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01. Benjamin Lew - Profondeurs des eaux des laques
02. Benjamin Lew - Moments
03. Benjamin Lew - Le personnage principal est un peuple isolé
04. Benjamin Lew - Face a ce qui se derobe
05. Benjamin Lew - Qu'il fasse nuit
06. Benjamin Lew - The Wheel
07. Benjamin Lew - Little Birds Sit On Your Shoulder
08. Benjamin Lew - Etendue
09. Benjamin Lew - Ces personnages
10. Benjamin Lew - Joyeux regrets imprécis
11. Benjamin Lew - Hommes assis devant un mur chaulé
12. Benjamin Lew - La magnifique alcoolique
ARTIST
TITLE
Le Personnage Principal Est Un Peuple Isole
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
STRLP 027LP STRLP 027LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/5/2019

"Benjamin Lew was an enlightened amateur, in the noble and almost Renaissance-like sense of the word: he dabbled with equal grace in photography, writing, visual arts ... and worked part-time as a cocktail mixer in a tropical bar which was one of the favorite watering holes of Brussels' thriving artistic community of the early '80s. Tuxedomoon had just moved to Brussels, and Steven Brown was among the many musicians, designers, and artists who patronized the bar. Benjamin had a secret passion: he wasn't a musician, but had acquired a small analog computer, with which he had started creating these strange mysterious little pieces. Benjamin played them to Steven and asked him if he'd agree to record with him. Steven was taken with them and accepted. The Douzième Journée was largely created in the studio by both protagonists, with the help of Gilles Martin and myself, in the spring of '82. Listening to his albums (he went on to record four more with Crammed) is like embarking on a dream journey to the Sahara or the Far East. You'd think that some of the pieces feature non-European musicians or samples but: no... this is just Benjamin's imagination, his synths, and his friends... " --Marc Hollander, Feb. 2019