In 2021, Benny started recording Vanishing Act at Lucy’s Meat Market in Los Angeles. The instrumental record was produced with Pete Min for his label, Colorfield Records, in which spontaneity and reaction are integral to the recording process. Drawing from Benny’s background in sound design and session work, the album features eclectic keyboard instruments such as prepared piano, pump organ, Oberheim Four Voice synthesizer, and celeste, taking inspiration from folkloric as well as electronic influences. Benny is joined on the record by acclaimed musicians such as Jay Bellerose, Abe Rounds, Rich Hinman, Daphne Chen, and CJ Camerieri, among others. The videos and cover art were made in collaboration with Benny’s father Richard, and compliment the album’s visual language. The record ranges from ambient, classical, folk, electronic, and jazz, and is the first full- length project Benny has released.
released June 10, 2022
Vanishing Act Tracklist
Benny Bock
CF004
Side A
1. Erwin’s Garden - Strings: Daphne Chen
2. Dynamo - Strings: Daphne Chen
3. Vanishing Act
4. Eight Below Zero - Drums: Abe Rounds Pedal Steel: Rich Hinman Flugelhorn & Trumpet: CJ Camerieri Bass: Logan Kane
5. Windmills Drums: Jay Bellerose Guitar: Will Graefe Flugelhorn & Trumpet: CJ Camiereri
6. …and yet…
Side B
1. Ten Thousand Fragments Guitar: Will Graefe Drums & Vibraphone: Kenny Wollesen
2. Solid Air Drums: Abe Rounds
3. Little Hill Drums: Abe Rounds
4. Bathed In Light
Liner notes:
This album could not have been possible without:
my parents, Jean & Richard
my grandparents, Betty & Herb (sorry about the drum machines)
Tom Oberheim
Geoff Farr
Rob & the whole crew at Rosen Sound
Erwin Helfer
Dan Wall
John Cavenaugh
Nora Stanley
Ethan Zeitman
Alex Botkin
Douglas Kvandal
David Baerwald
Jason Lader
Pete Min
all the musicians on this record
you! thank you for listening.
In 2021, Benny started recording Vanishing Act at Lucy’s Meat Market in Los Angeles. The instrumental record was produced with Pete Min for his label, Colorfield Records, in which spontaneity and reaction are integral to the recording process. Drawing from Benny’s background in sound design and session work, the album features eclectic keyboard instruments such as prepared piano, pump organ, Oberheim Four Voice synthesizer, and celeste, taking inspiration from folkloric as well as electronic influences. Benny is joined on the record by acclaimed musicians such as Jay Bellerose, Abe Rounds, Rich Hinman, Daphne Chen, and CJ Camerieri, among others. The videos and cover art were made in collaboration with Benny’s father Richard, and compliment the album’s visual language. The record ranges from ambient, classical, folk, electronic, and jazz, and is the first full- length project Benny has released.
released June 10, 2022
Vanishing Act Tracklist
Benny Bock
CF004
Side A
1. Erwin’s Garden - Strings: Daphne Chen
2. Dynamo - Strings: Daphne Chen
3. Vanishing Act
4. Eight Below Zero - Drums: Abe Rounds Pedal Steel: Rich Hinman Flugelhorn & Trumpet: CJ Camerieri Bass: Logan Kane
5. Windmills Drums: Jay Bellerose Guitar: Will Graefe Flugelhorn & Trumpet: CJ Camiereri
6. …and yet…
Side B
1. Ten Thousand Fragments Guitar: Will Graefe Drums & Vibraphone: Kenny Wollesen
2. Solid Air Drums: Abe Rounds
3. Little Hill Drums: Abe Rounds
4. Bathed In Light
Liner notes:
This album could not have been possible without:
my parents, Jean & Richard
my grandparents, Betty & Herb (sorry about the drum machines)
Tom Oberheim
Geoff Farr
Rob & the whole crew at Rosen Sound
Erwin Helfer
Dan Wall
John Cavenaugh
Nora Stanley
Ethan Zeitman
Alex Botkin
Douglas Kvandal
David Baerwald
Jason Lader
Pete Min
all the musicians on this record
you! thank you for listening.
★★★★★
“A press quote about the album or a quote from abe”
-Person F.
