66notes expresses his daily struggle with racism and responds to Jesse William’s inspiring speech at the 2016 BET Awards.
Lush, classic boombap music by BenOaks.
66notes and Benjamin Oaks (The Numinous) have been making music together for over 10 years now- even though they have never met in person. They are both members of the international music & arts collective Bones Culture.
the prettiest song about racism feat. 66notes x BenOaks
It’s time to celebrate Spring, St. Patty’s Day & the drop of party anthem “Unfaded” featuring Delaware’s lyrical champ W.O.N.E. @thatwoneguy on an electro banger by BenOaks @benjaminoaks fka V1TAL of SweetBeats
celebrate w electro banger “Unfaded” feat. W.O.N.E. x BenOaks fka V1TAL
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Rad music blog Death or Desire gave a truly incredible review of “Summer’s Day” – a spoken word + jazz collaboration between our cofounder & creative director BenOaks & new lyrical artist LEE MORR.
BenOaks remembers “We met about 5 years ago when I was still partying & doing drugs. He protected a woman who he didn’t even know. I always remembered that. We ran into each other a few times since then. He always asked if I was making new beats. I took a few years off while I got sober. So when we ran into each other at a spoken word / poetry event last summer hosted by an artist who is a mutual friend, it renewed our friendship. We have been hanging out a lot since then at my studio I share with two other incredible artists. One a fine artist. Painter / print maker / carpenter Darren Jordan. Another a fashion designer- Bird aka BirdUpProductions. We have been doing shows all together this Winter. Our 3rd event all together is this Saturday in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where we all live.”
some amazing new triphop collaborations btwn BenOaks & 66notes Rachael Green Sings Circumstantial Saint @the_Griot_Giant @androideddie @kalamitye @realpinkeyes Sir Dominique Jordan Sean Hogan W.O.N.E. Adam Kissinger Alexandria Lee Wise Todd B Stevens JW Nielsen Gentle Jones Ren Thomas Official Jefferson Ambrose Music got SO MANY more for this year! follow BenOaks to stay tuned! 😘
BenOaks is almost done mixing his upcoming BEAT TAPE called ‘Hieronymus’. Named after his first favorite artist.
“My mom would sometimes have to drop us off at the library as kids. She was a single mother living in a new state. She didnt have many friends yet. So she would drop me and my little sister off at the library when i was like 10, 11. I devoured those books. I developed a life long live of learning.”
“The first book I can remember being obsessed with was this book about art. I am a huge fan of Escher, Rembrandt, Pollock, Duchamp, Basquiat, Warhol, Goya, Mondrain, all the moderns. But the first art work that I was really drawn to was The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch. We have a piece of that in our restroom.”
‘Hieronymus’ is now available ONLY on Bandcamp until it hits all the streaming sites on 1/1/23
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