from Ben Monder's three-disc album 'Planetarium' out Septmber 27, 2024 on Sunnyside Records
https://benmonder.bandcamp.com/album/planetarium
Ben Monder — Ataraxia (from Planetarium, 2024)
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Ben Monder: Ataraxia (from Planetarium, 2024) incoming
Ben Monder — Ataraxia (from Planetarium, 2024)
Ben Monder: Crazy solos with The Bad Plus - Live in Europe 2023
Crazy Ben Monder solos with The Bad Plus - Live in Europe 2023
Ben Monder: The Lost Beautiful Interview.
Music Professor Interviews Ben Monder | The Lost Beautiful Interview...FOUND!
Ben Monder: Streetwise Guitar interview
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Music Professor Interviews Ben Monder | The Lost Beautiful Interview...FOUND
Julian Lage, Ben Monder : Alternative Guitar Summit 2016 details
Ben Monder: Talking about rock and jazz roots with alternativeguitarsummit.com
PODCAST 6 BEN MONDER
Episode 6 – Ben Monder
Ben Monder: Talking about rock and jazz roots, early study, chordal fixation, work as a sideman, and composing. He plays a couple of amazing passages of Stella by Starlight and I’ll Remember April that you should not miss!
Ben Monder: Ben Monder, Pete Rende, Andrew Cyrille, Paul Motian: Amorphae **Releasing October 2015**
Ben Monder, Pete Rende, Andrew Cyrille, Paul Motian: Amorphae **Releasing October 2015**
Ben Monder (electric guitar, electric baritone guitar); Pete Rende (synthesizer); Andrew Cyrille (drums, percussion); Paul Motian (drums)
Guitarist Ben Monder first recorded for ECM as a member of the Paul Motian Band on Garden of Eden in 2004, and Amorphae was originally conceived as a series of duets for Ben and Paul. A first exploratory duo session was recorded in 2010. After Motians death the following year it was decided to expand and complete the project with another highly influential and innovative drummer, Andrew Cyrille, adding also Pete Rende on synthesizer on two pieces.
So here we hear Monder solo, in duo with Motian, in duo with Cyrille, and in trio with Cyrille and Rende. This range of expressive options casts light upon Monders musical concepts and their adaptability. A guitarists guitarist, Monder is also a master of texture and unusual voicings, creating what one reviewer has called detailed sonic landscapes of mystery and power.
All the music on Amorphae is his, apart from, Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin, the Rodgers & Hammerstein chestnut from the musical Oklahoma!, performed here by Monder and Motian.
Tracks 2, 6, 8 recorded October 2010 at Sear Sound by James A. Farber
Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 recorded December 2013 at Brooklyn Recording by Rick Kwan
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Track 1 Tendrils
Track 2 Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
Track 3 Tumid Cenobite
Track 4 Gamma Crucis
Track 5 Zythum
Track 6 Triffids
Track 7 Hematophagy
Track 8 Dinosaur Skies
Ben Monder: Hydra - available late August 2013
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| Ben Monder: Hydra |
Ben Monder (guitar); John Patitucci, Skuli Sverrisson (bass); Gian Slater, Theo Bleckmann, Martha Cluver (vocals); Ted Poor (drums)
Guitarist Ben Monder's 2013 album Hydra is an atmospheric, impressionistic album featuring arrangements built around his intricate, complex guitar lines. Monder has always played with a precise fingerpicking style that is classically influenced and often crosses over to jazz, new age music, flamenco, and experimental rock. Hydra is no exception and Monder fills the album with expansive and highly cerebral songs that are hard to pin down stylistically. The album follows up his equally exploratory, if more pared down, 2009 duo album with saxophonist Bill McHenry, Bloom. However, Hydra works better as a follow-up to his 2005 album, Oceana, as it features a similar ensemble with many of the same musicians. Joining Monder here are several longtime collaborators including bassist John Patitucci, bassist Skuli Sverrisson, and drummer Ted Poor. Also helping to create this ambient sound are vocalists Theo Bleckmann, Gian Slater, and Martha Cluver. Interestingly, rather than having them sing lyrics, Monder has the vocalists sing evocative, wordless parts along with his ensemble. The result is that the vocals become more like added instruments to the arrangements, giving the tracks an eerie, otherworldly quality. Together, Monder and his band create a highly sophisticated group sound that can unnerve you one minute and envelope you in ambient warmth the next. In that sense, Hydra often brings to mind the '70s ECM albums of trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and vocalist Norma Winstone, as well as the symphonic choral work of composer György Ligeti. Ultimately, Hydra is a highly engaging and unique recording that ranks as one of Monder's best.
Track 1 Elysium
Track 2 Hydra
Track 3 Aplysia
Track 4 39
Track 5 Yugen
Track 6 Tredecadrome
Track 7 Postlude
Track 8 Charlotte's song
Ben Monder: Ibanez Artstar AS153.
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