Benbo

https://benbo.bandcamp.com

Benboprovider of creative products/services. disappointment guaranteed ‘Wonderful’ (Joyzine). ‘Charlie Brooker meets Salvador Dali’ (Buzz Magazine).Room In A Box by Benbo & Michelle Bee, released 04 December 20201. Room In A Box (Radio Version)2. Room In A Box (Original Version)3. Room In A Box (Hannah Holland Remix)4. Room In A Box (Live Version) ft. The Pink Lizard All-Stars5. Room In A Box (Original Instrumental)6. Room In A Box (Hannah Holland Instrumental)7. Room In A Box (Live Instrumental) ft. The Pink Lizard All-Stars8. Room In A Box (Acapella)Pink Lizard Music releases the non-COVID acid anthem ‘Room In A Box’ on Nov 20, complete with a Hannah Holland remix, a shiny new radio re-version and a loose-limbed Caucasian funk live version with the Pink Lizard All-Stars, that recalls the baggy heyday of the early 90s.Originally cut in 2013 and circulated in miniscule quantity to a few approving DJs, including Dimitri from Paris & Heidi Lawden, the track has been virtually impossible to acquire, until now. Made for Benbo’s ambitious ‘project #AIEEE’ - a universe of collaborations that exploded into record labels, film placements and its own TV show - ‘Room In A Box’ somehow encapsulates the experience of COVID’s new normal, despite the extraordinary lyric and vocal being laid long before coronavirus changed our lives. Turns out the experience of feeling trapped isn’t confined to just global pandemics.‘In a room/In a box/In a house/In a circle’‘I’m stuck in this room/Just with my own mind’Maverick absurdist Benbo and serial collaborator Michelle Bee spent their COVID lockdown time wisely, deciding that 2020 was the perfect time to see this project come full circle and release it fully into the wild.Last heard on the BBC earlier this year with her band The Rotary Fifth - a partnership with Loka’s Mark Kyriacou - Bee’s wit, soaring voice and songwriting genius have so far yielded music with The Emperor Machine, Bill Brewster’s Hotel Motel, Huxley and many others, with the Rotary Fifth full-length slated for late 2020.Meanwhile, this release marks Benbo’s re-emergence. After ringing in 2017 at number 2 in Cape Town’s Good Hope FM chart with (Hip Hop Hall-Of-Famer) EJ von LYRIK collaboration ‘Keep It Funky’, then cheering on Detroit’s Mother Cyborg Pressure Systems album launch (a Benbo co-production), and finally watching his own 2017 release EVERYTHING IS FINE pick up commercial and BBC Radio support and a Hiapop Album of the Year accolade, he simply vanished - until May this year, when a single line in the Popbitch newsletter invited readers to check out his new book, ‘HOW TO SURVIVE A PANDEMIC’.Where did he go?‘Topic for another time mate - I’m stuck in this box.’

Category: Arts & Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom (GB)

Currency : GBP

Platform: Bandcamp

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