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Surface
10 is the moniker of Californian electronic musician Dean De Benedictus. He has previously released albums on the DiN label with In Vitro Tide (DiN8) & Surface Tensions (DiN24). Finishing a hiatus of
over a decade, which saw him pursuing several film projects, he returns
to DiN with a stunningly original new album, “A Stray Ending” (DiN77).
The DiN label has always actively encouraged the blurring of genre boundaries and with this new opus Dean has certainly done that with influences as far flung as Electronica, Ambient, IDM, Berlin School, Glitch, Progressive Jazz Fusion, World and Cinematic music. Such a heady mixture is immediately apparent on the opener “Neverheart” with its achingly beautiful and haunting chordal themes overlaid with an intertwining tapestry of percussion and glitched out effects. The album rises and falls through layers of dazzling sound design and compositional complexity to reach its apex with the freak-out intensity of “Azz”. The following track “Dorothy Spearhead” is perhaps the most concise piece on show here, with its vocal melodic hook and danceable drum groove. This leads into the spectacular “Non Fi” which propels the listener on an epic tour de force of electronic invention before the album closes with the melancholic shimmering beauty of “Universal Winter (Rework)”.
This new album from Surface 10 is almost beyond categorisation and is full of so many inventive and detailed sonic and musical elements that it will give the listener something new to focus in on each and every listen. Another truly unique addition to the DiN catalogue.
The DiN label has always actively encouraged the blurring of genre boundaries and with this new opus Dean has certainly done that with influences as far flung as Electronica, Ambient, IDM, Berlin School, Glitch, Progressive Jazz Fusion, World and Cinematic music. Such a heady mixture is immediately apparent on the opener “Neverheart” with its achingly beautiful and haunting chordal themes overlaid with an intertwining tapestry of percussion and glitched out effects. The album rises and falls through layers of dazzling sound design and compositional complexity to reach its apex with the freak-out intensity of “Azz”. The following track “Dorothy Spearhead” is perhaps the most concise piece on show here, with its vocal melodic hook and danceable drum groove. This leads into the spectacular “Non Fi” which propels the listener on an epic tour de force of electronic invention before the album closes with the melancholic shimmering beauty of “Universal Winter (Rework)”.
This new album from Surface 10 is almost beyond categorisation and is full of so many inventive and detailed sonic and musical elements that it will give the listener something new to focus in on each and every listen. Another truly unique addition to the DiN catalogue.
credits
released February 17, 2023
All tracks composed and produced by Dean De Benedictis between 2008 & 2022.
Mastered by Dean De Benedictis August 2022.
Musicans:
Dean De Benedictis - laptops and software, concert flute, Mayahachi flute, harmonica, piano, percussion & vocals
Phil Williams - electric guitar and FX on “Azz”
Claire Reymond - additional vocals
“Universal Winter (Rework)” is a self-remix of the track “Universal Winter” from Dean’s 2009 album - “A Cambient Variations”.
Thanks go out to the many nameless, faceless and/or unassociated artists, popular and unpopular, present and deceased, whose work was used to varying degrees in the making of “A Stray Ending”. The album’s completion was an adventure, we hope listening will be one also.
Special thanks to:
Claire Reymond for her massive support.
Frank Prinzen and Deborah Martin for additional inspiration on “Neverheart” and “DT5 United”.
Ian Boddy for your support, your patience, your faith & your belief in me.
All tracks composed and produced by Dean De Benedictis between 2008 & 2022.
Mastered by Dean De Benedictis August 2022.
Musicans:
Dean De Benedictis - laptops and software, concert flute, Mayahachi flute, harmonica, piano, percussion & vocals
Phil Williams - electric guitar and FX on “Azz”
Claire Reymond - additional vocals
“Universal Winter (Rework)” is a self-remix of the track “Universal Winter” from Dean’s 2009 album - “A Cambient Variations”.
Thanks go out to the many nameless, faceless and/or unassociated artists, popular and unpopular, present and deceased, whose work was used to varying degrees in the making of “A Stray Ending”. The album’s completion was an adventure, we hope listening will be one also.
Special thanks to:
Claire Reymond for her massive support.
Frank Prinzen and Deborah Martin for additional inspiration on “Neverheart” and “DT5 United”.
Ian Boddy for your support, your patience, your faith & your belief in me.
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Listener Reviews:
dbssll
Quite a varied release - from ambient drone to more rhythmic
tracks full of electronic details. The more rhythmic tracks vary in mood
from light almost pastoral to dark bordering on the industrial
occasionally. A distinctive voice that will repay detailed listening.
mamonulabs
music to travel to the Parallel Worlds of your mind. Fax-heads will love this album
Favorite track: Mister E.
selfoscillate
This is a really captivating and varied Album, almost like a
cinematic soundtrack. It is a melting pot of different moods and styles,
dark at times, but also with moments of hope. It brings Ambient, Drone
and elements of IDM together nicely, with lots of details that encourage
repeated listens. Another great effort by the master of modular synths.
Well done, Bakis.
Favorite track: Spectral.
#13 release in UMFT series
Catalog number: UMFT013
Machines used: Buchla modular, Eurorack modular, Korg opsix.
Catalog number: UMFT013
Machines used: Buchla modular, Eurorack modular, Korg opsix.
credits
released February 9, 2023
Written by Bakis Sirros
Design by Mason Verger
Mastered by Árni Grétar
(p) (c) Móatún 7 2023
Written by Bakis Sirros
Design by Mason Verger
Mastered by Árni Grétar
(p) (c) Móatún 7 2023
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