Bob Benson Archives Vol. 1, by Bob Benson

Bob Benson Archives Vol. 1

by Bob Benson

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1.	Sparks 03:39	buy track
2.	Phone Home 02:56	buy track
3.	Night Drive 01:11	buy track
4.	Wires And Wires 02:07	buy track
5.	Petrol 02:52	buy track
6.	Brave The Weather, Get The Phone 02:34	buy track
7.	Living On Hotel Coffee 04:24	buy track

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Bob Benson wrote vaporwave and chillwave before they even had a name. He spent countless hours driving for a job, living in hotel rooms, eating bags of peanuts and drinking crappy coffee, all the while writing chill-out tunes to help ease the stress of being away for weeks at a time.
Bob Benson died in 2016, but these newly unearthed recordings showcase a musical view into the world of a much-loved gentleman.

Vol. 1 was found in a pile of old music, and Vol. 2 is probably laying around somewhere, too.

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released June 17, 2020

All music written and sequenced by Bob Benson, sometime in the '80s and early '90s, while on the road, in hotel rooms, and late nights when the rest of house was sleeping.

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