In 2017 an enigmatic artist known only to world as 1010 Benja SL debuted his delightfully perplexing single ‘Boofiness’. A year later he reemerged to release his second single, the wide-ranging song ‘Wind Up Space’. It was only explained at this time that 1010’s songs were to be received as “potent, simplistic statements” but it’s with his return today that he’ll release a larger body of work, his debut project: Two Houses.
Composed entirely of music created and sung by the midwestern born and raised artist 1010 Benja SL, Two Houses is a singular, introductory body of work that will allow the listener to finally get a glimpse into the pleromatic world of 1010 Benja SL.
To explain further, Two Houses is the mechanism with which the artist views the world; a means of capturing the space between opposite forces. The six songs on Two Houses comprise a raw and undressed snapshot into 1010 Benja SL’s dual nature, as he describes: “The Two Houses are the houses of contradiction; the left and right brain, the loving and fearing heart, the long and short end of the stick. The idea is that there is some relief to be found, some peace to be felt and shared, in those shifting moments when the margins blur and opposite ideas are able to (or are forced to) coexist.”
Welcome inside and enjoy your stay.
1010 Benja SL – ‘Ultimaybe’
