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Foovius Bar is the alter ego of musician-writer D.S. Benson (dsbenson.com). His work spans multiple genres, including
progressive-tinged electronica, folk, pop rock, alt-country and humor. Although this makes his work rather hard to pindown,
most of his music has a playful, homemade quality despite the frequent involvement of computers. His lyrics arefrequently
satirical and take on "unreliable narrator" personas similar to the work of Randy Newman.
One of his albums, The Fooviron Assembly, is all instrumental electronica, with a retro ...read more
Foovius Bar is the alter ego of musician-writer D.S. Benson (dsbenson.com). His work spans multiple genres, including
progressive-tinged electronica, folk, pop rock, alt-country and humor. Although this makes his work rather hard to pindown,
most of his music has a playful, homemade quality despite the frequent involvement of computers. His lyrics arefrequently
satirical and take on "unreliable narrator" personas similar to the work of Randy Newman.
One of his albums, The Fooviron Assembly, is all instrumental electronica, with a retro pop sampled sound mixed with afew
electroacoustic instruments (acoustic treated guitars, rock guitars). Another, Neon Bus God, is a mixture of pop songs,often
satirical, that spans alt-rock, odd pop, folk and even mocking takes on crossover country and bluegrass.
Back in college he released a sketch comedy album on LP (a form which has since made a small comeback—the LP that is,
not sketch comedy): The Secret Files, by Master Martian Broadcast Company. Inspired by Monty Python, The Firesign
Theatre, and old-time radio mysteries, the album has been called “really fun,” “great, daddy” and “sophomoric.”
Benson has also recorded and assembled audio travelogues documenting years of travel around the world: sounds, music,
interviews and stories that have a timeless quality often lost with video.
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