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Benjamin Aker

You won't know unless you try.

About Me

Born in Bergen in 1978 by a nurse/songwriter and a dentist/jazz drummer, I was brought up on anything from Keith Jarrett via Herbie Hancock to EWF and Bee Gees (gee, thanks, mum :).

Bitten by the bug at an early age, I've been making electronic music in various forms since 1990. With varying success.

Bad blood WILL out, so it should come as no surprise that at least two of my siblings also ended up making music: My younger brother Sebastian and of course the one and only Inga-Lill are both on Myspace. (As for the others, we're kinda prodding them gently at the moment ;)

At present, I'm working on expanding my musical vocabulary to include many of my childhood jazz/funk influences, but in an electronic context. If that's remotely possible.

I'm posting rough song sketches now, feel free to comment! It makes it easier to know which songs to scrap and which to invest more time in... Thanks! :)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/20/2007
Band Members: Benjamin Aker: Programming, keys, drums, guitar, percussion, songwriting etc.

Collaborators:
Inga-Lill Aker: Vocals, songwriting.
Sebastian Aker: Guitar wizardry, programming.
Influences: Cinematic Orchestra, Keith Jarrett, FSOL, Herbie Hancock, Thievery Corporation, Björk, Quantic, Guy Sigsworth, Bugge Wesseltoft, Massive Attack, Orb, Portishead, Koop, Lamb, Groove Armada, D'Angelo, Röyksopp... and generally getting out and about and meeting new people!
Sounds Like: You tell me :)
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Posting a few (very) unfinished sketches

I've started posting unfinished song sketches, as an experiment. These are ideas that might get developed if I get the motivation for it, or by popular demand :) Feedback or suggestions on uses ...
Posted by Benjamin Aker on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:03:00 PST