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Alan Benjamin’s Music

DISCOGRAPHY

With Advent:

Advent Albums

  • 1997: Advent, Mellow Records (Italy)
  • 2006: Cantus Firmus, independent release (USA)
  • 2015: Silent Sentinel, independent release (USA)

Compilation Albums featuring Advent

  • 1997: Giant Tracks, independent release (USA) [Gentle Giant tribute, “BITB” featured]
  • 1997: Giant for a Life, Mellow Records (Italy) [Gentle Giant tribute, “Experience/For Nobody” featured]
  • 2000: The Best of the Whalers, Brøkkelfish (Germany) [Procol Harum tribute, “Robert’s Box” featured]
  • 2008: Dante’s Inferno: The Divine Comedy – Part I, Musea (France) [concept compilation]
  • 2012: MARPROG the FESTIVAL—A Work of Art, Marred Productions (USA) [live festival compilation]

Singles

  • 2018: “Canto XXVI (The Evil Counselors)”
  • 2022: “Pas de Quatre”

As Guest Instrumentalist:

  • 2012: The Good/Frost Project, On the Line, Snowman (USA), [lead electric guitars on “White Rabbit”]
  • 2018: Ellesmere, Ellesmere II – From Sea and Beyond, AMS (Italy) [all guitars on “Marine Extravaganza”]
  • 2020: eskalation, advances!, independent release (Germany) [Chapman Stick® on “autumn (prologue)”]
  • 2023: Mats Öberg, Visa fr​å​n Inner​ö​ra, McBuddha (Sweden) [sitar guitar on “N​ä​r solen g​å​r upp”]
  • 2024: Greco Bastián, With a Little Hell from MORE Friends, independent release (Mexico) [electric guitar on “Blacamán, the bad one”]

Solo Recordings:

Singles

  • 2023: “Better Days”

Demos

  • 1987: “The World Within” [demo, originally released on cassette]
  • 1989: “The Escape” [demo, submission for Guitar Player “Soundpage” competition]

Compilation Albums

  • 2005: To Barbara Perez With Love And Music, independent release (USA) [“The World Within” featured]
  • 2008: A Reflection, GORGG-o-Sonic (USA) [“We’re Not Home” featured]
  • 2011: Paint The Peel (Music inspired by and in tribute To Gentle Giant), GORGG-o-Sonic (USA) [“Oglethorpe’s Dream” featured]

With Amber:

  • 1979: Amber, unreleased (recorded at age 16) [demo EP, engineered by Les Paul, Jr.]

VIDEOS

With Advent:

Solo Music:

As Guest Instrumentalist:

With Mirthrandir:

Alan Benjamin: Music Professional

  • Great CD review in Guitar Player magazine Reviews
  • Thanks for the amazing pre-sale response (official album release on August 11th) News
  • Bass update: Tom Hyatt’s departure News
  • New album pre-sale launch on July 15th/official release a month from now! News
  • New Advent live video News
  • Video premiere of symphonic work by Evan News
  • New album fully mixed/pre-sale offer soon News
  • Saturday-only tickets for NJ Proghouse fest (featuring Advent) News

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