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(2004 – present)

Electric President is the second of Ben Cooper’s projects, this time with Alex Kane. The sound is a mix with folk, pop, electronic, with a sound that would be very much like if you threw The Postal Service, The Decemberists, The Flaming Lips, and George Orwell in a large blender.

The songs are characterized by nasalized voices, acoustic riffs, MD-four tracks, SM58, and some computers.

Once upon a time it was the jukebox that made pop music. Or vice versa. Indeed, the vinyl-seven inch is romantic, a sentimental medium. And if one of those two Electric-President-singles were put in a jukebox the girls (and the boys) would dance. The buttons would soon be wellworn. Is it because the songs are romantic? Partly. It’s because the songs touch the very foundations of pop music: the storm and stress, the inwardness and the nonchalance, and melodies, melodies, melodies.

The universe of 24-year-old Ben Cooper from Jacksonville Beach/Florida is an echo-chamber with all kinds of doors that are open to small indie within big pop. All that can also be listened to on the self-titled debut (mm 062) that was published recently.

You have the right to remain awesome, vol. 1 (relased in 2004) begins with the organic “good ol’ boys”, a carefully arranged juxtaposition of soundtracks and sound signals. A track that borrows its concentration on rhythm and its electronic oscillations from digital music. A track that matures to analogue vividness – at the latest with Ben Cooper’s repetitive singing.

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Alley-oop21 wrote:
15 hours ago

I don't think he wants to be a millionaire but we should at least get him to six figures.

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Joe_Root wrote:
17 hours ago

You people better support Ben - buy his records! .. it's all about respect, he is not a millionaire, really

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Gregreen wrote:
yesterday morning

Anyone need an Electric president/Radical Face/Patients album? I'll upload one or all in a jiffy.

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fugibo wrote:
Wednesday morning

George Orwell + The Postal Service :O

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MusicXray wrote:
Tuesday morning

Love your music looking forward to hearing more of it!:)

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rosi_aka_baum wrote:
last week

please come to germany :)

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Bananasaur wrote:
12 days ago

I'm so excited for new music!

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Marthe-Ma wrote:
16 days ago

Great description of the band at their new record label: http://fakefourinc.com/author/Electric-President/

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dan__abnormal wrote:
24 days ago

love you guys!

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lukaseatscereal wrote:
last month

Great stuff, yeah? Yeah.

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discolaluv wrote:
last month

This is perfection as well

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Alley-oop21 wrote:
last month

100k listeners!

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AlexTheRedeemer wrote:
September 2009

Thanks, guess I'll have to read along next time I listen to this album.

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Alley-oop21 wrote:
September 2009

A dystopian future is very much a theme in S/T

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AlexTheRedeemer wrote:
September 2009

What exactly makes George Orwell a part of his music? I am listening to S/T and, although not really listening to the lyrics specifically, I don't see it. Is it in his lyrics?

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Zeldeiro wrote:
September 2009

@Alley-oop21 Yes, it is. So, so, right...? "Somewhere between a collection and a new record. Or I guess it's a new record built from a collection. Album 2.5 for us, instead of number 3. Though I'm not sure there will be a number 3." Well, Ben doesn't look very happy with the album, in my opinion, what do you think? - http://www.radicalface.com/

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Anira_Sugar wrote:
September 2009

perfect

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Alley-oop21 wrote:
September 2009

Apparently the b-sides are done. Source(last paragraph) http://vitamincircus.blogspot.com/2009/09/life-finds-way.html

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ruthlessodyssey wrote:
September 2009

great songs!

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Marthe-Ma wrote:
September 2009

Athrailcatarasis: we tried to work out the lyrics in this thread: http://www.last.fm/group/Ben+Cooper/forum/83497/_/412844 But it was a little difficult as his words get quite muffled sometimes.

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