tag:dudleybenson.com,2005:/blogs/august-2009?p=5August 20092023-10-09T16:08:47+13:00Dudley Bensonfalsetag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/72848082023-10-09T16:08:47+13:002023-10-17T03:57:46+13:009th October 2023<p><span lang="EN-AU">Kia ora folks,</span></p><p><span lang="EN-AU">At the end of this month I’m moving to Naarm/Melbourne. For a while now I’ve been in one of those life stages of wanting change. Leaving Ōtepoti and Aotearoa is emotional, and I’m holding an enormous sense of gratefulness for everything this place has given me in my 40 years – especially our people. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-AU">Since 2020, Woof! - a bar in Ōtepoti/Dunedin - has been my primary project. It’s given me a great sense of satisfaction to work alongside Josh Thomas and our team, who I love. To me, Woof! is defined by our day-to-day patrons & friends, the queer club nights, the activism, and pivoting through the pandemic. I’m so proud of us all for making Woof! what it is, and how it will continue to grow. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-AU">In Naarm, I’ll be spending the next year being an artist again. I’ll be putting the finishing touches on my next record, which will be out next year, with a tour. Where Zealandia was a brain album, this is a heart one.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-AU">In the meantime, I’ve been packing up life, and found all sorts of treasures from my work over the years. Bespoke garments that I wore in various performances and rare, long out-of-print editions of my EPs and albums. It’s best that these all find new homes, so I’m launching an </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/shop" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Shop"><span lang="EN-AU">Archive Sale</span></a><a data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Shop"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></a><span lang="EN-AU">today. I’ve also reduced all the remaining album stock I have: last chance to buy these before the physical editions run out. End of an era!</span></p><p><span lang="EN-AU">Thank you as always for supporting me and my music over the years, even when I’ve stepped away for a while. Take care of each other, and always keep in touch. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-AU">Aroha,</span></p><p><span lang="EN-AU">Dudley</span><br><br><span lang="EN-AU"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/463454/7478c1ff7f86fa8d1c220ae757e33866114deec3/original/dudley-1.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_xl justify_center border_" /><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/69362882022-03-31T11:47:51+13:002022-03-31T11:51:09+13:0031st March 2022<p>If you ever feel like you're wasting time, rotting away, not achieving stuff: same! Here's the first ever official Dudley Benson tee, to celebrate how it takes ages to do anything. <br><br><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.com/product/775950" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/127433c1387bb9811ca4997492bdc2775a11a954/original/t-square-db-com-news.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>Designed by Ōtepoti artist Veronica Grace Brett, the tee is a limited edition of 50. Printed by The Print Room on black AS Colour Classic heavyweight 100% cotton. Sizes S-2XL. <br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/2e3ca314d11c961123bce57c7ad06789039f1872/original/final-design-for-db-com.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p><a contents="Head to the Shop" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.com/product/775950" target="_blank">Head to the Shop</a> to buy yours, $34 + $6 postage (NZ). Sales help me finish my next record, within the next 8 years. Thanks! </p>
<p>Dudley<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/b330c4f762138ac4e6d42247df5784b75cbdef35/original/t-shirt-1-for-news.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/69322832022-03-26T11:13:11+13:002022-03-26T11:24:11+13:0025th March 2022<p>To accompany the music video for It's Ōtepoti's Fault (watch below), six artists have remixed the song, for this final remix collection from the Zealandia album. There are a couple of club bangers from Totems & Jerry Watts, some bouncy pop from ALCS & Kolya, and thoughtful, downtempo approaches from Mike Majkowski and Death & The Maiden. Love to all the remixers, and to Ayesha Green for her cover painting.<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/fe01cf01983b29d879b66c24f44600d7d108fabc/original/db-com-final.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3001993954/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e99708/artwork=none/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 700px; height: 406px;"></iframe><br><br><a contents="Bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.bandcamp.com/album/its-tepotis-fault-remix-ep" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> · <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2hrqKCVgoIbtV7HyKo8T7j?si=Alo-oQrXT1GbItwxP6MxJw" target="_blank">Spotify</a> · <a contents="SoundCloud" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/sets/its-tepotis-fault-remix-ep" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> · <a contents="iTunes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/nz/album/its-%C5%8Dtepotis-fault-remix/1614985104" target="_blank">iTunes</a></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/69285552022-03-22T17:41:42+13:002022-03-26T11:00:39+13:0023rd March 2022<p>Tonight at 8pm (NZT), I'm chuffed to share with you the premiere of my new music video: <em>It's Ōtepoti's Fault</em>. I'm grateful that NZ on Screen and AudioCulture are presenting this with me. <a contents="Watch the premiere here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/its-otepotis-fault-2022" target="_blank">Watch the premiere here</a> or below.<br><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="RT0r7wAFnyE" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/RT0r7wAFnyE/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RT0r7wAFnyE?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="433" width="745" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br><br>This is the last of the six videos I made for the Zealandia album. Though it wasn't one of the more challenging to make on a technical level, it was by far the most difficult emotionally. The video is built around Super 8 footage of my family - specifically my Mum Adrianne, who suicided when I was 15. It was so hard to edit together the footage of Mum in her 20s and 30s, with all the promise and dreams she had. Pets were a strange marker in time too, and in some scenes, I realised everyone in them has passed. <br><br>To me, this video is a story of part of my Mum's life, but also a reflection of how memory can have such a powerful grip over our lives - especially when they take the form of photographs and moving images.<br><br>I did love our filming and editing process, and I'd like to acknowledge the team that helped me make this with such care and sensitivity: DOP Miranda Bellamy, editor Phoebe Lysbeth Kay, and the Regent Theatre Dunedin projectionists Nelson Miles & Russell Campbell. And a special thanks to my siblings, who were so supportive and understanding in my sharing these images of our mother, Adrianne.<br><br>I hope you enjoy the video.</p>
<p>Dudley<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/5efc835230790d780e1e17e9f8f90447e9dc00ff/original/grandad-mum-wedding.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>My mother Adrianne Mora on her wedding day at Sign of the Takahe, 1980, with her father Maurice Mora.</em></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/69140962022-03-05T11:43:15+13:002022-03-05T12:00:02+13:004th March 2022<p>I'm beyond proud to share this very special remix of <em>It's Ōtepoti's Fault</em> by Aotearoa producer Totems (AKA Reuben Samuel Winter, Milk). Reuben was one of the most energetic, loved, prolific and charismatic musicians I knew, and I'd wanted to work on something together for quite a while. I'm grateful he took on a remix of <em>It's Ōtepoti's Fault</em> - and brought out the light, the sun, and the sky in it. Despite the sadness many of us feel having lost Reuben, his work still brings so much joy to me.<br><br>Thank you to Reuben, and to his Mum Iona Winter, who supported me in sharing Totems' remix. <br><br>Check out <a contents="UnderTheRadar's premiere" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/19452/Premiere-Dudley-Benson-Shares-Totems-Remix-of-Its-tepotis-Fault.utr" target="_blank">UnderTheRadar's premiere</a>, listen to the remix below, or on <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7G51CEwMV9uw8c8V1gE622?si=YFWXJCMwSzS6_zzXpZ1ypQ" target="_blank">Spotify</a> / <a contents="Apple Music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/nz/album/its-%C5%8Dtepotis-fault-totems-remix-single/1609886581" target="_blank">Apple Music</a>.<br><br><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="20" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1212416122&color=%233e3c3e&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" width="100%"></iframe></p>
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Dudley Benson">Dudley Benson</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/01-dudley-benson-its-otepotis-fault-totems-remix" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="It's Ōtepoti's Fault (Totems Remix)">It's Ōtepoti's Fault (Totems Remix)</a>
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<p style="text-align: right;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/8624ef3aeb8566c2f44983f4a6432b638c9fc190/original/its-o-tepotis-fault-totems-remix-artwork-by-ayesha-green.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_orig justify_left border_none" alt="" /><span style="color:#999999;"><em>Artwork by Ayesha Green</em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/bc6c755915059c7b21401880144f8deb778114d8/original/reuben-samuel-winter-aka-totems-photographer-unknown.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_orig justify_left border_none" alt="" /><span style="color:#95a5a6;"><em>Reuben Samuel Winter, AKA Totems. Photographer unknown.</em></span></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727482020-04-06T09:12:22+12:002020-04-23T12:28:06+12:00September 2019<p><em>We Could've Been Gods</em> is the fifth single and video from <strong>Zealandia</strong>, and a deeply collaborative project with Aotearoa dance artists val smith & Tru Paraha. So proud to share this with you...</p>
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="iBaGBO9K6l0" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/iBaGBO9K6l0/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iBaGBO9K6l0?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="433" width="725" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe>My hugest thanks and aroha to val and Tru, the heart of this video. It was shot by DOPs Solomon Mortimer and Miranda Bellamy, and assistant DOP and performance direction by Zahra Killeen-Chance. The VFX are by Simon Ward and Luke Rowell. I feel so lucky to have worked with these generous artists. </p>
<hr><p><br>Check out the <strong>We Could've Been Gods Remix EP</strong>, too. Again, my love to these forward-thinking Aotearoa producers who've taken apart and reassembled the song. </p>
<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1418478302/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 700px; height: 1004px;">We Could&#39;ve Been Gods Remix EP by Dudley Benson</iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.bandcamp.com/album/we-couldve-been-gods-remix-ep" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> · <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3X7jZlxq9AL7jOmTvwdISS" target="_blank">Spotify</a> · <a contents="SoundCloud" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/sets/we-couldve-been-gods-remix-ep" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> · <a contents="iTunes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/kg/album/we-couldve-been-gods-remix-ep/1476995002" target="_blank">iTunes</a></p>
<hr><p><br>Just announced! Two final shows as part of my European tour: London & Berlin! Both are going to be the last chance to see my European show, so nudge your London and Berlin pals! Click the posters below to book tickets.<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/f82c2ae4bc7958f4fd993f49fa7dc649fccb607c/original/london-poster.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/4c7398461698b2e3881cf273c9b4a6bc83206c2b/original/berlin-poster.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727472020-04-06T09:12:02+12:002020-05-07T15:20:25+12:00July 2019<p>I'm bringing a brand new live show to Europe, the UK and Australia! After spending years in the studio working on an album, it's been so long since I've toured or played live, but I'm so ready! The new show is about ghosts: of colonisation, of extinct birds, of ancestors. <br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/99062066f3bbc6db7f6fa797cfc9332100f58a9c/original/1450.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></p>
<p><strong>09.08.19 </strong>·<strong> <em>LONDON</em> </strong>·<strong> The Finsbury </strong>·<strong> 8.30pm<br>12.08.19 </strong>·<strong> <em>LONDON</em> </strong>·<strong> The Ned </strong>·<strong> 9.10pm<br>22.08.19 </strong>·<strong> <em>LONDON</em> </strong>·<strong> Servant Jazz Quarters </strong>·<strong> 9pm<br>28.08.19 </strong>·<strong> <em>LONDON</em> </strong>·<strong> The Social </strong>·<strong> 8.30pm</strong><br><strong>30.08.19 </strong>·<strong> <em>LONDON</em> </strong>·<strong> The Constitution </strong>· <strong>8pm<br>31.08.19 </strong>·<strong> <em>SUFFOLK</em> </strong>·<strong> The Woodbridge Festival of Art & Music w/ Justin Robertson<br>15.09.19 </strong>·<strong><em> SOFIA</em> </strong>·<strong> Secret Location, details TBA<br>26.09.19 </strong>·<strong> <em>LONDON</em> </strong>·<strong> VFD </strong>· <strong>8pm<br>01.10.19 </strong>·<strong> <em>BERLIN</em> </strong>·<strong> Prachtwerk, w/ Danny Brady + Charlie OPI, Mike Majkowski<br>05.10.19 </strong>·<strong> <em>KIEV</em> </strong>·<strong> Secret Location, details TBA</strong></p>
<p>Keep an eye out here and on whichever social media platform offends you the least for the latest show announcements. </p>
<hr><p><br>Today Clash is <a contents="premiering" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.clashmusic.com/news/dudley-bensons-matariki-is-an-extraordinary-document" target="_blank">premiering</a> the new music video for <strong>Zealandia</strong>'s fourth single: <em>Matariki</em>! The video was created by Emile Holmewood/Blood Bros, and is a compression of millennia in a few minutes. Read more about the video at <a contents="Clash" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.clashmusic.com/news/dudley-bensons-matariki-is-an-extraordinary-document" target="_blank">Clash</a>, or watch the video below. <br><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="ulG-lSjU5iw" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/ulG-lSjU5iw/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ulG-lSjU5iw?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="433" width="725" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe>Hugely grateful to Emile, and to NZ on Air and Film Dunedin for supporting the <em>Matariki</em> video project. </p>
<hr><p><br>Five artists have remixed <em>Matariki </em>- enjoy the work of Barbara Morgenstern, Eyeliner, KTN, Jerry Watts & Kolya on the <strong>Matariki Remix EP</strong>.</p>
<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2087004814/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 700px; height: 1004px;">Matariki Remix EP by Dudley Benson</iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.bandcamp.com/album/matariki-remix-ep" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> · <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3c89EymTwfYPQt9c6ZvNv3" target="_blank">Spotify</a> · <a contents="SoundCloud" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/sets/matariki-remix-ep" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> · <a contents="iTunes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/matariki-remix/1474024847" target="_blank">iTunes</a> </p>
<hr><p><br>New Zealand painter Nigel Brown (ONZM) and I have collaborated on a series of six paintings based on my <strong>Zealandia</strong> album. And you can own one! Nigel has donated these watercolour-on-paper works to help cover the costs of my European tour, so head to the Shop to view and purchase an original work, at a lower-than-gallery price. Thanks so much to Nigel! <em>{Update: Paintings have sold!}<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/eaa20bb22ac68e142faa204818dbb4da6f008327/original/nigel-brown-zealandia.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></em></p>
<p>My thanks to the tour supporters: Creative NZ, Ceres Organics, Sue McLaughlin & Nigel Brown, and The Jan Warburton Charitable Trust. </p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727462020-04-06T09:11:42+12:002020-04-28T16:18:21+12:00November 2018<p>The third single from <strong>Zealandia</strong> is <em>Cook Beleaguered</em>, and for it my pals and I have put together a music video and remix EP. </p>
<p>The music video is premiering at The 405, with an interview by Martyn Pepperell - or watch below...<br><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="2LrkmzrhFpY" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/2LrkmzrhFpY/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2LrkmzrhFpY?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="433" width="725" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe>Aroha nui to all the people who were a part of the video project, especially artists Cat Ruka, Pati Solomona Tyrell and Nigel Brown, and DOPs Ralph Brown & Phoebe Lysbeth Kay, who also edited the video. </p>
<hr><p><br>The <strong>Cook Beleaguered Remix EP</strong> is available digitally now, and features five phenomenal producers - Kolya, Death and the Maiden, Alcs, Embedded Figures and Cicada Ceremony. </p>
<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2334347678/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 700px; height: 1004px;">Cook Beleaguered Remix EP by Dudley Benson</iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.bandcamp.com/album/cook-beleaguered-remix-ep" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> · <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7wbCfUhHDfDabOMgHJlJre?si=-Ukt2JEVT2y27BqFNWpXog" target="_blank">Spotify</a> · <a contents="SoundCloud" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/sets/cook-beleaguered-remix-ep" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> · <a contents="iTunes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/nz/album/cook-beleaguered-remix-ep/1443454103" target="_blank">iTunes</a> </p>
<p>The cover artwork (above) is by Gavin Hurley, from a photograph by Russ Flatt, and the individual remix artwork is by Matthew Galloway and I. </p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/854dc0a8232bc18ad833f2191e78220d01c22b55/original/tote-1.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/7cf0cd4008f4337907b41ef3bcaccd055ef2f8fd/original/tote-2.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><br>If you love <strong>Zealandia</strong>, show the world with a new <strong>Zealandia tote bag</strong>! Limited edition, 320gsm heavy-weight canvas cotton and screen printed in Dunedin with <strong>Zealandia</strong> symbology by album designer Matthew Galloway. </p>
<p>Pick up your tote at <a contents="the Shop" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.com/product/558017"><span style="color:null;">the Shop</span></a>.</p>
<hr><p>Thanks for all the feedback about the <strong>Zealandia</strong> album, I really appreciate it. Enjoy Cook! </p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/e01c795ae30a1d13855541c69db195bfff708755/original/dudley-by-charly.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><span class="font_small"><em>Photograph by Charly Walsh, 2018</em></span></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727452020-04-06T09:11:15+12:002020-04-28T16:20:23+12:00August 10th 2018<p>My new album <strong>Zealandia</strong> is out today. It's both a love record to our land, and twelve alternatives to the national anthem. </p>
<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=985907956/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 700px; height: 1136px;">Zealandia by Dudley Benson</iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.bandcamp.com/album/zealandia" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> · <a contents="iTunes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/nz/album/zealandia/1414192350?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4" target="_blank">iTunes</a> · <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/16ZZ9gEdUMPO8JvF2zuQfA" target="_blank">Spotify</a> · <a contents="Apple Music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/nz/album/zealandia/1414192350?app=music&ign-mpt=uo%3D4" target="_blank">Apple Music</a> · <a contents="SoundCloud" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/sets/zealandia" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Or pick up the CD/double-vinyl/newspaper at <a contents="the Shop" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.com/shop"><span style="color:null;">the Shop</span></a>.</p>
<hr><p><br>Radio New Zealand <a contents="premiered" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.radionz.co.nz/stories/2018656796/video-premiere-rutu-by-dudley-benson" target="_blank">premiered</a> the third music video from <strong>Zealandia</strong> this week, <em>Rutu</em>. The video is a collaboration with the late photographer Russell Sheppard, of Naseby. Head <a contents="to RNZ" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/stories/2018656796/video-premiere-rutu-by-dudley-benson" target="_blank">to RNZ</a> to read about how the video was made, or watch below. <br><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="Rf5o6kSnZ3I" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/Rf5o6kSnZ3I/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rf5o6kSnZ3I?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="433" width="725" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<hr><p><br>Some really interesting takes on the album in the press:<br><br>· Radio New Zealand's Nick Bollinger made <a contents="this beautiful feature" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/thesampler/audio/2018657224/zealandia-by-dudley-benson" target="_blank">this beautiful feature</a> on the record<br>· Writer Dan Kelly has published <a contents="'On the Positive Nationalism of Dudley Benson'" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.pantograph-punch.com/post/dudley-benson" target="_blank">'On the Positive Nationalism of Dudley Benson'</a> - a piece on <strong>Zealandia</strong> for The Pantograph Punch<br>· Radio New Zealand's New Horizons host William Dart intricately explains <a contents="his thoughts" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/newhorizons/audio/2018657876/dudley-benson-s-zealandia" target="_blank">his thoughts</a> on the album<br>· And <a contents="here's my interview" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018660685/dudley-benson-an-album-and-labour-of-love-called-zealandia" target="_blank">here's my interview</a> with the one and only Kim Hill<br><br>Thanks so much to everyone who helped me make <strong>Zealandia</strong>. </p>
<p>Aroha, </p>
<p>Dudley</p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727442020-04-06T09:10:56+12:002020-04-28T16:21:04+12:00July 27th 2018<p>Today the music video for <em>Zealandia </em><a contents="premieres" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/music/27-07-2018/dudley-bensons-zealandia-inside-one-of-the-most-ambitious-records-in-nz-music-history/" target="_blank">premieres</a> via The Spinoff, with a feature on the making of the <strong>Zealandia </strong>album by Hussein Moses. <br><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="mWlwKvOdzXM" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/mWlwKvOdzXM/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mWlwKvOdzXM?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="433" width="725" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<hr><p><br>The <strong>Zealandia</strong> album is out on August 10th! </p>
<p>Below is the cover by photographer Louise Clifton & designer Matthew Galloway, and all the juicy details... <br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/f985e58418672a5589752164f66e6826517f49d2/original/zealandia-cover.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></p>
<p>1. <em>Papa </em>(6.44)<br>2. <em>Birth of a Nation </em>(5.46)<br>3. <em>Muscles </em>(4.20)<br>4. <em>Cook Beleaguered </em>(4.45)<br>5. <em>We Could've Been Gods </em>(6.29)<br>6. <em>Matariki </em>(6.01)<br>7. <em>Rutu </em>(5.45)<br>8. <em>Solo</em> (5.46)<br>9. <em>Opo </em>(5.52)<br>10. <em>It's Ōtepoti's Fault </em>(4.50)<br>11. <em>Séance </em>(2.13)<br>12. <em>Zealandia </em>(9.00)</p>
<p><strong>Total runtime: 68 minutes <br>Written, produceed & mixed by Dudley<br>Arranged by Dudley & Andrew Baldwin<br>Engineered by Andre Upston, Lee Prebble, Mike Gibson & Dudley<br>Mastered by Martin Korth, Black Saloon Studios, London</strong></p>
<p><strong>Zealandia</strong> is released as a limited edition CD, double 180g black vinyl in a hand-numbered edition of 200, and digitally. Each physical copy of the album is accompanied by the <strong>Zealandia</strong> newspaper: a 24-page full colour tabloid-size newspaper that shares the inspirations, research and creative processes that went into making the record. <br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/0e9d7a8d3b7472772858bd240768bd65f1cdcad9/original/zealandia-packaging-shot.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Order your CD/vinyl at:<br><a contents="dudleybenson.com Shop" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.com/shop"><span style="color:null;">dudleybenson.com Shop</span></a> · <a contents="Marbecks" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.marbecks.co.nz/search/" target="_blank">Marbecks</a> · <a contents="Slow Boat" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://slowboatrecords.co.nz/" target="_blank">Slow Boat</a> · <a contents="Penny Lane" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.pennylanerecords.co.nz/" target="_blank">Penny Lane</a> · <a contents="Relics Music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://relicsmusic.co.nz/search?type=product&q=dudley+benson" target="_blank">Relics Music</a> </p>
<p>I'm sharing lots of little <strong>Zealandia</strong> moments on my <a contents="Instagram" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.instagram.com/dudley_benson" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a contents="Facebook" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/DudleyBensonNZ" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page, if you're keen for more Z-bombs. Otherwise, thanks so much and really hope you enjoy the record on August 10th.</p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727432020-04-06T09:10:25+12:002020-04-23T10:07:46+12:00July 6th 2018<p>So happy to share the title track from the new album, <strong>Zealandia</strong>, which is out soon. This song is in some ways the manifesto of the record. </p>
<p><em>{Update: below is the full <strong>Zealandia Remix EP</strong> - the single plus five remixes by Samuel Holloway, Stef Animal, Cicada Ceremony, ISO12 & Satin Sheets} </em></p>
<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1495534308/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 700px; height: 1004px;">Zealandia Remix EP by Dudley Benson</iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.bandcamp.com/album/zealandia-remix-ep" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> · <a contents="iTunes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/nz/album/zealandia-remix-ep/1410553675?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4" target="_blank">iTunes</a> · <a contents="Apple Music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/zealandia-remix-ep/1410553675" target="_blank">Apple Music</a> · <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3YmJZIF2IZJQL49K024WMF" target="_blank">Spotify</a> · <a contents="SoundCloud" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/sets/zealandia-remix-ep" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> <br> </p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/0d15376274ed6d50eb052c5852054ba8d3789306/original/dudley-by-emile-holmewood.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><em><span class="font_small">Image by Emile Holmewood / Blood Bros & Russ Flatt</span></em></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727422020-04-06T09:10:04+12:002020-04-23T10:09:10+12:00June 2018<p>My new single & video, an interpretation of Shona Laing's 1987 song <em>(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy</em>, <a contents="premieres" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/music/01-06-2018/exclusive-dudley-benson-glad-im-not-a-kennedy-video-premiere/" target="_blank">premieres</a><a contents="premieres today" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/music/01-06-2018/exclusive-dudley-benson-glad-im-not-a-kennedy-video-premiere/" target="_blank"> today</a> at The Spinoff.<br><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="jY4gXIP22-E" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/jY4gXIP22-E/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jY4gXIP22-E?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="433" width="725" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe>The video is a collaboration with Nom*d, Olveston House, and director of photography Phoebe Lysbeth Kay. </p>
<p>We recorded the song with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra during the sessions for my next album, <strong>Zealandia</strong>, which will be out soon. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Stream or download <em>Kennedy</em>: </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="SoundCloud" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/glad-im-not-a-kennedy" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> · <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1OphiYKDZaMMrOKQlWGSkR" target="_blank">Spotify</a> · <a contents="iTunes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/nz/album/id1383052541?at=1l3v9Tx&app=itunes" target="_blank">iTunes</a> · <a contents="Apple Music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/nz/album/glad-im-not-a-kennedy-single/1383052541?app=music&ign-mpt=uo%3D4" target="_blank">Apple Music</a><br> </p>
<p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/401824293&color=%230c0c0c&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=false" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p><em>{Update: I met Shona after releasing this, and yeah that was pretty amazing. She <a contents="was interviewed" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/goldfm/episodes/2018-06-18T23_28_50-07_00" target="_blank">was interviewed</a> about my interpretation by Gold FM.}</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/4d82aeea1ca66014f8dd306e5756036c10462a28/original/dudley-by-russ-flatt-jack-weily.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><span class="font_small">Photograph by Russ Flatt & Jack Weily</span></em></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727412020-04-06T09:09:47+12:002020-04-20T17:22:03+12:00January 2017<p>This Waitangi Day at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, it would be my pleasure to invite you as a guest to <strong>A Wedding</strong> - a ritualistic performance ceremony during which I'll marry myself to the land. </p>
<p><strong>A Wedding <br>Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu <br>Waitangi Day | 6th February | 3pm | Free </strong></p>
<p>This will be my first Christchurch show in over six years. Hope you <a contents="catch the bouquet.&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/events/dudley-benson-a-wedding" target="_blank">catch the bouquet.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/b7ea8dfd62862ca33ddf016c323d3eb490b2a286/original/dudley-benson-by-joshua-thomas-online.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><span class="font_small"><em>Photograph by Josh Thomas</em></span></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727402020-04-06T09:09:25+12:002020-04-28T16:22:20+12:00July 2015<p>I'm chuffed to share the <strong>Muscles EP </strong>- the first single from my next album, <strong>Zealandia</strong> (details on the album below).<br><br><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4289949756/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 700px; height: 1004px;">Muscles EP by Dudley Benson</iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2uuNGDQHwdFqYeaNd2tnqM" target="_blank">Spotify</a> · <a contents="Bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.bandcamp.com/album/muscles-ep" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> · <a contents="Soundcloud&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/sets/muscles" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a></p>
<p>The EP collects <em>Muscles</em>, its three remixes, and <em>I Lost My Voice</em>, an electronic reworking of my 2008 song <em>On the Shoulders of the Earth</em>. The EP artwork is by Gavin Hurley. Big loves to the contributing artists! <br><br><a contents="Soundcloud&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/sets/muscles" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/ff4ede9aada556dc039863cc8de29dc29629abbe/original/muscles-packaging.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></a></p>
<p>7" & CD EP package available from <a contents="the&nbsp;Shop" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.com/product/562209"><span style="color:null;">the Shop</span></a> - hand-numbered, limited edition of 75. </p>
<hr><p><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/9cea5dbe1d072ac83888f8a98f8813cbea98604c/original/dudley-by-miranda-bellamy.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></p>
<p>I'm incredibly excited to announce my new album, <strong>Z E A L A N D I A </strong>! </p>
<p><strong>Zealandia</strong> is a love album to our land, and the final part of the trilogy that began in 2008 with <strong>The Awakening</strong>, and continued with <strong>Forest.</strong> It features full symphony orchestra, the New Zealand Youth Choir and electronic beats made from samples of our continent. </p>
<p><a contents="Here's" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/69102038/dudley-benson-the-musician-with-a-vision" target="_blank">Here's</a> a feature introducing the album by Sunday Magazine, and to listen to my interview on Radio New Zealand's Sunday Morning with Wallace Chapman, click <a contents="here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player/201761148" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
<p>I'm hugely grateful to over 200 people who raised $13,595 via crowd-funding platform Boosted - well above our target of $12,000. With your koha, I'll spend the coming months finishing the record. Thank you so very much.</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="font_small">Photograph by Miranda Bellamy</span></em></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727392020-04-06T09:06:30+12:002020-04-24T15:14:13+12:00June 2015<p>It's been a long time in training, but I'm now very happy to share a new song and video, <em>Muscles</em>. <br><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="P5LsNk7B2gU" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/P5LsNk7B2gU/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P5LsNk7B2gU?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="433" width="725" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<p>Download for free below via SoundCloud, and head to <a contents="The Pantograph Punch" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.pantograph-punch.com/post/dudley-benson-muscles" target="_blank">The Pantograph Punch</a> for a background to the song, video and the people who helped me make them.<br> </p>
<p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208220984&color=%23ecbcb6&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=false" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/2398af53a5947eb265304a4f21f2673f07e32c63/original/dudley-benson-2.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><em><span class="font_small">Photograph by Miranda Bellamy</span></em></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727372020-04-06T09:05:55+12:002020-04-28T16:23:58+12:00October 2014<p>Woo-hoo! So happy to share <strong>Deforestation</strong> - a new remix album of songs from my 2010 record <strong>Forest: Songs by Hirini Melbourne</strong>. The album features guest artists Matmos, Vashti Bunyan, Barbara Morgenstern, Shuta Hasunuma, Dame Anne Salmond, Justin Walter, Stef Animal, Waka Atea and ISO12.</p>
<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1962851946/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 700px; height: 1103px;">Deforestation by Dudley Benson</iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.bandcamp.com/album/deforestation" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> · <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/78nnHYAq9QEYhfxm7PipmM" target="_blank">Spotify</a> · <a contents="Soundcloud" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/sets/deforestation" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a></p>
<p><strong>Deforestation</strong> is not only about giving the<strong> Forest</strong> waiata a new dreamy life in the hands of contributors from Aotearoa, the US, Germany and Japan, but also koha to our birds; all profits from the sales of the album go to the Ulva Island Charitable Trust, caretakers of the bird sanctuary Te Wharawhara, Ulva Island. </p>
<p>1. P<em>īpī Manu E (Matmos Remix) </em><br>2. <em>Tūī ft. Vashti Bunyan (Stef Animal Remix) </em><br>3.<em> Ruru (Shuta Hasunuma Remix) </em><br>4. <em>Kiwi ft. Anne Salmond & Waka Atea (Dudley's Patriot Prayer Remix) </em><br>5. <em>Tīrairaka Dub ft. Barbara Morgenstern </em><br>6. <em>Pīpīwharauroa (ISO12 Remix) </em><br>7. <em>Pūngāwerewere (Justin Walter Remix) </em></p>
<p><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/730cdf110ee00112960afcebd7dfc9e93cc52b5c/original/deforestation-packaging.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><br>Deforestation</strong> is released in two formats: a 12" vinyl & CD package in a limited edition of 250 only available from dudleybenson.com (<a contents="buy yours here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.com/product/562204"><span style="color:null;">buy yours here</span></a>), and digital download for any koha of $1 or more. </p>
<p>The album artwork is by Susan Te Kahurangi King, subject of Dan Salmon's recent film <strong>Pictures of Susan.</strong> It was mastered by Ben Sinclair for Images & Sound, Auckland. </p>
<hr><p><br>We're hosting a party to launch <strong>Deforestation</strong> in Auckland. 75 tickets only! <em>{Update - this show has sold out, but we've added another show on Sunday 2nd November, book here.} </em></p>
<p><strong>Saturday 1st November (sold out) / Sunday 2nd November <br>Audio Foundation <br>Sub-basement of the Parisian Tie Factory <br>4 Poynton Tce (Off Pitt St or behind St Kevin's Arcade) <br>Doors open & Gin Halligan at 6pm; kai at 7pm; Dudley at 8pm </strong></p>
<p>I'm playing a full show featuring songs from <strong>The Awakening</strong>, <strong>Forest,</strong> and new material. Be among the first to hear the new remixes as my pal bFM DJ Gin Halligan plays pre and post-show sets. As if that weren't enough, your ticket also gets you dinner! My good friend and superb chef Meryl Main will be serving kai - chilli and tortillas, veg and non-veg options. Book here! <br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/edfa3f13b8e6b4828f798c669e5108317b7c08b1/original/dudley-benson-2014.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br> </p>
<hr><p><br>Radio New Zealand's The Wireless have produced <a contents="a feature" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/20155584/dudley-benson-deforestation" target="_blank">a feature</a> on the making of <strong>Deforestation</strong>, from the perspectives of three remixing contributors: Stef Animal, Barbara Morgenstern & Martin Schmidt of Matmos. It's so interesting - Stef discusses the challenges of remixing <em>Tūī </em>when our musical worlds are so different, Barbara talks about how much she wanted to sing on her <em>Tīrairaka</em> remix, and Martin mentions the invisible guest of Snow White on Matmos' <em>Pīpī Manu E</em>. Thank you Sam Wicks, Music 101 & Radio NZ.</p>
<p>I hope you love <strong>Deforestation</strong>. Grateful thanks from me to all the project contributors for their generosity and deeply magical abilities.</p>
<hr><p><br>In other news, I was given <strong>New Generation Award</strong> at the 2014 New Zealand Arts Awards on November 3rd in Auckland. It's so choice to have my work acknowledged among the other artists, and I danced all night. Kia ora rā to The Arts Foundation, the generous patrons who make the awards possible, and to all who've supported me in many and various ways over the years. I'll be putting the prize koha towards my next album, which I'm recording at the moment. <br><br><a contents="Here's an interview" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/20156543/dudley-benson-new-generation-artist">Here's an interview</a> with Radio New Zealand's Standing Room Only about the award, and <strong>Deforestation</strong>, and <a contents="Here's a page" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.thearts.co.nz/artists/dudley-benson" target="_blank">here's a page</a> the Arts Foundation have put together about my work.</p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727362020-04-06T09:05:38+12:002020-04-21T12:56:52+12:00August 2014<p>We've been going through the archives and found the footage of my 2007 show at Auckland's St Matthew-in-the-City, with choir & string quartet. By this point, I'd only put out three EPs, and this performance was my first 'big' show. From 11 SD/mini DV tapes, filmmaker Iain Frengley has edited the footage originally shot by Ed Lust & Matt Kent, and all eleven clips are <a contents="now viewable" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9yFf33Zrtw&list=PLTJjtP8MxnTe4NsCIL4A_QB7Jwj0NWswn" target="_blank">now viewable</a>. Andre Upston recorded the sound, and for it won an award at the 2008 New Zealand Radio Awards. Below is my cover of Kate Bush's <em>Hounds of Love</em>. Watch all the videos <a contents="here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTJjtP8MxnTe4NsCIL4A_QB7Jwj0NWswn" target="_blank">here</a>.<br><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="ySG8oYUVkRY" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/ySG8oYUVkRY/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ySG8oYUVkRY?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="433" width="725" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727342020-04-06T09:04:59+12:002020-04-23T16:57:45+12:00June 2014<p style="text-align: right;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/8e4559faba49f4aa35c0fb071912285dd11823a1/original/dudley-benson-by-josh-thomas.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><span class="font_small"><em>Photograph by Josh Thomas</em></span></p>
<p>I'm happy to announce two solo shows for Auckland and Wellington's Matariki.<br><br><strong>Matariki On The Waterfront<br>Silo Park, Auckland<br>3pm<br>Sunday 27th July<br>Free</strong></p>
<p><strong>City Gallery Wellington<br>Open Late: Art Night Pō Whakaatu Toi<br>8.30pm sharp (doors open all evening) </strong><br><strong>Thursday 3rd July <br>Koha entry</strong></p>
<p><em>{Update: Images below from the shows. Top image from Matariki On The Waterfront by Trevor Villers. Below images from the City Gallery show by Mark Tantrum}<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/c6d3536855e6dc71a6c5b6fec9d3933a1453f852/original/dudley-benson-by-trevor-villers.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></em></p>
<p><em><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/de144b1160bdee778938eee6adf1800b5d6c381a/original/city-gallery-3.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></em></p>
<p><em><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/4452bbe01ecf0f01390f54eeaa796732224357ea/original/city-gallery-2.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></em></p>
<p><em><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/d525d8da0081e870e1fd50a8f4ae8bc104954fa1/original/city-gallery-1.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></em></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727322020-04-06T09:04:27+12:002020-04-28T16:24:50+12:00August 2013<p><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/92d367a14e2e0373860eaed395eac9fff454983b/original/ttt.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><br>Tūī, Tui, Tuia Ringtone EP</strong>: A new sound work in collaboration with dance artist Cat Ruka, and a free-to-download collection of ringtones made from tūī calls and Auckland city noise.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Download tui ringtones for:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:null;"><a contents="iPhone" data-link-label="dudley-benson-ttt-ringtones-ep-iphone.zip" data-link-type="file" href="/files/1048274/dudley-benson-ttt-ringtones-ep-iphone.zip">iPhone</a> / <a contents="Android" data-link-label="dudley-benson-ttt-ringtones-ep-android.zip" data-link-type="file" href="/files/1048275/dudley-benson-ttt-ringtones-ep-android.zip">Android</a> </span></p>
<p>To install the ringtones, follow the instructions designed for your phone. (Note: Track 1 is the full sound work, and not a ringtone.)</p>
<p><strong>Tūī, Tui, Tuia</strong> is a new sound work I've made from tui calls collected from bird sanctuaries around Tāmaki Makaurau in the summer of 2012/13, by ecologist Sam Hill. It will be premiered at Auckland Art Gallery, then installed in surround sound at Silo Park. For the Gallery show, Green Party MP Metiria Turei provides an introduction, I'll play a short set of <strong>Forest</strong> waiata, and Cat Ruka will perform a new solo to accompany <strong>Tūī, Tui, Tuia</strong>.</p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727312020-04-06T09:04:14+12:002020-04-23T12:43:08+12:00May 2013<p>The recognition of Matariki - the Māori New Year - seems to be growing in the mainstream conscience. Of course, if we take a day off to celebrate QE2's birthday we should do the same for the new year unique to our people and skies. One day, one day.... Til then: </p>
<p>For Dunedin's <strong>Puaka Matariki Festival</strong>, I'm playing two shows with beatboxer Hopey One. This is our first show together since the 2010 Dawn Chorus Tour. <br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/a681f1a197b3d35e6fbeb85d0e969f8c1043e30e/original/dudley-and-hopey-one.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><br><strong>Dudley Benson live w/ Hopey One<br><br>Saturday 29th June · 9pm · Queens</strong><br><strong>Supported by Trick Mammoth & Murdabike</strong><br><strong>$10, cash on the door<br><br>Sunday 30th June </strong>·<strong> 2pm </strong>·<strong> Dunedin Community Gallery, Princes St<br>A short show for whanau, tamariki super welcome<br>Koha</strong></p>
<hr><p><br>Also for Dunedin's Matariki, Josh Thomas and I of Golden Retriever Records are happy to present <strong>NGĀ MIHIZ</strong>, a performance art evening in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery featuring three original twenty-minute performances by Cat Ruka, myself with my siblings Jess & Edward Benson, and Piupiu-Maya Turei & Fauxhound. <br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/9993902884ed118b198e089cc6fcb4d0703325fd/original/nga-mihiz.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><br>Auckland-based dance artist Cat Ruka (Ngāpuhi, Waitaha, Pākehā) presents Whiti-kaupeka, a new solo work inspired by the birth star of her soon-to-be-born first child. I'll be performing a shared experience with my sister Jess and brother Edward (Ngāti Pākehā) in honour of our mother Adrianne, who died when we were children. Auckland/Dunedin-based performance artist Piupiu-Maya Turei (Ngāti Kahungunu Ki Wairarapa, Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi) and chiptune artist Fauxhound premiere hello ! world ! , a quest-collaboration in a digital realm. <br><br><strong>Saturday 22nd June, 8pm (following the Midwinter Carnival), Dunedin Public Art Gallery<br>$10 or $5 unwaged/student, cash on the door</strong></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727292020-04-06T09:03:10+12:002020-04-23T12:45:27+12:00November 2012<p>Japan!<br><br>Can't quite believe it but I'm so happy to share that this week my albums <strong>The Awakening</strong> and <strong>Forest </strong>have both been released in Japan by the HEADZ label. Each album is bumped up with two bonus live tracks, a Japanese lyric sheet and liner notes by music writer Shino Okamura. I'm so glad that Japanese people can enjoy the records, and to be working with HEADZ. </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/fd2aba67fae48fd220fbcb19c2cda62819638516/original/hikaru-tsuchiya.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.png" class="size_xl justify_none border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span class="font_small"><em>Hikaru Tsuchiya of HEADZ with the Japanese pressings... obi strips!</em></span></p>
<hr><p><br>In November and December I'm performing in Japan, and spending two weeks as artist-in-residence in Kurashiki City. </p>
<p><strong>Tokyo </strong>·<strong> Friday 23rd November, 6.30pm </strong>·<strong> Shibuya 7th Floor </strong>·<strong> w/ Misato Kinoshita & The Elephants, Shuta Hasunuma, DJ Weatherman </strong></p>
<p><strong>Kyoto </strong>·<strong> Sunday 25th November, 6.30pm </strong>·<strong> Cafe & Gallery ETW </strong>·<strong> w/ Kojima Keitaney-Love </strong></p>
<p><strong>Saitama · Saturday 24th November, 6.50pm · More Records · w/ Kojima Keitaney-Love</strong></p>
<p>Kia ora to the Asia New Zealand Foundation for their support of this project. Booking info at faderbyheadz.com<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/86c921ffc195bc839c296b919e4ad57b11b692aa/original/japan-poster-1.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/19d91a765bbb1ce25cc0de2fd85303466a47fdc2/original/japan-poster.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727192020-04-06T09:02:31+12:002020-04-23T12:46:46+12:00September 2012<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/a1bb3b5a193514d1ff116dd9446d5983fc3d70aa/original/puppies-show.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><br>I'm playing three solo electronic shows in New Zealand very soon. </p>
<p><strong>Dunedin </strong>·<strong> Presented by Radio One </strong>·<strong> Saturday 6th October, 8pm </strong>·<strong> The Den, Princes St</strong></p>
<p><strong>Wellington </strong>·<strong> Friday 16th November, 9pm </strong>·<strong> Puppies (underground, cnr Vivian & Tory Sts) </strong>·<strong> w/ Stef Animal </strong>·<strong> very limited capacity </strong></p>
<p><strong>Auckland </strong>·<strong> Saturday 17th November, from 9pm </strong>·<strong> Tiger Translate - The Studio, Karangahape Rd </strong>·<strong> w/ others </strong>·<strong> Tickets free but being gobbled</strong></p>
<p>Connection with the Te Whanganui-a-Tara & Tāmaki whanau will be super... I'm looking forward to playing at Blink's very fresh Puppies with Stef Animal (whose set, by the way, is beautiful + sad + creepy = mindblowing). Tiger Translate, well, whew! Will bring the big beats... </p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727172020-04-06T09:01:31+12:002020-04-23T12:47:20+12:00July 2012<p><em><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/be0232a9464e8b4ad0e7b9847dad97c5db1f8e32/original/te-papa-illustration.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><br>{Update: Tonight's show at Te Papa, Wellington is going to be packed so there's been a change of venue - it's now at Te Marae, Level 4.}</em><br><br>Next month I'm playing a one-off show at Te Papa. As part of the exhibition <strong>Kahu Ora: Living Cloaks,</strong> I'm performing my <strong>Forest </strong>album right the way through, accompanied by harp. </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/a30390ed5fb80a81e1d1cc203323479ebfd45fac/original/te-papa-poster.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></p>
<p><strong>August 16 2012 </strong>·<strong> 7pm <br>Level 4 </strong>·<strong> Visa Platinum Gallery <br>Te Papa Tongarewa </strong>·<strong> Free entry </strong></p>
<p>Aside from a possible Dunedin show later in the year, this will be my only New Zealand show in 2012, so I'd love to see you there.</p>
<p><em>{Bird illustrations pinched from Ronald Cometti's <strong>New Zealand Through Time</strong>.} {Update: Images below from the show by Josh Thomas}</em></p>
<p><em><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/e91cd8e91825dadf3885bfe8c16d64b751e18ccb/original/te-papa-show-1.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></em></p>
<p><em><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/74a8340dfb3949d9bc7e3ebc3628580f796556db/original/te-papa-show-2.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></em></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727112020-04-06T08:59:38+12:002020-04-28T16:26:42+12:00November 2011<p>My new double live album <strong>Live Series: Volume One</strong> is released today! </p>
<p><strong>Disc One - The Awakening Live</strong> was recorded at Auckland's St Matthew-in-the-City on my 2008 tour with choir & string quartet. We performed songs from <strong>The Awakening</strong>, and Kate Bush's <em>Hounds of Love</em>. </p>
<p><strong>Disc Two - Forest Live</strong> was recorded at Waitakere's Oratia Settlers Hall as part of last year's tour with The Dawn Chorus. Hopey One, the boys and I shared Hirini Melbourne's bird waiata and new versions of my own songs.<br><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1820761737/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 700px; height: 1136px;">Live Series: Volume One by Dudley Benson</iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.bandcamp.com/album/live-series-volume-one" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> · <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0RAHnAKpYRscEpY1PnuoGA" target="_blank">Spotify</a> · <a contents="iTunes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/live-series-vol-1/1197631118" target="_blank">iTunes</a></p>
<p>The physical limited edition album is packaged in a deluxe gatefold 2CD wallet, designed by Saskia Nicol. The artwork is by <a contents="Nigel Brown" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.nigelbrown.co.nz" target="_blank">Nigel Brown</a>, who has painted a series of six cards which are included within the limited edition. The truly exciting thing is that you can choose whichever painting you'd like most for the cover by slipping the card into slits on the wallet's blank front panel. Tumeke! </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Buy the limited edition 2CD wallet" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.com/product/562219"><span style="color:null;">Buy the limited edition 2CD wallet</span></a><br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/fded7dc0f8bd29fdf01d41f72593eceff6258d01/original/live-packaing.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/e93c9da06545991e3ce493f60ac92e068dd5f94f/original/dudley-benson-nigel-brown-josh-thomas.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/8aa1aa53fd86fc6c6159067a58b6eae8ec31643c/original/nigel-brown-josh-thomas.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><em><span class="font_small">Dudley & Nigel Brown working on the artwork for Live Series: Volume One</span></em></p>
<hr><p><br>I'm also today publishing <strong>Roots</strong>, an ebook that documents the making of <strong>Forest </strong>& its tour through photography by Josh Thomas and questions submitted by friends & listeners of the album.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Download Roots (43mb)" data-link-label="roots-dudley-benson.pdf" data-link-type="file" href="/files/1048270/roots-dudley-benson.pdf">Download Roots (43mb)</a></p>
<hr><p><br><strong>The Awakening Live</strong> will be broadcast on Radio New Zealand Concert on Tuesday 8th November at 9.10pm. An edited version of <strong>Forest Live</strong> will be broadcast on Radio New Zealand National on Saturday 12th November at 4.10pm & Friday 18th November at 8.06pm 8.35pm.</p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62727052020-04-06T08:57:00+12:002020-04-28T16:28:15+12:00November 2010<p style="text-align: right;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/a4bb5fbfe7fdb412c24271e75ef4a5a409cff287/original/dudley-benson-by-joshua-thomas-hanna-lee.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><br><em><span class="font_small">Photograph by Josh Thomas and Hanna Lee</span></em></p>
<p>It's with great happiness that I announce my second album & New Zealand tour. </p>
<p><strong>Forest: Songs by Hirini Melbourne</strong> is a collection of my interpretations of waiata by the New Zealand composer Hirini Melbourne, whose folksongs I've become very close to over the past three years. The album is a celebration of Aotearoa's birdlife, as well as a tribute to the legacy of Melbourne's work.</p>
<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=388499565/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 700px; height: 1037px;">Forest: Songs by Hirini Melbourne by Dudley Benson</iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.bandcamp.com/album/forest-songs-by-hirini-melbourne" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> · <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7iJpAUPHjvPffe84sUE0Ef" target="_blank">Spotify</a> · <a contents="SoundCloud" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/sets/forest" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> · <a contents="iTunes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/kg/album/forest-songs-by-hirini-melbourne/1197685248" target="_blank">iTunes</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Buy the CD" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.com/product/562212"><span style="color:null;">Buy the CD</span></a></p>
<p><strong>Forest </strong>is recorded almost entirely with only the human voice. Of course, I couldn't do this all myself (and wouldn't want to), so a number of collaborators performed with me on the record. Among them are Dr. Richard Nunns on taonga pūoro, beatboxer King Homeboy, Gerry Findlay of Franz Josef Glacier as bird mimic, barbershop quartet The Dawn Chorus, four-part choir, and Vashti Bunyan joins me for a duet called <em>Tūī</em>. </p>
<p><strong>1. <em>Pīpī Manu E (Baby Birds) </em>(2.58)<br>2. <em>Tīrairaka (Fantail) </em>(5.04)<br>3. <em>Pīpīwharauroa (Shining Cuckoo) </em>(4.37)<br>4. <em>Tūī ft. Vashti Bunyan </em>(4.37)<br>5. <em>Ruru (Morepork) </em>(4.14)<br>6. <em>Pūngāwerewere (Spider) </em>(2.57)<br>7. <em>Kiwi </em>(10.03)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Total runtime: 34:30<br>Written by Hirini Melbourne (and Dudley Benson on Tūī and Ruru)<br>Arranged & produced by Dudley<br>Recorded & mixed by Adrian Hollay<br>Mastered by Mandy Parnell for Black Saloon Studios, London</strong></p>
<hr><p><br>Just as exciting for me is the upcoming tour!<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/0051cfd6b5154d3e2d48de75e938c72b625b9c8e/original/forest-tour-poster.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></p>
<p><strong>12/11/10 </strong>·<strong> Auckland, Te Māhurehure Marae, Pt. Chevalier <br>14/11/10 </strong>·<strong> Kerikeri, Kingston House <br>19/11/10 </strong>·<strong> Nelson, Trafalgar Street Hall <br>20/11/10 </strong>·<strong> Wellington, Pipitea Marae <br>24/11/10 </strong>·<strong> Dunedin, Māori Hill Coronation Hall <br>25/11/10 </strong>·<strong> Queenstown, St Peter's Church Hall <br>27/11/10 </strong>·<strong> Christchurch, Deaf Society Hall <br>28/11/10 </strong>·<strong> Akaroa, Gaiety Hall <br>04/12/10 </strong>·<strong> Waiheke Island, Palm Beach Hall <br>05/12/10 </strong>·<strong> Waitakere City, Hoani Waititi Marae </strong><br><br><em>{Update: Waitakere City Dec. 5 venue change - Oratia Settlers Hall, 569 West Coast Rd, Oratia, Waitakere}</em></p>
<p>I'll be performing with my new ensemble The Dawn Chorus - a vocal group made up of close-harmony quartet and beatboxer Hopey One - and I'm honoured that each show will be opened with a performance by dance artist Cat Ruka. <br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/584eb8655de21004b3d33e7b258be940b1f68a0c/original/db-dawnchorus.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></p>
<p>Tickets for the tour are only available here at dudleybenson.com. We've chosen intimate venues, so it is worth booking in advance. Any remaining tickets will be sold on the door, on the evening of the show. </p>
<hr><p><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/78b6d53790d331f0cacd7d49729c2212835863c5/original/dudley-listener.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span class="font_small"><em><font size="1">Photograph by David White for Listener</font></em></span></p>
<p>A round-up of interviews, if you're interested in hearing me blah about the album:</p>
<p>· <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2424803/dudley-benson-music-of-the-birds" target="_blank">Listen</a> to my interview with Kim Hill on Radio New Zealand National, 23/10/10<br>· <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/2531419/hopey-one" target="_blank">Listen</a> to an interview with The Dawn Chorus' beatboxer Hopey One for Radio New Zealand National, 16/12/10<br>· <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/upbeat/audio/2437055/dudley-benson" target="_blank">Listen</a> to an interview about the <strong>Forest</strong> album with Eva Radich for Radio New Zealand Concert, 25/11/10<br>· <a contents="Listen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/2530473/dudley-benson-forest" target="_blank">Listen</a> to an interview and song-clip feature from the <strong>Forest </strong>album with Sam Wicks for Radio New Zealand National, 13/11/10<br><br>Kia ora, and see you very soon.</p>
<p>Dudley</p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62726992020-04-06T08:54:17+12:002020-04-28T16:29:53+12:00December 2009<p><strong>The Awakening: Supplementary Workbook</strong> is now available to order through the Shop. <em>{Update: sold out}</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/d93290429f2b11ab610e5389db06853844d8e9e7/original/book-cover.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /><em><span class="font_small">The Awakening: Supplementary Workbook by Warren Dawson, designed by Frances Young</span></em></p>
<p>The <strong>Supplementary Workbook</strong> is a collection of research, interviews, artwork, photographs, reviews and an essay, all associated with <strong>The Awakening </strong>album project. I intend for it to be a future reference & research tool, as well as an artwork in its own right. The book includes: </p>
<ul> <li><strong>A conclusive interview between me and writer Brannavan Gnanalingam that covers the writing, arranging, production, promotion and touring processes </strong></li> <li><strong>An interview with album engineer Adrian Hollay </strong></li> <li><strong>Photography by and interview with Warren Dawson, the previously unidentified Sunnyside Hospital photographer </strong></li> <li><strong>Photography by Karen Inderbitzen-Waller </strong></li> <li><strong>Artwork by Ed Lust, Hanna Lee, Brooke Woolley</strong></li> <li><strong>An essay by Jessica Lightfoot on the album's critical reception </strong></li> <li><strong>Photography by Matt Nash </strong></li> <li><strong>An index of promotional material </strong></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>First edition of 50 <br>Stamped & hand-numbered, each book includes individual drawings by Hanna Lee <br>110 pages, 38 colour plates <br>21 x 29.7cm, 100% recycled stock </strong></p>
<hr><p><br><strong>The Awakening</strong> has been included in Nick Bollinger's <strong>100 Essential New Zealand Albums</strong>, recently published by Awa Press. Here's the album if you'd like to have a listen:</p>
<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=668073074/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 700px; height: 1136px;">The Awakening by Dudley Benson</iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.bandcamp.com/album/the-awakening" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> · <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1gRV3lD6jlAoKV36lJgtza" target="_blank">Spotify</a> · <a contents="SoundCloud" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/sets/the-awakening" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> · <a contents="iTunes" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/nz/album/the-awakening/1197756895" target="_blank">iTunes</a><br><br><a contents="Buy the CD" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.com/product/562222"><span style="color:null;">Buy the CD</span></a></p>
<hr><p>We've nearly sold out of <em>Minerals & Rocks</em>, the 12" remix vinyl featuring Casiotone For the Painfully Alone, Stef Animal & Pacific Heights, with cover artwork by Peter Stichbury. Listen below or pop over to <a contents="the Shop" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.com/product/562206"><span style="color:null;">the Shop</span></a> to buy one.</p>
<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3257123386/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 700px; height: 938px;">Minerals & Rocks by Dudley Benson</iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://dudleybenson.bandcamp.com/album/minerals-rocks" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> · <a contents="SoundCloud" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/dudleybenson/sets/minerals-rocks" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a></p>Dudley Bensontag:dudleybenson.com,2005:Post/62726982020-04-06T08:53:56+12:002020-04-23T14:30:35+12:00October 2009<p><strong>A Performance In Openness (In Three Parts)</strong> is a new work: it's my response to Te Papa's <strong>Rita Angus: Life & Vision</strong> show which is currently at the Auckland Art Gallery, and a tribute to openness. The piece is around fifteen minutes in length and will only be performed once, on the final day of the exhibition.<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/463454/e96325ffcb5d54183a0c6485fd38779fc58783b2/original/poster-openness.png" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></p>
<p><strong>Sunday 1st November, 3pm <br>Art Lounge, New Gallery <br>Corner Lorne & Khartoum <br>Free admission, limited seating </strong></p>
<p>There's also an edition of 100 postcards with photography by Matt Nash scattered about. </p>Dudley Benson