Benjamin Bates is tagged as: house, electronic, trance, dance, electro house Benjamin Bates is jumping for joy on the cover of his new CD Recyclomania. And rightfully so! His second album is a personal document that successfully evokes a variety of moods, ranging from ecstasy on the first single ‘On My Feet’, melancholy in opening track ‘Note To Self #1’ and desperation in ‘Forever Running’. As Bates explains: “Music should conjure up certain emotions and for me the easiest way to achieve that is to record music that has that same effect on me when I listen to it myself.” Bates wrote, arranged, played, sang, produced and mixed the entire album himself with his production partner in crime, Marco V. The title of the album, Recyclomania, refers to the habit of recycling music. Nowadays, many dance hits are based on samples of old hit singles. “If you wait long enough, nobody remembers what the original track sounds like, so you can launch a new hit.” Bates doesn’t want to join this game, although he does consider himself guilty of recycling. “Although I create new music and write new lyrics, it’s the result of the music I consumed when I was young. The only difference is that I like to filter those influences and use them to create something new.” So, Recyclomania echoes the music from Bates’ youth: electronic synthesizer... Read More About Benjamin Bates Biography...  Send Benjamin Bates ringtones to your cell
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