23.8.13

Ruby pulse laser holograms in collaboration with Peter Burr. Made possible with the help of Harris Kagan at the Ohio State University and the New York Holocenter.

28.7.13

Seabat's Scattered Disc is now available on 12" vinyl. Get it here.
"Scattered Disc is Seabat's second record in less than 1 year and it shows Bennett furthering his mastery of analog drones and serene synth vibrations, sharing similarities to Iasos' sublime work as well as the German progressives like Conrad Schnitzler, Roedelius and Klaus Schulze. Just one look at the song titles, ("Cryogenic Awakening,"/"Resonant Orbit"/"Trans Neptunian Space"), and you get a good idea where Seabat is going and where it resides. Lovely and transformational. Peaceful and devastating."
-Kim's Music and Video

18.1.13


SPECIAL EFFECT from cartune xprez on Vimeo.

US Premier of Special Effect tonight at the Museum of the Moving Image. 

27.12.12

Special Effect US Premier at MOMI

This fall I spent some time with Seabat composing much of the original music for Peter Burr's Special Effect project, a multi-media experimental animation extravaganza inspired by Tarkovsky's Stalker. The show has already debuted at several festivals in Australia, and will make it's U.S. premier January 18th at the Museum of the Moving Image.

 

"Video and performance artist Peter Burr presents a live television show from the future inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky's 1971 film Stalker and its central setting of "the zone": an off-limits place of hope and possibility rumored to make one's deepest desires come true. Special Effect features 20 30-second original works from underground animation label Cartune Xprez, original music from Lucky Dragons and Seabat, and live performances by Burr involving laser beams and a hacked Kinect camera.

Contributors include James Duesing, Amy Lockhart, Yoshi Sodeoka, Billy Grant, Michael Bell-Smith, Ola Vasiljeva, Jacob Ciocci, Andrew Benson, Jeff Kriksciun, Chad VanGaalen, Philippe Blanchard, E*Rock, Luke Painter, Brandon Blommaert, Stu Hughes, Devin Flynn, Michael Robinson, Sabrina Ratté, Ben Coonley, and Brenna Murphy. Written by Peter Burr, Maya Lubinsky, and PFFR. Costumes by Diana Joy. Set by Peter Burr and Elliot Montgomery. Computer programming by Mike Heavers."

This project was successfully funded using Kickstarter.