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Benjamin Lew

Genre: Electronic, Ambient, Poetry, Middle Eastern, Worldbeat
Origin: Middle East
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Biography

Benjamin Lew shaped some of the decade's most inventive sounds by merging verse with atmospheric melodies. His work alongside saxophonist Steven Brown of Tuxedomoon produced three albums in 1995: Douzieme Journee: La Verbe, La Parure, L'amour, A Propos Dún Paysage, and Nebka. Interview Magazine, in its critique of Douzieme Journee: La Verbe, La Parure, L'amour, remarked, "All this band is missing is Yma Sumac on lead vocals".

The pair first crossed paths in a Brussels bar where Lew tended bar for Brown and other Tuxedomoon members. Conversations about their artistic goals uncovered a shared sensibility that has sustained ongoing projects.

Lew's initial release, When God Was Famous, paired him with vocalist Samy Birnbach of Minimal Compact and set poems by Yeats and Herman Hesse to music.

Top Songs

  1. Compiled Electronic LandscapesLe sentiment de la couleurCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes4:02
  2. Compiled Electronic LandscapesLes traces d'un pontCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes3:13
  3. Compiled Electronic LandscapesDans les jardinsCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes7:36
  4. Compiled Electronic LandscapesCe qu'elle voulait que j'entendeCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes3:17
  5. Compiled Electronic LandscapesMomentsCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes4:36
  6. Compiled Electronic LandscapesPassageCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes1:46
  7. Compiled Electronic LandscapesLa magnifique alcooliqueCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes3:24
  8. Compiled Electronic LandscapesBamako ou ailleursCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes4:17
  9. Compiled Electronic LandscapesPartout du sableCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes3:37
  10. Compiled Electronic LandscapesUne telle richesseCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes4:12
  11. Compiled Electronic LandscapesAu sujet d'un paysageCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes3:47
  12. Compiled Electronic LandscapesWewak, port sur le pacifiqueCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes1:40
  13. Compiled Electronic LandscapesProfondeurs des eaux des laquesCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes3:34
  14. Compiled Electronic LandscapesComme tout embue, tout danseCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes4:13
  15. Compiled Electronic LandscapesTori, Pres De La SoierieCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes3:21
  16. Compiled Electronic LandscapesDe l'autre cote du fleuveCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes4:06
  17. Compiled Electronic LandscapesRegardez encoreCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes3:23
  18. NebkaTori. Pres De La SoierieNebka · 1988Nebka3:27
  19. Compiled Electronic LandscapesJoyeux regrets imprécisCompiled Electronic Landscapes · 2003Compiled Electronic Landscapes2:42
  20. NebkaPortrait FideleNebka · 1988Nebka2:22

Albums

Compiled Electronic Landscapes

Compiled Electronic Landscapes

2003
Compiled Electronic Landscapes
Benjamin Lew · Album · 2003
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  1. Joyeux regrets imprécisBenjamin Lew2:42
  2. Une telle richesseBenjamin Lew4:12
  3. Les traces d'un pontBenjamin Lew3:13
  4. Dans les jardinsBenjamin Lew7:36
  5. Ce qu'elle voulait que j'entendeBenjamin Lew3:17
  6. MomentsBenjamin Lew4:36
  7. PassageBenjamin Lew1:46
  8. La magnifique alcooliqueBenjamin Lew3:24
  9. Bamako ou ailleursBenjamin Lew4:17
  10. Partout du sableBenjamin Lew3:37
  11. Le sentiment de la couleurBenjamin Lew4:02
  12. Au sujet d'un paysageBenjamin Lew3:47
  13. Wewak, port sur le pacifiqueBenjamin Lew1:40
  14. Profondeurs des eaux des laquesBenjamin Lew3:34
  15. Comme tout embue, tout danseBenjamin Lew4:13
  16. Tori, Pres De La SoierieBenjamin Lew3:21
  17. De l'autre cote du fleuveBenjamin Lew4:06
  18. Regardez encoreBenjamin Lew3:23
Nebka

Nebka

1988
Nebka
Benjamin Lew · Album · 1988
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  1. Tori. Pres De La SoierieBenjamin Lew3:27
  2. Les traces d'un pontBenjamin Lew3:19
  3. Ces lignes tremblées et l'absence de couleurs vivesBenjamin Lew2:56
  4. Partout du sableBenjamin Lew3:40
  5. Qui regardeBenjamin Lew1:29
  6. Joyeux regrets imprécisBenjamin Lew2:46
  7. Hommes assis devant un mur chauleBenjamin Lew3:03
  8. Victoire a nangousapBenjamin Lew1:17
  9. PreparationBenjamin Lew3:06
  10. Comme tout embue, tout danseBenjamin Lew4:16
  11. NebkaBenjamin Lew1:52
  12. DepartBenjamin Lew3:18
  13. Wewak. port sur le pacifiqueBenjamin Lew1:38
  14. Qu'il fasse nuitBenjamin Lew3:25
  15. Portrait FideleBenjamin Lew2:22