"Inside Your Head"
— Archival Release! —
McKechnie & de Benedictis
Re-Released 2017 (originally released on Cassette, 1983)
Streaming LINKS: YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Qobuz, Tidal
VIDEO for "Embryo" HERE
Languishing for years in the archives, this special musical moment is being reintroduced by
McKechnie & de Benedictis for your listening pleasure. Secure the headphones and drift away
or fire-up the living room speaker system, head out in your car for a long drive and turn it up…
or start painting a new picture. Enjoy! The music is spacey, ambient-chill, instrumental vintage
synthesizer music performed live to a 4-track reel-to-reel tape machine: think ‘Stranger Things’
TV soundtrack, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis and Tycho...
The entire collection of pieces comprising “Inside Your Head” were recorded by the duo mostly at
Doug McKechnie’s studio on Potrero Hill in San Francisco in 1983. In a series of sessions lasting
only a few days, inspired by their Rhodes Chroma capabilities like its arpeggiator, and Wernher’s
stunning visuals, Doug and Paul improvised the music in several live overdubs that resulted in a
dream-state assemblage of otherworldly musical landscapes.
The path to partnership can be instantaneous or a journey. In the case of McKechnie & de Benedictis,
it was a journey. From teacher and student to colleague and partner, developed over years in the studio
programming synths and experimenting with recording and mixing, and after getting Rhodes Chroma
synthesizers in 1982, (serial numbers 104 and 105). The duo starting making music and playing live
together, first as “New Logic”, then McKechnie & de Benedictis, and ultimately as partners in
“The San Francisco Synthesizer Ensemble.” Today, they re-release “Inside Your Head”
—a 60-minute work of extended live-to-tape synthesizer improvisations and compositions,
re-mastered for digital and available on streaming services including Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music,
Amazon, Qobuz, and more
Music Selections on "Inside Your Head"
1. "All Rising"
2. "Embryo"
3. "Heartbeat"
4. "Inside Your Head"
5. "To a Greater Place"
VIDEO for "Embryo":
When Paul and Doug began performing as the duo “New Logic” they collaborated with visionary and master photographer Wernher Krutein in a series of concerts called “The Electric Travelogue.” For the re-release of “Inside Your Head” the duo reconnected with Krutein to have him create visuals and direct a video for one of the musical selections, Embryo, available for viewing on YouTube HERE
Copyright 2017 All Right Reserved
All music compositions by
Paul James de Benedictis and Doug McKechnie
de Benedictis Music, BMI
Mastered by Michael Romanowski, Coast Mastering
PHOTO: Doug McKechnie and Paul de Benedictis performing live as "New Logic" with
visuals by Werner Krutein circa 1984 (Note Mac Plus with Opcode MIDIMac Sequencer)
PHOTO: Doug McKechnie (right) and Paul de Benedictis at Werner Krutein's studio circa 1983
PHOTO: Paul de Benedictis at Doug McKecnie's studio with Rhodes Chromas (Ser# 104, 105) circa 1982:
PHOTOS: "New Logic" performing live with the Apple II and Chroma sequencer software, circa 1983:
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