{"id":31529,"date":"2019-06-17T12:15:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31529"},"modified":"2019-06-16T20:11:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T00:11:17","slug":"beshken-shares-debut-album-aisle-of-palm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31529","title":{"rendered":"Beshken shares debut album &#8216;Aisle of Palm&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Producer Ben\u00a0Shirken\u00a0aka\u00a0Beshken\u00a0has shared his debut album\u00a0&#8216;Aisle of Palm,&#8217; which is out now via his new record label\u00a029 Speedway<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>You can take a listen to the chilled out album via Soundcloud below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/803725239&amp;color=%23aaadad&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since sharing a handful of singles\u00a0since\u00a0January, including <em>Cursed <\/em>and <em>Passion<\/em>,\u00a0Beshken\u00a0has shared the stage with breakout bands like\u00a0Men I Trust\u00a0and\u00a0Crumb\u00a0along with electronic artists such as\u00a0Sporting Life\u00a0and\u00a0Macintosh Plus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A highly personal testament to\u00a0Beshken&#8217;s\u00a0chameleonic dance between genres,\u00a0&#8216;Aisle of Palm&#8217;\u00a0explores the point where acoustic recording and digital rendering meet. It is an effective lesson in how field recordings, synthesizers, and introspective lyrics can fuse into a musically complex, yet sonically accessible format.\u00a0Beshken\u00a0wrote the LP in late 2017 while living in Berlin, influenced by an existential chapter adapting to a foreign place and ruminating on sleepless nights. These periods of transition from place to place or wakefulness to sleep can be vulnerable and isolating&#8211;the first step in letting one\u0092s unconscious have agency.\u00a0Beshken\u00a0is content at this hypnagogic junction, seeing it as\u00a0fertile ground for meditation and new Beginnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beshken\u00a0explains, &#8220;<em>Aisle of Palm\u00a0explores the feelings of delirious happiness, vitality, and anxiety brought on by transitional states existing in both perceived reality and dream states. The songs are a product of his own unnerving experiences with sleep paralysis, and on the contrary, the exhilaration felt from many late nights fueled by\u00a0self exploration. Manic behavior can be brought on by lack of sleep while often thought loops pervade the mind and prevent one from sleeping. Some people who have restless sleep can feel like they are floating, falling, and separating from their bodies before slumber. Others claim that they hear strange noises, voices and music as well as weird mechanistic sounds like beeps and\u00a0boops\u00a0during these liminal states. What would these noises sound like if they were to be captured and recorded during these so-called hypnagogic states, and what feelings would they evoke? Aisle of Palm reckons with transitional states, not just between wakefulness and sleep,\u00a0but\u00a0between places and within the self. In these moments there exists beauty, levity, melancholy, and hysteria.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben&nbsp;Shirken&nbsp;(a.k.a.&nbsp;Beshken) grew up in Los Angeles, where artists like&nbsp;Shlohmo,&nbsp;Teebs, Flying Lotus and iconic evenings like The Low End Theory created a musical foundation to which he was drawn. In L.A.,&nbsp;Shirken&nbsp;was part of the group&nbsp;Partytime, remixing Corbin (Spooky Black) and Ryan&nbsp;Hemsworth. The duo performed with artists like&nbsp;Suicideyear, Karman, Girl Pool, and&nbsp;Groundislava&nbsp;at The Smell,&nbsp;Pehrspace, and other art spaces around the city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015,\u00a0Shirken\u00a0moved to New York and began performing in the city&#8217;s D.I.Y. scene, where his multi-instrumental and ever-evolving live shows brought him to hallowed venues like Palisades, Elsewhere, and the now-closed Cameo Gallery. While he shared bills with electronic musicians like\u00a0Macintosh Plus and XXYYXX,\u00a0Shirken\u00a0also played with bands like Men I Trust, Crumb, and recently toured with Gus\u00a0Dapperton.\u00a0Additionally, Ben established himself as a DJ in New York, spinning eclectic sets of house and techno at The Lot Radio, Good Room and NTS Radio.\u00a0&#8216;Aisle of Palm&#8217;\u00a0signifies an exciting stage in\u00a0Beshken&#8217;s\u00a0career that underscores his versatility as a producer and honesty as a songwriter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48057281497_e2b4d4bdc5_o.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;Aisle of Palm&#8217; track listing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Intro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Passion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Cursed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Grey Ghost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Focus On<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Know Your Name<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. 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Light of Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This\u00a0Summer,\u00a0Beshken\u00a0will be headlining\u00a0&#8216;Aisle of Palm&#8217;\u00a0album release parties in both New York and California.\u00a0Tickets for the tour can be purchased\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001_h14AsbBhg0dmJ5IGRuPfPmgGQwgsQLwrwxkK_0PdVC61-mNfJlwxR5twRFlQjiuAtona_rRIQmc1eCDL7OSbx7LSRRWfP_R8xtUHfSZho2XfuyMhGWMRRzApFAKvswrinHicsNQdFlzkyRs4Jv8AkW42tNMIWqTqWGRY000BpaqbdQNc69o6z2JS7zkwXfAN0NcEKshMZDiXKnRQEiVWA==&amp;c=CIXtLRAPw8E1dwH_8l6GO8OSTEaaLjzxPOv99ZvFf3-VhhEK6Uf3yg==&amp;ch=HBsPa2XvM3qFmAxRtd7lqQ5tYftzpnorepDrWl6zmDJyvX7cMbnVUg==\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Beshken&#8217;s\u00a0upcoming\u00a0&#8216;Aisle of Palm&#8217;<em>\u00a0<\/em>album release show date<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fri, July 12 &#8211; Los Angeles, CA &#8211; Moroccan Lounge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Producer Ben\u00a0Shirken\u00a0aka\u00a0Beshken\u00a0has shared his debut album\u00a0&#8216;Aisle of Palm,&#8217; which is out now via his new record label\u00a029 Speedway.\u00a0You can take a listen to the chilled <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31529\" title=\"Beshken shares debut album &#8216;Aisle of Palm&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: Beshken shares debut album 'Aisle of Palm'","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[13,28,30],"tags":[7963,7962,2777],"class_list":["post-31529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-music","category-new-release","tag-aisle-of-palm","tag-beshken","tag-stream"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/avatars-000443780838-caisuc-t500x500.jpg?fit=500%2C500","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8cx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30520,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30520","url_meta":{"origin":31529,"position":0},"title":"Beshken shares video for &#8216;Cursed&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"NYC-based \/ LA-born producer\u00a0Beshken\u00a0has shared the video for Cursed, the latest single from the artist and the first taste of his forthcoming debut album\u00a0'Aisle of Palm'.\u00a0Inspired by Maya\u00a0Deren's\u00a0'Meshes of the Afternoon', the music\u00a0video for Cursed explores the concept of living like\u00a0we're\u00a0dead due to an obsession with personal progress.\u00a0Can you live\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;electronic music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"electronic music","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=13"},"img":{"alt_text":"Beshken","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47118439402_66e0a3099c_o.jpg?fit=796%2C1200&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47118439402_66e0a3099c_o.jpg?fit=796%2C1200&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47118439402_66e0a3099c_o.jpg?fit=796%2C1200&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47118439402_66e0a3099c_o.jpg?fit=796%2C1200&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31998,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31998","url_meta":{"origin":31529,"position":1},"title":"Beshken shares &#8216;Aisle of Palm&#8217; remixes","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"September 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Back in June, producer Ben Shirken aka\u00a0Beshken\u00a0shared his debut album\u00a0'Aisle of Palm'\u00a0via his new electronic focused record label\u00a029 Speedway. 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