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Music

Ben makes music, sometimes lofi indie pop, occasionally electronic,
and also now and then some more experimental sounds.

New: I have been releasing short EPs onto Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music and other streaming services. I am putting them ou in the order of the albums from which they came (see Bandcamp note below for the albums). So far there has been: 'South Downs EP',  'Platinum and Diamonds EP', 'The Terminal EP', and 'Oh My Beautiful One EP'. The title track is the 'A side', and what I think is the most radio-friendly song on the album; and then a few other curious album tracks, something fun, a more extended composition.

I will probably release one more EP in early spring, from the October 2023 album 'The Pilgrimage'; before the release of a new album in mid-2024. Who knows, maybe I'll even manage to release a single from that forthcoming album around the same time!

Search for 'benjamin_sanguine' (all lower case with an underscore between) in your prefered online listening service, or here is a link to them on Spotify

July 2023: I composed theme music to the podcast On The Gallery Floor, find the full version on my SoundCloud page here.

"HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC" 15min video on YouTube of improvised noise by benjamin_sanguine. I am hoping to share more in this way soon! Big love to Mr Keith Teeth for inspiring me with his video uploads of modified toy sounds.

Find my albums on Bandcamp
The Pilgrimage (Oct 2023) 
what can I say, another anthology of heart and hurt.

Boss Of Me (May 2023)
yet another album of quirky ditties. 
REPRO_DECON (January 2023)
another album of new sounds and songs.
Hidden Treasure (2022) 
a new collection of songs, mostly created since 2020.
Spend and Turtle (2021) guitar improvisations - FREE
Decomposing (2021) album by experimental DJ alter-ego f_p wiseacre - FREE
South Downs (2020) 
a collection of songs put together during the pandemic lockdowns

other sound stuff here: 
soundcloud.com/benjamin-whitaker

From childhood choirboy and school play solos, music has been part of my life from an early age. From the late 90s until the mid 2000s I was in a band I formed with Justin Duance called Sanguine. We each played guitar and sang, alternating lead and harmonies. We also played other instruments and gadgets as we came across them. Occasionally the duo was expanded to a trio with the addition of David Ratcliffe (bass), Duncan Ward (wierdness) and Joe Parfitt (drums). In 2001 the Sanguine guys (including Duncan) joined forces with Portsmouth-based 'Space Honk' duo negative PANDA (featuring Dave, above, and Mr Keith Teeth www.mrteethreviews.com),for a one-off performance at The Barn. Justin and I played acoustic gigs in London and recorded several demos. We still make music together when we get together a couple of times a year, revisiting the old songs and writing new ones. Maybe we'll even play a big comeback gig someday.

Since then I have recorded and performed solo as benjamin_sanguine, DJed as Famous Pizzas, and recorded more experimental work as f_p wiseacre influenced by electronic music and hip hop. After forming a trio with Matt Douglas to play at the Klinker in Dalston in 2002, I collaborated with Duncan Ward (aka New Low) as Samneric, an experimental and often site-specific improvisation duo. This lead to the monthly CDR album series Burnt Offerings in 2004-5.


Ben played a selection of covers and his own compositions at St Peter's Vintage Fete, Curdridge, Hampshire, 11 August 2018.

Video

I started making short films when I was at art college, originally using cine and video, but nowadays with digital media.
Find some examples on my YouTube channel:

www.youtube.com/sanguinearts


Moby Dick, 2020

An improvised drawing intepreted in sound

audio also features on album 'SouthDowns' (2021)

Inside, 2020

A stop motion collage with soundtrack

Images and text from Financial Times Weekend Magazine 25/04/2020. 

Unicorn, 2018

by Ben Whitaker

Short film created with cardboard sign made by my kids. Why does the unicorn not have a horn? Surely that's the key selling feature of a unicorn.