BEN FROST RELEASES VISCERAL NEW SINGLE ‘CHIMERA’

Ben Frost today releases his third studio single in seven years, ‘Chimera‘, setting the stage for his much-anticipated album, Scope Neglect, due via Mute on March 1, 2024.  As one would expect from Frost, it’s a brutalist and unsettling composition that injects heavy power metal chords (courtesy of Greg Kubacki of  Car Bomb) into screes of digital static, synths and detonating beats. “There is always a shape and a sense of … Continue reading BEN FROST RELEASES VISCERAL NEW SINGLE ‘CHIMERA’

LIVE REVIEW: Ben Frost, Tim Hecker @ Sydney Opera House (11/01/15)

Experimental electronica, avant garde, instrumental composition, sound art… all these and more were at play when Canadian Tim Hecker and Australian native, now based in Iceland, Ben Frost brought their immersive and extreme synthetic music to the magnificent surrounds of the Sydney Opera House as part of the Sydney Festival. Tim Hecker performed his set in near darkness, the only visible objects were two red … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Ben Frost, Tim Hecker @ Sydney Opera House (11/01/15)

NEW MUSIC: Ben Frost | Venter

Ben Frost is one of those unique composers working in the electronic realm who is able to harness the visceral nature of music. His tools are synthetic yet he always seems to build tangible, almost organic elements into his work. Live he does the some thing, bringing a physicality to his performance as he bends and turns dials and switches. He was spellbinding at ATP … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Ben Frost | Venter