Death of an Aura EP out now
Also available on iTunes, Beatport, Juno.
I’m pleased to finally be able to say that my new download EP, Death of an Aura, is now available for preview/purchase on Bleep. FLAC versions should be following shortly; I’ll be updating this post, as well as the discog page, with links to additional stores as and when store support improves.
Musically, I suppose you could say the EP features my vocal debut, albeit mainly through humming and oohing/ahhing here and there for a bit of extra texture, with additional non-lyrics for good measure. Still, I did find the process a lot of fun, adding an immediacy that’s normally lacking from my usual methodical composing. Lots of home sampling too, which is certainly something I only really touched upon with Lemodie, and completely ignored with AMND.
A couple of tracks (‘Napoli’ and ‘Raido’) are the result of a collaboration between Benet Walsh and I (you may recognise Benet from his work with Plaid, as well as his own work as one half of The Collectors), which were fantastic to work on. Hopefully we’ll get a few more tracks done together by the time the album arrives—thanks for the help, Ben!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. 
Let me know what you think, and please—if you can spread the word across any forums or communities you participate in, I’d very much appreciate it.
Tags: benbecula, benet walsh, bleep, flac, mp3
43 Responses to “Death of an Aura EP out now”:
Hey Chris,
I wonder if there ever will be a change to buy this EP as a physical copy.. I do like some outcome of Benbecula but not worth to hook up on the mineral series.
It doesn’t look like the EP will make it to a physical release, as I think Benbecula would rather save the cash until the album came out. But, as that might be a while yet, I’d really like to make the middle four tracks available on 12″. Well, could have all six tracks on there I guess, but it’d be at 33rpm and a bit quieter…
It’s difficult gauging interest for a vinyl release after releasing it online months ago—and having it hit the usual illegal downloading sites too. I can’t imagine more than a couple of dozen people would grab the vinyl, to be honest.
i absolutely love this EP