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Ben Neill

Mutantrumpet

The mutantrumpet, like its name would suggest, is a freak of sound—a work of heretofore unseen electro-acoustic brilliance.

All About Jazz

A creative composer, genius performer, and inventor of the mutantrumpet.

Time Out NY

Neill’s astonishing mutantrumpet blends brass and computer with wit, beauty and solid musicianship.

Village Voice

The avant-garde and EDM come together in music by Ben Neill & his mutantrumpet.

John Schaefer, WNYC New Sounds

A great sonic alchemist…luscious, seductive and quite addictive.

All About Jazz

Ben Neill is a musical powerhouse, a serious and individual talent

Time Out London

Masterfully blurs the lines between electronic dance music and jazz sounds.

Billboard

The modern trumpet acquired its familiar form in the early 1800's. In the 1990's, a classically trained trumpet player named Ben Neill gave the instrument a makeover.

NY Times

Neill works with harmonies based on numerical relationships that produce spiritually powerful resonances. The result is trippy, otherworldly and seamlessly groovy

Interview Magazine

Offered connections between sight, sound, man and machine.

NY Times

Ben Neill is using a schizophrenic trumpet to create art music for the people.

Wired Magazine

As vibrant as the galaxies beyond, both adventurous and artful.

Boston Phoenix

Calling Ben Neill a trumpeter is like calling Mr. Spock a frequent flyer.

Boston Phoenix

If he were around today, Miles would unequivocally be picking up on what Ben Neill is laying down.

All About Jazz

Ben Neill is a mad scientist, and he has discovered the formula that breaks musical barriers.

Mixmag UK

Ben Neill is the mad scientist of dancefloor jazz.

College Music Journal

PROJECTS

Trove

Mutantrumpet V 4

Fantini Futuro

La Monte Young / The Second Dream

ITSOFOMO / David Wojnarowicz

Mimi Goese and Ben Neill

MUTANTRUMPET V4 DEMO

https://benneill.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Fantini-Futuro-Demo-720P-Export.mp4

Fathom; Hudson River Data as Music

Recordings / Label

Manitoga

Nokia Bell Labs E.A.T. Artist in Residence

The Demo / Mikel Rouse

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