Benjamin Nelson
Miniatures
Edition of 300. Miniatures was recorded between 2016 and 2018 in Oslo and Vienna. It is a collection of short electronic sound objects, situations, landscapes, or puzzles. With influences stemming from early minimalism and composers such as
Eliane Radigue and Maryanne Amacher the influence of 80s home taper
works such as those of Jeph Jerman’s Hands To and John Hudak can also be
heard in Nelson’s work; eschewing the elements of pseudo-spirituality,
passive listening and pastoral subject matt…
First
Following numerous small run releases and years of private development First is the debut CD release by Benjamin Nelson. Recorded and mixed in the summer and fall of 2015 in Oslo First represents the culmination of Nelson's live and studio practice since 2008 focused on long form, reductionistic, and near-static electronic music. First explores the perception of time, interference patterns, room reflection and hearing fatigue as primary compositional elements. Favoring textural over tonal …