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City Rain

About Me


This I Will Remember - City Ra...City Rain is the moniker of Charles Benjamin Runyan (Ben) from the streets of Philadelphia, PA. Ben trys to combine beard-scratching IDM with the fun and quarkiness of dancefloor minimal and even a little bit of guitar. Aside from writing music Ben is involved with various side projects scoring music for websites, fashion videos and other odds and ends.

Booking or Other Inquiries for City Rain:

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Member Since: 21/02/2006
Band Website: electroniceel.com/cityrain.html
Band Members:

Influences: Marian Gold, Neil Diamond, John Lennon, Metallica, Milosh, Wilco, John Denver, Elton John, BT, Trentemoller, James Holden, Gui Boratto, Robert Babicz, John Digweed, Life, Love, and the pursuit of good times.
Record Label: Electronic Eel, Boltfish Recordings, SSI
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Silent Ballet.com reviews TIWR

  What if The Mercury Program were an IDM group? The American post-rock outfit, best known for 2002s stellar A Data Learn the Language, has committed its career to exploring a chilled out sort of min...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:29:00 GMT

"I Remember" video on arjanwrites.com blog

http://www.arjanwrites.com/arjanwrites/2009/06/song-to-watch -outputmessage-city-rain-i-remember.htmlThanks arjan!
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:36:00 GMT

Editing the "I Remember" Music Video (ALMOST DONE)

Hey guys, get excited. The I remember video is about half way done. I have been hard at work on this video, spending 7 hours straight each day, over the last 3 days to try and get this to you all. Its...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:24:00 GMT

Follw me on Twitter @cityraintunes

@cityraintunes
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:32:00 GMT

City Rain on Indiefeed (TIWR Pt 1. Free Download!)

This I Will Remember Pt 1 Free Download
Posted by on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:44:00 GMT

Textura Magazine Review of "This I Will Remember"

To The Full Page Review"Anyone thinking the IDM-electronica genre's played out need only listen to City Rain's This I Will Remember to start believing otherwise. On this svelte thirty-four-minute set,...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:04:00 GMT

This I Will Remember avail @ Itunes NOW

Help me out guys! Support Indie Electronic Muisc. Buy the album, by one song, anything! Click:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.w oa/wa/viewAlbum?id=311855067&s=143441
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:19:00 GMT

This I Will Remember avail @ Amazon Mp3, etc..

This I Will Remember is now avaiable for purchase @ Amazonmp3. Itunes is soon to follow!AmazonMp3: http://www.amazon.com/This-I-Will-Remember/dp/B001SVYJ5M/ref =dm_ap_alb2?ie=UTF8&qid=1239147049&sr=1-6...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:29:00 GMT

List of Free music from City Rain

Over the Field EPhttp://www.last.fm/music/City+Rain/Over+the+Field+EP1. Over the Field2. Friendly Stroll3. Friendly Stroll (Aligning Minds Remix)----------------------------------------------------Ci t...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:22:00 GMT

City Rain on Chillcast #158 w/ Anji Bee

Big shout to Anji for playing my music, thanks Anji, love that voice!Head on over to Itunes:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/vie wPodcast?id=130179456Or:http://www.anjibee.com/  
Posted by on Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:50:00 GMT