Benzos
BENZOS BIOGRAPHY
Benzos is the brainchild of four virtuoso musicians hailing from very different musical backgrounds, who were drawn together in their shared quest to create a unique, genre-bending musical soundscape, blending the ambience and rhythm of early underground dance and experimental electronic music with lush rock-based guitars and soaring vocals. The initial creative impetus for this four-piece, New York-based outfit was born in early 2003, in the minds of longtime pals Christian Celaya (vox, guitar, synths) and Brian Joyce (vox, guitar, programming), together with erstwhile Benzos member Mike Ortega. The trio then recruited Celaya’s former music conservatory colleagues Steve Bryant (drums, synths, samples/beatmaking) and Eiko Peck (bass, samples/beatmaking) to execute their ambitious musical vision. Together, the members of Benzos create a sound that is at once sinuously cerebral and transcendently emotional
