Song of the Day:End Of The World//Matt Alber

Mr. Patrick Duffy is presenting the enviable talent of two time Grammy award winning vocalist/composer Matt Alber.  His excitedly anticipated BES performance will begin at 11pm this Friday Febuary 25th. It is our esteemed pleasure to host such an exceptional artist, and in honor of Matt Alber graciously sharing his original song stylings...I give you...
Song of the Day:End Of The World//Matt Alber
I deeply believe, as Di Vinci did, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
Matt Alber's intensely emotive track, End Of The World from his album "Hide Nothing" is nothing if not proof of that.   His voice sonorous and sweetly sincere delivers the elegantly guileless lyrics, and it is soul stirring.  Though Alber has had exceptional training and the ability to trill in a falsetto that would make Donna Summer blush...he understands the beauty of simplicity; only oscillating swells of cadence are imposed over the quite backdrop of the pensive piano and empathetic violins.
Thank you Matt Alber for your exceptional execution,  and choosing beauty and simplicity over vocal autoeroticism.
Rapt in Beats and Love,
Benna Douglas

Song of the Day: Love Out Of Lust//Lykke Li

With the Indie thing down, Lykke Li moves formidably into more esoteric realms of modern musings on her track Love Out Of Lust  from her new album “Wounded Ryhmes” due to release next week.  Swells of deep timpani drums, effusive reverberating bass, streaks of siren-like pan flutes signal, abound with low key percussion, create the enormous arena upon which Lykke Li lays her delicate vocal disclosure imposed with light plays of distortion.
 Lykke Li harkens her lover//(self), sharing a message of love that seems to speak to this operative moment being theorized by believers//followers of quantum physics. To aid those of you who may not follow I shall utilize Einstein as Lykke Li has utilized her seldom heard chest voice, “The least understood aspect of the universe is its being understandable.”…got it right?
Moving on…acknowledging the power of union;  Shared experience is more powerful as it rests in the memory of a collected consciousness.  There is a comfort in choral concurrence not found in the sole reassurance of the individual to self…hence giving power to “We” over “I”, “we will live longer than I can, We will be better than I was, We can cross rivers with our will”, and ominously requesting us to “Dance while you can, Dance cause you must, Love out of lust, Dance while you can”.  DANCE primordial, transcendental, communal….
Thank you Lykke Li for thinning the veils, contradicting the lies, and understanding the miracle of giving way to what you are for what you can become…LOVE.
Rapt in Beats and Love,
Benna
Musical Director B.E.S.

Song of the Day: Careful What You Say//Class Actress

Careful What You Say  from Brooklyn based trio Class Actress's EP Journal Of Ardency is resolutely retro of the 80's vintage.   Goading bursts of synthesizers initiate excitement while the allure of the bass baits the listener.  Cleverly nonchalant, Harper's poised nebulous vocal's scintillate.  The lyrics portray a more subversive sentiment, and lightly paradox the redolent romanticism of the melodious synth and dance-friendly kicks.  Class Actress lies somewhere in the ambrosial ether of New Order's sullen synths and the chiding complexity Morissey's lyricism.
Thank you Class Actress//Elizabeth Harper, Mark Richardson, Scott Rosenthal for evocative electro-pop with a chic sophistication that leaves me wanting more.
Rapt in Beats and Love
Benna Douglas
BES Musical Director

Song of the Day: Magic Love//Bent

This beautifully warm track by U.K. duo Bent is from the album Magic Love released in 2002 on Ministry of sound.  Perfectly constructed with sophisticated elements of deep house Magic Love is nothing short of class.  Sampling the smooth vocals of seventies pop icons Captain and Tenille gives the gentle effusive melodies a bit of soulful swank.
Thank you Bent for this elegant track that never fails to leave a lingering warm loving feeling.
Rapt in Beats and Love,
Benna

Song of the Day:Pleadging My Love//LaVern Baker

LaVern Baker's tenderly, intensely passionate tune Pleadging My Love is my dedication to all you lovely lovers.  May your night be as sweet as this song.

Happy Valentines Day.

Rapt in Beats and L O V E,

Benna 

Song of the Day: You Make Me Feel//Sylvester

In honor Rose Hartford's showcase and contribution to B.E.S//New Food//
I offer a most delectable disco track, You Make Me Feel by the resplendent (drag)queen of the disco scene...Sylvester. The thumping get down and groove back beat, funky guitar rif repeats, usage of layered syth sound construction impressively sophisticated for the time,  and the blazing sonorous Sylvester's powerful use of his remarkably robust falsetto; this song is a send up to everything disco.
Thank you Sylvester your ostentatious, unapologetic persona, and undaunted capacity to live your truth was magical, and inspired not only the brief moment you shared with this world but contributes to the continued call for full liberation through access to all civil liberties.
Rapt in Beats and Love,
Benna

Song of the Day: To Turn You On//Roxy Music

Roxy Music is one of the most authentic and sophisticated synth bands of the early 80's.  To Turn You On is from the album Avalon released in 1982. A timeless love ballad, the myriad of ethereal textures created with delicate, enchanting waves of syths and longing guitar riffs is transcendent.  Bryan Ferry's tantalizingly seductive lyrics ache with sincerity over the ambrosial soundscape, and leaves a lustful, craving of the same sonorous avow.
Thank you Roxy Music for for your enduring singular sound.
Rapt in Beats and Love,
Benna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4-0Wv0UAS8