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At the pool (Part 1)

So this week I hit 30k followers on Instagram and I shared a cropped version of this pics as a reward for the followers there. Pics were taken by Martin Cortes, photo session took place on June 16, 2020 at the same private pool were we shot the music video for "Beautiful Nothing". More sets to co...

Tell Me Why (Unreleased Pics) Gallery 1

I'm really thankful for your support and the conversation we are building here. Mario Cico told me one of the things he was most enjoying were the behind the scenes specials, and that he would love to see more from "Tell Me Why". So I talked with Jeremy about it and we've decided this is the pref...

Beautiful Nothing - Music Video Behind the Scenes

Today I posted the first 4 pictures of this series on my social media profiles, but here you have them full res, plus some more pics from that day, some of them previously unreleased.

It was August 18, 2018, and we rented a pool to film the music video. Guys from all over joined me and Jere...

Beautiful Nothing + Never Give Up (1st Demo 2015)

I think I've told this story before, but never have I illustrated with the actual demo, you're the first to hear this besides Jose Spinnin Cortes and my ex.

Toying around with the idea of begin singing again, I had been working on some songs before this, but one day, as I listened to one of...

At BeefDip 2016

Here's the full res no-watermark photo shoot taken by Martin Cortes at BeefDip 2016 on Puerto Vallarta (Mexico), We had fun taking this, I was posing and goofing around while Martin was adjusting his lights and set for some models he had to shoot later, and to our surprise the pics turned out qui...

All Systems Go - Music Video First Look

My dear patrons, here's a first exclusive look at the "All Systems Go" Music Video. It's been already two months working on this, but it looks so awesome it's worth it. Because of the heat, computers take longer to process the scenes, but we're hoping this will be the final work week. 

All Systems Go (Digital Booklet)

I thought it'd be nice to share with you the digital booklet of my latest album "All Systems Go".

This was to be delivered by iTunes with every purchase, but due to technical issues on their side, and the delays because of this year's pandemic, it's still not being provided to buyers. The o...

Benjamin Koll - Disco Infurno DJ Set 2020

I usually don't record Dj sets, thats because I've always loved the rush of the dance floor and that sensation of a moment unique in time. But times have changed and now it's almost a requirement if you want to get hired by any promoter. 

So this is the third time I recorded a set, I d...

I'll Be Good (Demo 1)

Today June 10th it's the anniversary of the release of my first single "I'll Be Good" on 2016. I thought it'd be nice to celebrate it sharing with you the very first demo I recorded of the song on March 6th 2016. I outlined de music and melody two days before, and recorded this first demo vocals ...

Living On My Own (1st demo 2016)

I loved this song from the moment it was born, on the 25th of November of 2016. Here's that first demo, five or six hours into it. As you can hear, most of the song was already there, some lyrics were missing, and others didn't make it to the final album version. It was a thrill to make, enjoy! 2020-06-05 00:06:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Threesome (Full Res)

Hey there! Here's the full resolution version of the pic I posted on Twitter, there's a second part photo edit on the works, I'll share it with you tomorrow, enjoy!

Footnote: the pics are part of a series shot by Martin Cortes for a Bears In Excess special (that I'll share with you without ...

Changes - 2nd Demo (Piano Version) 2016

Searching for content to share with you I found this exciting demo of Changes. I remember I did this one when I couldn't properly emulate the electric guitar I had imagined and needed for the song and that later into production was played by Steve Baker. 

I find this piano on the backg...

On The Beach Photo Set

Here's all the pics that have been used so far from the "On The Beach" photo shoot by Martin Cortes. The photo session was at Bearlin Records Studio on February 27 of 2017. 

The first one displayed (that's actually the n5 pic) is the uncropped version of the one used for the single cov...

Jose Spinnin's Arcadia Set special feature

Last Wednesday May 20 I recorded a special short video of Perfected's "Higher" to be featured inside the special Dj set Jose Spinnin Cortes has recorded and filmed for Arcadia - Guadalajara Pride 2020. Here are two behind the scenes pics. Enjoy!

Don't Let Go (1st Demo)

I recorded this demo on May 2018, this mix was done on the 5th. I had the intention of including this cover of the classic country song written by Jesse Stone, but in the style of Isaac Hayes on "All Systems Go" but in the end, when we had the chance to hear all the demos, it didn't quite fit, so...

I Don't Wanna Fight - Demo 1995

I think this was the last song I did before deciding not to pursue a performer artist career back in 1995. 

It has also an interesting backstory. I had a friend of mine, Cristy, living in NY at that time. She was pushing me to move with her to the US and pursue there a career as a sing...

Somebody - 1993 Demo

This song began more like an exercise. As you can hear on this first demo I didn't have a clear direction, I remember I loved the "na nara oh oh" line, but at the time I couldn't make it work.

Later on, in 2014, I rediscovered the demo and all of I sudden the rest of it came to my mind. I w...

Beautiful Nothing - Video re-processing

Hey guys, yesterday I shared a video of this on my social profiles, but here you can see how huge the difference this new processing system makes and how it improves the footage. 

First you can see a frame of the original 4k raw footage. On the previously released video I did all the c...

Benjamin Koll's House Party - Still images

Here's a selection of our favorite stills from the show I did for Bear World Magazine's first Digital Bear Weekend. 

The show was recorded at home from Wednesday May 6 evening to Thursday May 7th afternoon, vocals and some instruments are live, Jose Spinnin was the camera and executive...

Slave To The Funk - 1994 Demo

I remember I did this demo in an afternoon, maybe Friday, I think it was on January or February of 1994. I loved it and was very excited about it (kept hearing it for years), but nobody understood the style or the meaning of it. As a curiosity, the "baby" line behind me was sung by a very famous ...

On The Beach - 1994 Demo

This was the first time I recorded this beautiful song by Chris Rea. It was 1993 and a big name producer in Spain at that time met with me while scouting for new talent. He asked me to do my own arrangement and recording of this song as a test. He didn't believe I was able to play and record myse...