Surface Tensions (Remastered), by Dean De Benedictis / Surface 10

Surface Tensions (Remastered)

by Dean De Benedictis / Surface 10

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1.	B2 Gigacosm 06:37	info	buy track
2.	Dawn / Bleep / Dusk 05:36	info	buy track
3.	Phantom Jack To Station MT 04:54	info	buy track
4.	847 Chain Reactors 05:16	info	buy track
5.	Particle Heartbreak 06:26	info	buy track
6.	No One Was Invited But Everyone Came 04:47	info	buy track
7.	X Tension 03:55	info	buy track
8.	See You On Another Side 03:29	info	buy track
9.	The Dream Shelter 09:52	info	buy track
10.	Days Of Lovely Statistics 06:16	info	buy track
11.	Only A World 08:40	info	buy track

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Originally released in 2006, on the DiN label, this new remastered addition of "Surface Tensions" is simply a stronger representation of the original work. Hailed as "beyond brilliant" by Groove Magazine at the time of it's release, this album broke through it's expected projections for audience response, earning a small place in the International experimental ambient arena.

Surface 10 is no stranger to the DiN audience, having previously released "In Vitro Tide" (DiN 8) on the label in 2000. DiN label boss Ian Boddy has always been an advocate of this adventurous musician's oeuvre. The release of "Surface Tensions" proved yet again that DiN refuses to be pigeon-holed into one corner of the electronic music world, but rather will strive to bring to the listener a series of limited edition, collectible, and above all, adventurous musical releases.

Dean first made his debut with the self titled, vintage-styled ambient disc "Surface 10" on the Hypnotic / Cleopatra label in 1996. A further release on this label, "Exempli Gratia", followed in 1997, as a collaborative techno-trance project with George Sara of THC, going under the name Cathexis. Between these two initial discs and his inaugural DiN release, Dean appeared on various compilations for labels such as Hypnos, Lektronic Soundscapes, Cleopatra, Moonshine and Bottom Heavy. Following the release of "In Vitro Tide" on DiN in 2000, Dean De Benedictis then released the tribal ambient disc "A Lone Reply" under his own name in 2001. He then formed the Fateless Flows Collective and appeared on their compilations for 2004 and 2005. In 2004 the Surface 10 disc "Borrowed Time 2000" was released on Space for Music Records, and most recently in 2005 the label Spotted Peccary Records put out "Salvaging the Past", a mesh of deep-space ambient, techno and tribal pieces spanning the years 1992 - 2005. To cap off his discography of official releases, he released an a cappella ambient CD in 2009 called "A Cambient Variations," and also formed an ambient jazz/fusion band called the Stratos Ensemble, who released their CD entitled "Drawn Straws" in 2007.

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released May 19, 2018

All music performed, produced, and programmed by Dean De Benedictis except for songs: #5 "Particle Heartbreak" and #10 "Days Of Lovely Statistics" which were created by Eddie Loyola (aka Niture) with Dean's assistance and embellishment.

GUEST MUSICIANS:
Laura Escude - violin on "B2 Gigacosm"
Doug Rimmerman - background sound on "The Dream Shelter"
Cathryn Deering - Operatic vocals on "Only a world", "847 Chain Reactors" and "B2 Gigacosm"

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Cover image by Andrea Jaccarino

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Dean De Benedictis / Surface 10 Los Angeles, California

Dean De Benedictis, aka Surface 10, is a Southern California based composer / producer / conceptual artist and underground, electronic-music renegade. He melds his interests in a variety of musical styles and concepts ranging from experimental electronica, to ambient, to progressive jazz and others, in an attempt to produce a very distinctive sound. ... more

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