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I've been in to playing music for a while now; guitar, then piano, and now mostly electronic/synthesized, I'm fascinated by sounds and sounscapes, harmony and dissonance. Speaking for myself, I draw most of my influence from jazz, most everything coming out of the fifties and sixties: west coast, cool jazz (Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Stan Getz, Ahmad Jamal), east coast, bebop (Bird, Bud Powell, Charlie Mingus, Thelonius Monk), as well as third stream work (MJQ and any version of Concierto de Aranjuez I can find). Jazz dominates my listening habits, and manifests itself in my hip hop production.

 

beats

the following beats are all in RealPlayer format.
if you like any of them, email me at info@benalthouse.com and we can work something out.
   
 

songs

tracks are in mp3 format
 
 

solo albums

i've done four solo albums, with another forthcoming
 


The Lyrical Villain

released 9/2004

   
 

group albums

andy metz and i are the metaphorics. both albums are below.
 


Soul Simple

released 2007 - dowload the entire album here


Rap Star (Ice Ben Presents...)

released 2004


Live on Capitol Hill

Recorded 12/2004

   
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