Artist.......: Benny Sings Rednose Distrikt
Album........: Euh
Label........: DOX
Genre........: Electronic
Catnr........: DOX031
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: May-20-2006
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. beat 1 00:39
02. bennysingsrednosedistrict 04:14
03. absdefg 04:37
04. miss moral 03:50
05. ik wil een nieuwe fiets 00:32
06. freedom 04:27
07. ready to rock 04:46
08. oohweeooh (the may songs) 02:55
09. the river 05:00
10. common yall 02:48
11. feel like comin up 02:12
12. bonus! : harco pront - beam me up 01:26
Runtime 37:26 min
Size 51,7 MB
Release Notes:
Looking back on the life of Benny Sings:
June 2003:
Dutch release of the debut album Champagne People
positively reviewed by the critics:
"Prince and Stevie Wonder quotes stand gracefully
next to airy pop melodies and jazzy chords that
could easily have come from Steely Dan... This is
the kind of repertoire that Hall and Oats would die
for. Benny Sings has made a record which is as
original as it is commercial, and that"s a rarity"
(de Volkskrant review).
Benny was also featured at the biggest open air
festivals of the Netherlands: Lowlands & Uitmarkt
Amsterdam.
Early 2004: Benny won the Dutch Essent Award for
young music talent;
Gigs with Noorderslag festival and clubs followed
Spring: Belgian release of Champagne People.
Summer: The song "Champagne People" appears in a
Dove chocolate advert;
A vinyl of Champagne People is released worldwide
on the label Kindred Spirits/Rushhour.
In addition to his "Benny Sings" solo project, Tim
van Berkestijn continues to act as composer and
producer in the soul band "Heavenly Social" with
Miss Dee.
Van Berkestijn composes the song Beggars for Sun
for the solo album Cereal of C-mon, and he remixes
for the Only Child project on Grand Central (UK).
In addition, he creates soundtracks for several
theatrical plays and feature film projects.
February 2005: Worldwide release of I LOVE YOU:
live at the Bimhuis by Sonar Kollektiv
Live album
Different from the debut album Champagne People,
which was conceived and executed in the quiet focus
of Benny"s home studio, the second album, I Love
You, is recorded live in the Amsterdam venue, the
Bimhuis.
Benny wrote the music on the way to his next
commitment* and he arranged the new songs live on
stage with the band. "
New life
The first album was in fact the beginning of a new
life, Benny says "Before Champagne People and
during my studies at the Royal Conservatory of The
Hague, my life and music mostly took place in my
mind. After Champagne People, things started
happening and I got busy living it. And this album
is the celebration of that: a tribute to the here
and now and to the lightness of my new existence."
Influences
When his first album came out, Benny Sings was
compared to various legends in the history of pop.
"People gave me Tod Rundgren, Hall & Oats and The
Alessi Brothers records because they heard a
resemblance. But I hardly listen to music these
days- except in preparation for the gig at the
Bimhuis when I did study the perfection of
Baccarach"s songs."
Feel-good songs
I Love You is a selection of feel-good songs with a
hint of the occasional hang-over. A remarkable and
refreshing demonstration of pop music devoid of
weird sound effects or complicated bass riffs that
detract from the catchy melodies. Benny explains
"the music has no second thoughts or edges and no
rebellion, except against the rebels. For this CD,
we wasted little thought or energy on coming up
with a style. We were just busy with the challenge
of writing music and lyrics that added up to a
complete and fulfilling pop song."
Co-producer
Thus Benny Sings created I Love You, the sequel to
Champagne People. In the second album Benny
collaborated again with co-producer Bart SuΦr. SuΦr
finds it inspiring to work with Benny: "For a young
musician to play these slow-beat and relaxed songs
shows a particular confidence. When we re-arranged
Champagne People into a live act with a band
(drums, bass, keyboards, backing vocals and a horn
section), we felt the test of winning the audience
over with this cool-tempo. It became Benny Sings
successful trademark. And even though the live gig
I Love You uses more and bigger tempo changes, the
party songs are still relaxed and smiling."
Benny adds, grinning ironically: "Playing live did
change my music and changed me as a person too. On
stage with a mic and then the applause... it"s the
perfect cure for depression."