Dean De Benedictis Musical artist

Dean De Benedictis is an American composer, musician, performer, and producer of experimental and alternative music. He is a trained musician and has released albums as a solo artist as well as played with various groups such as Brand X and The Strato Ensemble.De Benedictis has recorded under his own name and under the alias Surface 10, a project in which he gained attention in ambient and experimental electronic music circles. His discography crosses over several genres, but he is primarily known for merging these genres into techno tribal and ambient music. De Benedictis is the founder of both Fateless Records, and the Fateless Flows Collective, a Los Angeles group of electronic composers. He has released three albums with the Fateless Flows Collective through the Fateless Music label.De Benedictis is the co-founder and producer of Cyberstock, an outdoor music concert and visual arts display held in the Santa Monica Mountains. In its long history, the event has showcased such artists as Nels Cline, Thomas Ronkin, and Richard Derrick.

Personal facts

Dean De Benedictis
Alias (AKA)Surface 10
Birth place
New York City , New York

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Musical artist

Career started1996
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Drum and bass
Electronic music
Berlin School of electronic music
Ambient music
Progressive rock
Experimental music
Intelligent dance music
Jazz fusion
Downtempo
trance
Tribal music
instrument
Guitar
Percussion instrument
Piano
Native American flute
Human voice
Synthesizer
record label
Cleopatra Records
Ian Boddy

Topical connections

Dean De Benedictis on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.cleorecs.com
  2. http://www.din.org.uk
  3. http://www.fatelessmusic.com
  4. http://www.fatelessmusic
  5. http://www.thestratosensemble
  6. http://www.thestratosensemble.com