Arcades

2011 - album by Benedict Roff-Marsh Arcades was meant to be about the last Space Shuttle trip but it didn't want to happen. What I ended up with was a dual meaning of arcades as; i) a place or passageway, ii) a place where video games were played in the 1980's. I am always amused … Continue reading Arcades

Fallen Leaves / Retrograde

2010 - double album by Benedict Roff-Marsh After the colder sound of Sections I wanted to make something warmer and more melodic. I started writing with little sense of direction other than wanting to make a record that flirted with Pop and New Age without giving up my own style. I slowly dawned on me that … Continue reading Fallen Leaves / Retrograde

Sampler – Growings

2010 - compilation of Benedict Roff-Marsh A plant grows or ceases to be plant. An artist grows or ceases to be an artist. Thankfully my music has continued to grow. Using my own full name was something I resisted for many years but I think it has done no harm, maybe even helped as using … Continue reading Sampler – Growings

Sections + Structures

2010 - album as Benedict Roff-Marsh I love melody and pop songs (well at least those from the 80's) but it seems many people now want less structured, or more experimental, music. This appeals to me in some ways too so I thought for this project I would write something more minimal. Clinical even. I chose … Continue reading Sections + Structures

Lights Of Heaven

2010 - album as Benedict Roff-Marsh I stayed in space for Lights. Most of the album came together slowly in 2009. It was slow because I was back in a day job - and hating it. Sure it was money but the cost of getting it seemed too high. Looking back it was something that I had … Continue reading Lights Of Heaven

Cassini

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

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