In The Can late 2012

I have been working on a new album recently. For a few months there I didn't write any music at all which is hard on a person like me as I feel the need to make something every day. If I don't make something then I feel unbalanced and incomplete. I was recording my record … Continue reading In The Can late 2012

Berlin to Dusseldorf

2012 – album by Benedict Roff-Marsh Berlin and Dusseldorf are two Schools of music that have had a profound effect on almost all of modern music whilst only being known and recognized by a relative few. I have long been a fan of Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk. I am happy to show their influence in … Continue reading Berlin to Dusseldorf

Mountain & The Lowlands

2011 - album by Benedict Roff-Marsh Mountain & The Lowlands saw me return to the style of The Body Pool. I wanted an album that was a bit brighter and more New Age than Arcades. I had been listening to Kitaro's Silk Road which I had only just purchased and so much of what he … Continue reading Mountain & The Lowlands

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