r beny live at Velocity 2019 // Eurorack modular - blissed out ambience & saturated soundscapes

Velocity was an event in Seattle held by Modular Seattle and Patchwerks in October of 2019. It brought together a great list of performances, manufacturers, and presenters into a one day festival style event that was packed with modular synth goodness.
Here's an interview and rig rundown breaking down creative approaches, sound design, patching, dealing with tape hiss, FX routings and plenty more! - • r beny interview & rig...
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From the depths of my hard drives I have more footage to come from the event and here's the r beny performance that brings us blissed out ambience, grainy textural soundscapes, thick washes of saturation and melodic phrases pushing through the textural work.
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[@stateazure]

Beautiful! A real touching performance, glad this finally got shared, I didn't hear it before.

[@josephthorne3061]

So much respect and love for what this man does. He doesn't write music, he creates moments in time that make you reflect on life and memories like no one else.

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

indeed and he is an inventor as well- just got his Divkid 0chd such a great module.

[@r-omega]

@@GuitarsAndSynths Pretty sure @joseph thome was talking about R Beny* ...anyway, indeed, he is gifted

[@Sarahbuildsstepsequencers]

R Beny LIVE and in person! Be sure to give a Like! He’s certainly one of my favorites since he performed “Spring In Blue,” an amazingly beautiful and haunting piece.

[@willmcconnellsimpson1411]

Same! It's been a thrill to listen to his sound develop, one of my faves.

[@Probbie]

Oh my goodness !! r beny is a genius 👏 👏👏

[@jsheeren]

this is an example where youtube needs a double thumbs up option

[@CaalamusTube]

Well since they got rid of the down vote, there's no reason they couldn't add a "love" option. Thereby offering two distinct levels of appreciation.

[@aeropilot4419]

👍🏼👍🏼🙂

[@unsaame9505]

r beny, the last four minutes of your set blew my mind. The perfect balance between rust and bloom... I shall be looking forward to a new release. And thanks a million for sharing.

[@chrisleeramsden2077]

That guy. He came up as my most listened to artist on Spotify 2021. Came as no surprise. Awesomeness.

[@compucorder64]

Same, and 2020. And 2019. R Beny provides the soundtrack to all my nature walks, with some backing from the Wind in the Willows. Thanks so much R Beny, and Div Kid too for the video.

[@justinjbenjamin]

Sigh, the good ol before times… What a weekend that was! ^__^

[@DivKid]

What a weekend it was too, for me that extra special couple of weeks around the Pacific Northwest. So grateful and still amazed that could happen the whole thing was really amazing. Thanks for your part in it, things like that only happen when everyone works to pull something in the right direction.

[@kleptokratija666]

Thank you so much for your creativity! It gave me a lot, cleared me of a lot, with her I go to the basis of serenity, acceptance, awareness and wisdom. I am from Russia! This helps us with autocracy

[@Larry30102]

How appropriate, being in Seattle, to have what appears to be a Rainer beer on the table 🥳

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Sounds great Ben! Very relaxing and soothing. Would love to see you make some albums of your modular music. Hope to meet you one day at a future Knobcon event.

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

This was so cool, ,beautiful, and wellperfourmed,-

[@isthiscash]

holy fuck yes

[@DrMuse-on2dx]

Very Soulful, beautiful. Thanks for this.

[@DivKid]

a pleasure to be able to share things like this. Thanks!

[@faruambient]

amazing! especially the last track really got me

[@FUNKINETIK]

An amazing intro and at 28:20 the hard hitting 4 to the floor kick in - just a light hearted joke - that was seriously beautiful, if was there I would have been lying comfortably on the floor experiencing it. P E A C E : )

[@DivKid]

Yeah a great thing to witness in person.

[@jonridley]

Wonderful stuff,

[@Limbic1000]

woooow!!

[@damianmorillas7189]

Long live r beny! Fundamental totem of the contemporary Eurorack scene

[@DivKid]

Yeah absolutely always keen to hear what he's doing.

[@damianmorillas7189]

@@DivKid Big thanks for sharing this. It means a lot for many people that don't get the chance to see him playing live.

[@bigbassman9]

Thank you for posting this , I have never heard of this chap before as I have only started modular but what an introduction , Also a lot of names above I have been watching and listening to for a while now on various platforms. So much to learn but so rewarding.

[@obsidiananvil9719]

This is sooo cool! Sadly I missed the performances, but did manage to cruise through the exhibits and talk shop with some of the devs. Great fun.

[@modularcuriosity]

r beny always uses distortion is the most amazing ways.

[@OoraMusic]

gorgeous performance.

[@DMTOGL]

DivKid, thank you for the free tracks!

[@laurenthilairet2004]

Really impressed ! The last track sounds massive !

[@rmanpojo8485]

Great performance. timeless associate "Aan de oevers van de tijd" Dutch artist Spinvis.

[@nicolausala]

wow the end is phenomenal, such a great performance! l love it

[@jamiefullerton]

Really nice ambient performance. 👌🍺

[@dualtrx]

r beny never disappoints to take you on a journey

[@RobertCharlesMann]

Looping it all day long. Gorgeous.

[@FieldLinesCartographer]

no-one does this better than Austin x

[@ivana1755]

Just 59 views, this is outrageous! Man, r beny might be my favorite synth-dude rn, he’s a wizard

[@DivKid]

the video isn't public that's why :) will be soon as I schedule out content and share these older videos I've had here on the hard drive.

[@ivana1755]

@@DivKid nice beauties you had in there! Just stumbled upon it watching your Fundamental video, thanks!

[@disxiple_113]

r beny is the gawd

[@dustedsound]

Bliss!

[@thamelmusic]

Yes !

[@khemshet]

fantastic!

[@dwp2659]

nice! floaty

[@sebp400]

so good

[@sebotonin_official]

Beautiful!

[@tColorsinspacerecordings]

Yes!

[@P_wizard]

This is magic!

[@Tofu_Pilot]

So it's just the wind, chime, surf & simulated lo-fi tape warble? Is this the consultant for every Instagram modular account? Ah, no, he can't be because I don't see any succulents on the table.

[@DivKid]

not sure succulents travel with the rig that well. Also not simulating tape warble when it's come off actual tape. I appreciate it might not be a style you're into but there's definitely a lot to gain from r beny's work when you really listen. There's a depth that emerges from it.

[@cz3865]

I hear ya, I have a low tolerance for succulent and healing crystal-laden gear demos, but that’s not Austin. If anything, he’s the antithesis of succ-core. I say that, having purchased an ER-301 based solely on a video of his Ultraviolet custom unit. I never use Ultraviolet, but the 301 is my most indispensable piece of gear. But I digress. To me, the music of R. Beny is not a demonstration of the kinds of sounds you can make if you buy hyped module X from manufacturer Y. It’s a unique expression of texture and sound to evoke feeling that I put right up there with Bvdub and Yellow Swans. There’s so many easy targets in this scene, but mistaking R. Beny for one is grossly missing the mark.

[@DivKid]

Totally agree C Z

[@aeropilot4419]

I was there … this performance was the highlight of the weekend for me 👏🏼‼️