Ben Craven is an Australian musician and producer who became known for his 2011
progressive rock album, ''Great & Terrible Potions'', which featured artwork by cover designer
Roger Dean.
Career
''Under Deconstruction''
In 2007, Craven recorded the EP ''Under Deconstruction'' as a free download, protesting against the use of
DRM in the music industry. Craven later observed that DRM was only a distraction from the problem of monetising legal music file downloads.
Ben Craven & The Section
In 2012, Craven assembled three-piece band ''Ben Craven & The Section'' specifically for live performances of his album ''Great & Terrible Potions''.
The band was interviewed and performed for a live interactive video streaming event in May 2013, in what was billed as a world-first for progressive rock.
''Last Chance To Hear''
''Last Chance To Hear'' was released in 2016, a concept album "loosely inspired by the end of the music industry as we knew it", featuring guest contributions from
Billy Sherwood
William Wyman Sherwood (born March 14, 1965) is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, singer, record producer and mixing engineer. He is best known for his tenures in the English progressive rock band Yes (band), Yes as guitarist and ke ...
and
William Shatner.
In October 2016, Craven was awarded the Australian Independent Music Award (AIMA) for Best Instrumental, for the track ''Critical Mass Part 2''.
Discography
* ''
Two False Idols
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'' (2005)
* ''
Under Deconstruction (EP)
Under may refer to:
* "Under" (Alex Hepburn song), 2013
* "Under" (Pleasure P song), 2009
*Bülent Ünder (born 1949), Turkish footballer
*Cengiz Ünder (born 1997), Turkish footballer
*Marie Under (1883–1980), Estonian poet
* Under (restaurant) ...
'' (2007)
* ''
Great & Terrible Potions
Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements
* Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size
* Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent
People
* List of people known as "the Great"
*Artel Great (born ...
'' (2011)
* ''
Last Chance to Hear (CD+DVD)
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'' (2016)
* ''
First Chance to Hear (Blu-Ray)
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
Arts and media Music
* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...
'' (2017)
* ''
Monsters From The Id (CD+DVD)
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'' (2022)
Appears on
* ''All in a Dream'' by The Franky Valentyn Project (2015, vocals on Gothic Horror)
* ''Alter Ego'' by Joost Maglev (2019, guitar on Corpus Christi, Burning Girl)
* ''Planetary Overload Part 2: Hope'' by United Progressive Fraternity (2022, composer and guitar on The Answer)
References
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Australian record producers
Living people
Progressive rock musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)