City Rain is the moniker of Charles Benjamin Runyan (Ben). From the streets of
Philadelphia, City Rain combines beard-scratching IDM with the fun and quirkiness of
dance-floor minimal and even a little bit of guitar. Aside from writing music, Ben is
involved with various side projects scoring music for websites, fashion videos and other
odds and ends. City Rain has appeared on Boltfish recordings, Outputnoise, Unfound
Sound, and Trance4M8 record labels, and though young, is no newcomer to the
indie-electronic music scenes.
Philadelphia, City Rain combines beard-scratching IDM with the fun and quirkiness of
dance-floor minimal and even a little bit of guitar. Aside from writing music, Ben is
involved with various side projects scoring music for websites, fashion videos and other
odds and ends. City Rain has appeared on Boltfish recordings, Outputnoise, Unfound
Sound, and Trance4M8 record labels, and though young, is no newcomer to the
indie-electronic music scenes.
Location - Philadelphia, PA USA
City Rain is Ben Runyan
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A young and seasoned veteran to IDM and minimal music,
and the Philadelphia indie-electronic music scene, City Rain
releases his best and varied album to date. From the brilliant
mind of Ben Runyan comes 11 new tracks with both
electronic and acoustic elements. Perfect live guitar lines
compliment the programming of hard hitting kicks and bass
grooves, snares, and claps that make this music a great blend
that will appeal to those that like their electronic music full of
melody and feeling just as much as those whose feet are
lifted off the dance floor moments before the high pass filter
drops the bass that punches them square between the ears.
and the Philadelphia indie-electronic music scene, City Rain
releases his best and varied album to date. From the brilliant
mind of Ben Runyan comes 11 new tracks with both
electronic and acoustic elements. Perfect live guitar lines
compliment the programming of hard hitting kicks and bass
grooves, snares, and claps that make this music a great blend
that will appeal to those that like their electronic music full of
melody and feeling just as much as those whose feet are
lifted off the dance floor moments before the high pass filter
drops the bass that punches them square between the ears.
eel_009 City Rain - "This I Will Remember" - 04/07/2009
eel_013 Outputmessage / City Rain - "I Remember EP" - 08/02/2009
This EP is a remix from the title track of City Rain's "This I
Will remember Part 1". What began as a cool idea
expanded into something way more than anyone
expected. Ben (City Rain) and Bernard (Outputmessage)
decided to each remix one of each other's tracks.
Outputmessage, mashed up "I remember" and added
some very cool vocals to the song making it even more
astonishing than it was previously. As if that couldn't be
topped, Aligning Minds took over and remixed the remix,
and Phasen added a way cool rainy day remix of the
original track. 4 awesome versions in this little EP.
Will remember Part 1". What began as a cool idea
expanded into something way more than anyone
expected. Ben (City Rain) and Bernard (Outputmessage)
decided to each remix one of each other's tracks.
Outputmessage, mashed up "I remember" and added
some very cool vocals to the song making it even more
astonishing than it was previously. As if that couldn't be
topped, Aligning Minds took over and remixed the remix,
and Phasen added a way cool rainy day remix of the
original track. 4 awesome versions in this little EP.
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