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SURFACE 10: IN VITRO TIDE
In Vitro Tide was the first official Surface 10 CD that clearly dove head-first into the hardcore/experimental plasma pool. This CD was a mesh of Dean's work 1994 - 99, digitaly tweaked and edited together into a frantic overture of sonic and musical concepts. It was released as In Vitro Tide in 2000 on DiN Records, out of England. Teetering on a slight techno-cult appeal, In Vitro Tide combines styles of "IDM", Drum & Bass, ambient, jazz fusion, and other polar opposite influences. To buy a copy, visit amazon.com or The Shop Page of this site. To read more about Surface 10, or buy a copy of In Vitro Tide in Europe, visit http://din.org.uk/din08.html.
SURFACE 10: BORROWED TIME 2000
Released in 2004, Borrowed Time 2000 is yet another compiled set of Dean's unreleased tracks spanning from 1994 - 99. Some of these tracks were originally intended for the first Surface 10 CD release on Hypnotic Records in 1996. The music of Borrowed Time 2000 had a more vintage-ambient sound (homage to Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, Ian Boddy, Steve Roach) then the usual Surface 10 pace, yet Surface 10 founder Dean De Benedictis formed an extremely sentimental attachment to it. To buy a copy, go to SpaceForMusic.com, To buy a copy, hear audio, and read more info, go to CDBaby.com, or The Shop Page of this site.
To find the debut Surface 10 CD (released in 1996, on Hypnotic/Cleopatra) go HERE
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SURFACE 10: SURFACE TENSIONS
On July 4th, 2006, SURFACE 10 released his experimental/ambient CD on DiN Records entitled Surface Tensions. This latest work by Surface 10 (aka Surface 10 Activity) is a 1997-to-2006 selection of Dean De Benedictis's slower-groove, experimental-ambient pieces, a few of which were created with the assistance of Eddie Loyola (aka Niture) and members of the Fateless Flows Collective. Traces of glitch and IDM can be found, but overall the music of "Surface Tensions" is meant as another chapter in the unspoken genre of the techno-tragic sound. Personal feelings and experiences yet again lurk within this newest of Surface 10's work, claiming nothing for itself, but rather seeking to share with its audience that which can rarely be shared from one person to another. To buy a copy, go to The Shop, or read more at DiN.org.uk.