Ben Horton aka Benny Tones

My Audio Culture profile of Ben Horton aka Benny Tones is live now. Selected Works is a weekly (usually) newsletter by the Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa (Wellington, New Zealand) based freelance music journalist, broadcaster, copywriter and sometimes DJ Martyn Pepperell, aka Yours Truly. Most weeks, Selected Works consists of a recap of what I’ve been doing lately and some of what I’ve been listening to and reading, paired with film photographs I’ve taken + some bonuses. All of that said, sometimes it takes completely different forms. Over the last 17 years, Ben Horton, aka Benny Tones, has established himself as one of the best recording, mix and mastering engineers in New Zealand. Working from his Organik Muzik Workz studio in Wellington, he’s loaned his attentive ears to works from Electric Wire Hustle, Pacific Heights, Graeme James, Rob Ruha, Iva Lamkum and literally hundreds of other bands and solo artists. Alongside his studio practice, Horton has also worked as a live sound engineer, DJed outdoor raves and nightclubs, and recorded and produced his own well-regarded solo albums, Earth Tones and Chrysalis. Earlier in the year, I spent some time interviewing Horton for Audio Culture – The Noisy Library of New Zealand Music....