2008 - album as Benedict Roff-Marsh After the overtly New Age leanings of The Body Pool I wanted to go back into space. Saturn caught my attention, along with the NASA mission to visit. This album makes a sort of musical travelogue. I was so pleased with the Reason software for The Body Pool that … Continue reading Cassini
Author: Benedict Roff-Marsh
I believe in Healthy Self-Interest. If everyone does what is rational, then success will be easier for all. Greed is the complete opposite of self-interest as it results in nothing but failure.
Born in Canada in 1969 to English parents. Moved back to England. Lived in Australia since 5 y.o.
Worked in Banking, Entertainment, Sales and Web. I always listen to and make music to keep myself on an even keel.
The Body Pool
2008 - album as Benedict Roff-Marsh I wasn't really working at this time. I felt that whatever I turned my hands to was going nowhere. Even my SynthStudio Packs had really come to their natural conclusion. I wanted to compose but was struggling with the technology again. I remembered the pleasure I had got from … Continue reading The Body Pool
In Apparently Irreversible Succession
Album production slowed right down at this time for several reasons. In my musical life a lot of my attention was going into the SynthStudio Pack range I was developing. I was getting some modest success and notoriety from this so I was happy to spend lots of time on making the instruments and effects. Glacier Time … Continue reading In Apparently Irreversible Succession
Stairway Into The Stars
By this time I knew change was necessary in my life. Like most people I can't say I had any real idea how to do any of it which is a frustration in itself. Thematically I managed to create a mish-mash of ideas that were sort-of sequels to earlier albums like SpaceShip & The Edge … Continue reading Stairway Into The Stars
My Electric Country
My life was on a point of change during making this album. One change I was fully aware of (a new partner) but the other, while I had felt its symptoms, I hadn't acknowledged. Looking back I see a growing sense of isolation in my day job is shown in many of these tracks, they … Continue reading My Electric Country
Lonely Animals
By this time I had started to develop some friendships with other musicians in online music forums. This helped me to feel that my music had greater relevance. I felt that this album came out well overall. In hindsight, though I am not so convinced as it feels more like frustration in sound to me … Continue reading Lonely Animals
After Hours
I won't pretend this is my best album. It is perhaps interesting, particularly seeing as all the pieces feel like scraps floating in a dark well. There are some intersting textures in here. After Hours - original cover This is the street I lived in at the time in the suburb of New Farm, Brisbane … Continue reading After Hours
New Growths
The New Growths album was so named because I could feel myself coming back from the lost place of the last few years/albums. It isn't my best album I'm sure but I was enjoying composing again. I had switched to an up and coming developer's software. Really it was only half finished but his simplicity … Continue reading New Growths
Breaks Between Pauses
2004 - album as Benedict Roff-Marsh The music from this album is almost entirely lost to a failing CD burn. Only one track was able to be rescued. The cover was also not meant to be pink but that was the only toner left willing to print. Musically I think the title and the fact … Continue reading Breaks Between Pauses
The New Space Album
2004 - album as Benedict Roff-Marsh This is where I decided that I was going wrong in my composing. I was working away but not getting the results I wanted. Hardware synthesizers, by their very nature, are limited by being physical and for all those years of using them we all felt annoyed that the … Continue reading The New Space Album
Benedict Roff-Marsh 