Benny Bock debut album out June 10th

Announcing Benny Bock’s debut full-length record, Vanishing Act, out June 10th on Colorfield Records.

On his debut album, Vanishing Act, keyboardist and composer Benny Bock conjures the contrasts of living in big city and small town environments, infusing ambient jazz and folkloric arrangements with bristling electronic urgency. Out of improvised recording sessions with producer/engineer Pete Min and a cast of acclaimed musicians, Bock has created a spellbinding instrumental cycle, channeling the feelings of existing in these spaces of chaos or calm.

“As a whole, the album speaks to the interaction of rural and urban landscapes,” Bock explains. “I was just coming back to LA from my studies at Oberlin Conservatory in the Midwest when I started making the record, so that transition was a big thing on my mind. I incorporated a lot of open, pastoral motifs that bump up against jagged, fast-paced sounds.”

Vanishing Act finds Bock playing an eclectic array of keyboard instruments such as Steinway grand piano, Oberheim Four Voice synthesizer, pump organ, celeste and prepared piano. He cites influences including the orchestral studio albums of David Axelrod and Brazil’s Arthur Verocai, the bedroom productions of Juana Molina, and the playful jazz experiments of his LA contemporary Sam Gendel.

Vanishing Act is out June 10th via Colorfield Records. Pre-order here.