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Artists > A - C > Christophers, Ben > The Spaces In Between

 
:: The Spaces In between  Ref: COOKCD300
 
 
 
The Spaces In between

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"Eerie spaced-out folk songs of the purest longing, wrapped up in enigmatic samples and dipped in honey melodies" - Independent ****

With two critically acclaimed albums under his belt - "My Beautiful Demon" and "Spoonface", Ben Christophers is back and set to woo the critics and fans once again with his third offering - the beautiful and seductive new album, "The Spaces In Between", which is due for release on 13th September 2004. The album will be preceded by a single, "Good Day For The Hopeless" on 30th August.

From the sweetly sinister "Flowers Drink Upon The Ground," and the shimmering simplicity of "Devil To Kill", to the laid back, happy-go-lucky feel of "Good Day For the Hopeless", and the mesmerizing "Riversong" the album resonates with life, passion and emotional genius. "This is the most upbeat and optimistic record I've written," explains Ben. "The biggest difference between this one and my two previous albums is that I had so much material written, I had a really clear feeling for the sound a lot sooner because of it"

Written and recorded between the Summer of 2003 and early 2004, it also marks the first time that Ben hasn't worked with producer/artist David Kosten of Faultline. Instead, he enlisted the help of friend and engineer/co-producer Cenzo Townshend (Graham Coxon, Blur, Datsuns, Cranberrys, Echo & The Bunnymen).

Ben played and arranged just about everything on the album, recording the guitar and vocals at the same time, adding the other instruments afterwards to make the sound more rugged and loose. "I didn't want to over step where I've come from, I just wanted to keep moving and to try new things," he says. "I wanted to see how it felt to keep as much fluidity in the sound as possible without adding too much instrumentation. Like on 'Everybody Stood To see us' is mainly drums, piano and vocals with the odd flickering synth."

Ben emerged on to the music scene in 1999, with a series of low-key solo shows underneath a pizza parlour in the West End of London. Each night, the shows were rammed, the audience riveted by his performances of irresistible fragility and passion. Shortly afterwards he signed to V2 releasing two albums, which was followed by extensive touring in the UK, Europe and Australia.
 


 


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