Dean De Benedictis

Dean De Benedictis is an American

De Benedictis has recorded under his own name and under the alias "Surface 10", a project in which he gained attention in ambient and experimental electronic music circles. His discography crosses over several genres, but he is primarily known for merging these genres into techno tribal and ambient music. De Benedictis is the founder of both Fateless Records, and the Fateless Flows Collective, a Los Angeles group of electronic composers. He has released three albums with the Fateless Flows Collective through the Fateless Music label.

De Benedictis is the co-founder and producer of Cyberstock, an outdoor music concert and visual arts display held in the Santa Monica Mountains. In its long history, the event has showcased such artists as Nels Cline, Thomas Ronkin, and Richard Derrick.^[2]

Early musical career

De Benedictis was educated in Southern California. He is the son of theater and television composer

After his debut album as Surface 10, De Benedictis's music continued to grow more experimental and sentimental, and he began to diverge from the dance format of Cleopatra. The label wanted more dance music, but De Benedictis was taking a different path. De Benedictis left Cleopatra in 1999, and began recording on independent labels, including his own, at that time.

Fateless Records

The label was founded in 2001 De Benedictis. It specializes in electronic music, ambient music, and experimental music. It began with the release of "A Lone Reply".

Before 2011, De Benedictis was the only artist on the label. In April 2011, he announced the official relaunch of the Fateless Records and that he would, for the first time, begin carrying other artists on the label. The announcement was made on April 17, 2011, on KXLU^[5] in Los Angeles. Some of these artists are veteran recording artists, while others are debuting on this label.^[6]

Roster

• Dean De Benedictis
• Smite Matter
• Zygote
• Fulg3ncy
• Vic Hennegan

Discography

Full-length releases as Dean DeBenedictis

• A Lone Reply, Fateless, 2001.
• Salvaging the Past, Spotted Pecarry, 2005
• A Cambient Variations, Fateless, 2008.

Full-length Releases as Surface 10

• Surface 10, Hypnotic/Cleopatra Records, 1996
• In Vitro Tide,
  DiN Records
  , 2000
• Borrowed Time, Space for Music, 2000
• Surface Tensions,
  DiN Records
  , 2006

Compilations featuring Surface 10

• Space Box, Hypnotic/Cleopatra Records, 1996
• Ambient Time Travelers, Hypnotic/Cleopatra Records, 1996
• Tangerine Ambience, a tribute to Tangerine Dream, Hypnotic/Cleopatra Records, 1996
• A Tribute to the Music of Brian Eno, Hypnotic/Cleopatra Records, 1997
• Earth Ritual, Hypnotic/Cleopatra Records, 1997
• Hypnotic Illusions, Hypnotic/Cleopatra Records, 1997
• Ultimate Drum 'N' Bass, Hypnotic/Cleopatra Records, 1997
• Trancespotting, Hypnotic/Cleopatra Records, 1997
• Saturday Night Fetish, Hypnotic/Cleopatra Records, 1997
• The Carnival Within-A Tribute to Dead Can Dance, Hypnotic/Cleopatra Records, 1997
• Loraine, Peach, 1998
• DiN 10,
  DiN Records
  , 2001
• Novabeats Sound System Volume 1, Novabeats, 2004
• Fateless Flows Collective Volume 1, Fateless Flows, 2004
• You Wish You Heard It Yesterday-Volume 3, Android Folk, 2005
• Shadowmath: Fateless Flows Collective Volume 2, Fateless Flows, 2005
• Undergrounded: Fateless Flows Collective Volume 3, Fateless Flows, 2006

Full length compilations

• Exempli Gratia (as alias Cathexis, with George Sarah), Hypnotic/Cleopatra Records, 1997
• Solar Prominade (as alias Enterphase, with Jeff Filbert and Fred Becker), A.D., 2004

Full-length releases with The Strato Ensemble

• Drawn Straws, Fateless Records, 2007

References

External links

• Dean DeBenedictis Biography^{[permanent dead link]}
• Echoes (PRI) interview, May 2006
• Fatelessmusic.com
• Cleopatra Records
• DiN Records website
• The Stratos Ensemble ^{[permanent dead link]}