Benet consists of two French producers, Frederic Auteil and Bernard-Benet Paul, who, inspired by the European downtempo and nujazz scene and their favorite director Claude Sautet, have crafted a beautiful and subtle downtempo album that will appeal to fans of Kruder & Dorfmeister, Boozoo Bajou, and Zero 7. 　　Benet are both huge fans of the French director, Claude Sautet…Says Bernad-Benet, “Sautet’s work always has an edge to it. At first look, it’s all elegant and swinging but when you scratch the surface just a little bit you find a darker side. And in a similar way that Sautet uses deliberately slow and revelatory pacing to tell a story, it’s this pacing that drives us too!” Benet sees their album as a kind of tribute to the Sautet movie, “Les Choses Da La Vie” which features a carcrash filmed in slow-motion at the end of the movie which became a milestone in 60’s cinema. 　　In a sense, Benet regard themselves rather as directors of a collective rather than a producing duo. “We are writing a script, we are chosing the cast and we take care of the recording. But the final movie comes into existence in the head and heart of the listener.” Benet’s debut, “Flora Y Fauna” may at first be a soothing and relaxing lounge experience, but the end of the film will hold some surprises for you…