TRACKLIST:

Variation 1: Voices Of Your Outer Soul (6:46)
Variation 2: They Fought To Starve (6:31)
Variation 3: Terra Devine (12:23)
Variation 4: Everyone Will Know (9:55)
Variation 5: Live Space (5:07)
Variation 6: Cumulasa (10:15)
Variation 7: Intervals And Unisons (6:20)
Variation 8: Two Phrases In The Distance (5:42)
Variation 9: Universal Winter (8:04)
Variation 10: Repeated (8:01)

Dean De Benedictis has found his voice, and on A Cambient Variations (75'15") uses it on every track. Utilizing a variety of processing techniques, human vocal sound is layered into chords, shifted into choirs, looped into rhythms and stretched into unrecognizable textures. Obstruents become percussion riffs, grunts and groans make bass grooves and rhythm accents, while ethereal "oohs" and breathy "aahs" are transformed into a mysterious resonating atmosphere. Squeaks mutate into roars and whispered words resound under a cavernous echo as De Benedictis, using editing software , transforms elemental vocalizations into his singular digital soundscapes. A Cambient Variations transcends Ambient Music. With its unique character and original concept, the nine tracks each head out into uncharted experimental realms - each telling a different story. Taken all together the artist is revealed in his music. ~ by Chuck van Zyl

All of the music in Dean’s album, A Cambient Variations, begins with his voice. It’s follows in a tradition of David Hykes, Joan La Barbara, and Björk, not to mention beatbox vocalists. You can hear him imitating the sound of percussion or a string bass occasionally, but usually, he’s creating an electronic landscape with his voice.
Dean De Benedictis: I specifically imitate electronic music in a sense. I imitate the limitless possibilities of tonal ranges that we have at our disposal as electronic musicians.
Dean De Benedictis says he’s still going to make electronic music, but for now, he can’t keep from singing.

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