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Producer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Marc, who’s emerged as a key figure of London’s cutting edge jazz scene, has just announced his debut full length, a follow up to last September’s widely acclaimed Breathe Suite EP (heralded by NPR, Pitchfork, The Wire, The Guardian, and more). Glass Effect is an assured and accomplished 13-track realization of a singular vision that unifies a multitudinous profusion of influences (free-jazz, broken beat, hip-hop, electronica and beyond) into a sublime whole, underscoring the evolution of his quest for a distinctive sound: lambent, low-key, and yet dizzyingly intricate. It’s a rare talent that can link Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, Ethio-jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke, Afrofuturists Sun Ra Arkestra, and grime legend Dizzee Rascal, but Marc has long blurred musical worlds and criss-crossed boundaries. One of the reasons that he started writing Glass Effect, says Marc, was going to nightclubs in Ibiza and experiencing the heady sun-dappled euphoria of a summery dancefloor, as well as the beat-driven production of artists like Four Tet, Bonobo, Machinedrum, DJ Shadow, and Madlib. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Way We Are
Ben Marc
Sometimes Slow
Ben Marc
Dark Clouds
Ben Marc [feat. Joshua Idehen]
Straight No Chasing
Ben Marc
Give Me Time
Ben Marc [feat. Judi Jackson]
Glass Effect
Ben Marc
First Batch
Ben Marc [feat. Ceasar C]
Jaw Bone
Ben Marc
Keep Moving
Ben Marc [feat. MidnightRoba]
This Time Next Year
Ben Marc
Sweet Nineteen
Ben Marc
Mustard
Ben Marc
Make Way
Ben Marc