Benny: “Six months ago I got my own apartment for the first time in my life. I invested in house slippers, some serious recording equipment and I hardly left my place since. Well, Benny did leave his place to produce Wouter Hamels’ successful and Platinum awarded debut album (Hamel 2007) and his Gold Awarded second album Nobody’s Tune (2009). He also produced the critically acclaimed debut album Subway Silence by Giovanca. Benny Sings…At home, is a true home-made product, written, played and produced by Benny. Benny calls this album the fourth of a series of studies: “I’m in the middle of my Benny Sings - College and haven’t even started my graduation project, let alone my master piece. Regarding the composition and the recording I took quite an experimental approach for this album. I recorded for example some backing vocals and little screams standing in the kitchen or bathroom and I came up with some fine modulations.” Benny Sings… At home is an attractive and intriguing variation to the whole range of atmospheres that Benny performed in his three previous ‘studies’. The ten songs go down as smoothly as the earlier Benny sings songs and recall the clarity of Champagne People as well as the light-heartedness of I Love You and the provocation of Euh. A quick scan of the work of Benny Sings, the instrumentalist/composer: Champagne People (2003): “The first album was the conception of my style. I was making hip hop beats and started singing to them. We stripped the music but kept some of its detail.” Champagne People got raving reviews (“A revelation!”, “Uniquely authentic”) and subsequently Benny Sings featured at the big Dutch summer festivals such as Lowlands and De Uitmarkt. In January 2004 the debut album won the Dutch Essent Award for young music talent, and outside the Netherlands it was released on vinyl by Kindred Spirits/Rush hour. The second album was I Love You ( Live at the Bimhuis) (2005). Benny: “I wanted to create pure pop. So I studied Burt Bacharach among others. I wanted to create round and catchy songs. Music without rebellion.” I Love You: Live at the Bimhuis was released worldwide via the German label Sonar Kollektiv. Gigs in Germany followed at Popkomm and as the support act to the successful hip hop band Fettes Brot. In the meantime the French and British critics welcomed the album as well. The reputable BBC DJ Gilles Peterson invited Benny sings for a live gig in his radio show. In France the song Little Donna became a cult hit at Radio Nova. Subsequently Benny sings played in the Radio Nova live show broadcast from a packed club La Scène in Paris. The album Euh (2006) was a field trip to the Rednose Distrikt nights with DJs Aardvarck and Steven de Peven. Benny: “The Rednose Distrikt nights were long nights of hardcore music study. Drink beer for breakfast, put clean socks on and then go on making more beats.”Gilles Peterson selected the track Miss Moral for the compilation album of his new label Brownwood Recordings. Benny: “Benny Sings..At home turned into an album with an edge. It’s still happy music but a kind of moody happy.” Benny Sings at Home contains Benny’s unique lazy dance feel, the optimistic harmonies and the small sound effects like pop ups. In short: typical Benny stuff but it’s Benny with more life experience. Benny: “By the time I finished