Biography
A one man electric double bass band from Denmark.
Andy Benz aka. Andreas Bennetzen from Copenhagen, DK is a one man electric double bass band using live looping. Classically trained but heavily influenced by styles like jazz and electronic music he creates soothing and groovy music and adds a new perspective to double bass playing
Andy benz is a true cross-over musician who spans many genres from classical to rock, from avantgarde to hip-hop and reggae. In Denmark he has played with the finest classical ensembles and performed and recorded with the best electronic, jazz, reggae and indie artists.
Andy benz is a character who dresses in the robes of the symphony musician, but turns to electric double bass and live looping to fulfill his musical dreams.
His musical background is dub, soul, hip-hop and reggae from home. The jazz and blues in the music workshop in Bernadotte School as a kid and his career as a classical double bassist.
This has made him a musician who feels equally at home playing in a symphony orchestra in concert halls as performing in the sweaty clubs and big concert venues.
Co-founder of Live Art Installations and co-creator of sound environments and original compositions for Half Machine 04-08. He composed the music for the Submarine Ballet in Copenhagen 7th and 8th of august 2009. Andy is mixing music and performance with interaction design and jamming with his friends floating on the water with a submarine sailing by.
"Flowing in Circles" contains 9 original compositions for electric double bass recorded live with effects and loop machines that makes the music move, groove and flow in circles. It's an instrumental journey through Andy Benz musical career with inspirations from the genres and art forms he has worked with during his musical career.
How the artist describes the album: "Life, life is a loop. Earth spins around the sun, the moon spins around the earth, we live, we die, species come, species go-planets stops their loops and new ones start spinning. The music is based on loops-long and short ones. There is the loop of "Kismet" with it's undefinable rhythm, the house inspired loop of "Step on it" with the distinctive 4 feel and the dub inspired "MS Dub" with it's massive bass line. All performed with loop machines and the electric double bass, my main inspiration"
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