Ben Neill

Miami Beach, FL – Music from every genre, from classical to electronica, dominates Audi Sleepless Night’s program. Miami Beach’s free, 13-hour, dusk-til-dawn, citywide celebration of the arts begins at 6:00 p.m. ...

Ben Neill is the sole player of an instrument called the mutantrumpet. It has three different bells, two sets of valves, a mini-trombone slide and electronics. Neill deploys this contraption in electronica ...

To say that Ben Neill plays the trumpetthe instrument of such jazz legends as Miles Davis and Clifford Brownis an epic understatement. "I think electronica is like a new form of jazzit's ...

Composer Ben Neill has brought a new angle to the dubstep scene with his hybrid mutantrumpet, merging the organic with the electronic. The closest comparison we could make would be Bass Clef, for his combination of live brass with dubstep twisted electronics. ...

The latest of edition of Vague Terrain is dedicated to celebrating the tenth anniversary of the .microsound community. Guest curated by the American composer Kim Cascone, the issue provides a range of ...

In the late 90s there was something lurking in the shadowy corners of electronic music: a slightly tarnished machine, covered with silver knobs and gleaming switches, nestled in a rat's nest of intricate cabling, sat blinking feverishly, stuck in an infinite loop of consume and recycle. ...

Afterimage/ Seeker by Ben Neill on 12 INCH from THIRSTY EAR The Pinch mix is as one would expect from one of the daddies of the scene. For us it's all about 'Seeker'. Erik Truffaz for 2009.

Ben Neill is a composer, performer, producer, and inventor of the mutantrumpet, a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument. Neill's music blends electronica, jazz and ambient, blurring the lines between DJ culture and acoustic instrument performance.

Ben Neill’s Tripycal is one of those albums that looms large in my personal soundscape. Back in my publishing days, I used to wrestle with 300 page manuscripts and marathon voice recording sessions. ...