improv group that had a rotating line up with a few constants. This album is the first to feature the "classic" grouping of Simon Sharp, Wesley Rose and myself: all playing guitars.
Download it HERE
Or view the original post HERE
Will Melton & The Year of Love - Summer of Love
This record features a ton of my friends all playing and singing these songs which are all composed and recorded by Will Melton. I won't break down the various contributions, (see original post) but I'll tell you that it is great eclectic pop music.
Download it HERE
Or view the original post HERE
Wesley Rose - Southern Elegance
This is Wesley's first album. Power. Raw. Noise. Get it.
Download it HERE
Original post HERE
Dixieland Teenbeat Spiritual Waltz
This record is Travis Knowles and myself each playing an organ, as the photo suggests. It's improv, it's fun.
Download it HERE
ORIGINAL POST
Ben Collins & Zach Smola - Guitars and Loops
This record is a improv electric guitar duo by Zach Smola and myself. Sort of like a Fripp & Eno record if it was two Fripps and neither were as good as the actual, real Fripp.
Download it HERE
ORIGINAL POST
Black Thirteen - Plate Tekroniks
Here is a good example of an expanded B13 line up. Here we feature the classic group plus the inimitable Joe McNeill (Featured eating Long John Silver's on the cover). It's also a good example of how we could play long and weird and whiskey-fueled music that would never have occurred to us in any other setting.
Download it HERE
ORIGINAL POST
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So maybe that is a good introduction to the unfamiliar... I'll continue with the new posts soon.
