Ben Reilly is a strictly digital project that
started in 2008 fusing elements from 90’s dance and techno with UK’s happy
hardcore. Later in 2009, Ben Reilly started adding some gabber feel like to the
mix, along with chiptune and classic breakbeat to the decks of holiday studios.
The idea behind Ben Reilly was born in 2007
when Raz (Anti-Venöm) had lost his interest in playing live and loud hardcore
punk, but also performing as a solo acoustic act (as in AMDJ). While Raz was
left alone with no physical instruments, but a lot of creativity, he started
out from scratch, trying new ways for songwriting by his own with recording
software and virtual instruments. Later in 2008 Ben Reilly would release his
debut record, “End of Eternity”; a simple collection of the best songs he had
done during 2007 and 2008, the record itself it’s a mix of 90’s dance music
with a few hardcore beats on it.
In 2009, Ben Reilly’s second record was
released under Straight to Hell Records, entitled “Pause, Play, Repeat” making
its way into a more classic happy hardcore UK style. During that year, Ben
Reilly also released a brand new EP called “Decades Under The Sun” adding some
chiptune and German Hardcore into the mix, the EP also had some remixes and
different versions of previous songs. Ben Reilly was on a break until 2011,
when Raz decided to release the “Misery” EP, another spin in the Ben Reilly
career, while the style remained almost the same, the music begin to had some
breakbeat and a slowed down tempo to the songs.
Ben Reilly is currently writing and producing a
third studio album, which will be out hopefully by the end of 2012 and trying
to incorporate new elements to the mix, the album will be entitled “X”.
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