![]() ![]() So, that comment alone is enough to make you want to learn more about Benge, right? Conny Plank was involved with much of the great music coming out of Germany in the late 1960’s-1970’s. Remember, Foxx worked with Plank while he was a member of Ultravox. John Foxx has called Benge a modern day Conny Plank. He was shocked when I gave him a scowl and the obligatory school boy response of “get your own, man!” He was lucky I even let him touch it. ![]() A friend of mine asked me once if he could borrow it. Not only does it feature some great synthesizer work, but it also has visuals and many notes to accompany every track. Twenty Systems is an analog fetishist’s dream come true. I became a fan when I purchased his Twenty Systems album which highlighted 20 years of synthesizers with 20 different synthesizers. It was one of those “collector series” they were running back then. ![]() He first came to my attention when I read an interview he did for the UK magazine, Future Music. You can see some of his many performances found throughout this site. Or better yet, you might know him as a full-time member and analog tweaker with John Foxx & The Maths. Their collaboration (Interplay) is set to be released March 21st, 2011. You may know him best for his collaboration with the legendary John Foxx. In it, he discusses many topics, from his expansive arsenal, studio, recording of Interplay, and much more. Here is a fantastic interview with Benge, aka Ben Edwards, I found on. ![]()
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