Altered Zones

Ian Hicks from Soft Metals says:
When I first started getting into collecting synths and drum machines and learning how to use gear a good friend and past collaborator of mine, Beau Wanzer, recommended that I exlore the music of John Bender. I hunted down some MP3s of the impossibly rare, I Don't Remember Now/I Don't Want To Talk About It record, and I could easily see why he'd recommended it; the music was cold, detached, and experimental in technique, but also had a certain introspective and personal quality. It was almost as though the songs were written for his ears only and you were getting a candid view into the way the man thought about the world and interacted with his machines.  Unfortunately, John Bender seems to have no desire what-so-ever to re-release his records, but I was finally able to find a bootleg vinyl version of this amazing album this week at our favorite record store in Portland, Clinton Street Records & Stereo, and am reminded of how much the sound of it inspires me to really push my ideas to their limits and keep experimenting musically.

MP3: John Bender: "35B1"