{"id":30520,"date":"2019-03-04T12:15:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T17:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30520"},"modified":"2019-05-30T17:42:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T21:42:07","slug":"beshken-shares-video-for-cursed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30520","title":{"rendered":"Beshken shares video for &#8216;Cursed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NYC-based \/ LA-born producer<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Beshken&nbsp;has shared the video for <em>Cursed<\/em>, the latest single from the artist and the first taste of his forthcoming debut album&nbsp;&#8216;Aisle of Palm&#8217;.&nbsp;Inspired by Maya&nbsp;Deren&#8217;s&nbsp;&#8216;Meshes of the Afternoon&#8217;, the music&nbsp;video for <em>Cursed<\/em> explores the concept of living like&nbsp;we&#8217;re&nbsp;dead due to an obsession with personal progress.&nbsp;Can you live in the moment when dreaming about the future? Watch the video via YouTube below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xsAT5CWH0e4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by Nina&nbsp;Gofur, the Cursed music video depicts a character journeying through a surrealist&nbsp;landscape on the hunt for an ominous cloaked figure, representing the ways in which we live like we are dead and lust after desire. The mirror-faced figure is revealed to be the reflection of a reality that consists solely of true thoughts and desires, one where cyclical thought loops and baseless fears of death are compromised. Anxiety and dread emanate from the film site, the&nbsp;nearly-abandoned&nbsp;former Bombay Beach resort on California&#8217;s Salton Sea. Its &#8220;beaches&#8221;&#8211;a mixture of gaseous mud and bones of swept-up fish, are the remnants of a once prosperous vacation spot for Hollywood actors and executives in the 1950s and 60s. Taking&nbsp;light of anxiety\u0092s irrationality and finding comfort in one\u0092s own fragility are central to&nbsp;Beshken&#8217;s&nbsp;latest self-release,&nbsp;&#8216;Aisle of Palm&#8217;. The record&#8217;s title is named after a street on Bombay Beach&#8217;s eastern flank<em>.<\/em><\/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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015,&nbsp;Shirken&nbsp;moved 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&nbsp;Macintosh Plus and XXYYXX,&nbsp;Shirken&nbsp;also played with bands like Men I Trust, Crumb, and recently toured with Gus&nbsp;Dapperton.&nbsp;Additionally, 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.&nbsp;&#8216;Aisle of Palm&#8217;&nbsp;signifies an exciting stage in&nbsp;Beshken\u0092s&nbsp;career that underscores his versatility as a&nbsp;producer&nbsp;and honesty as a songwriter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NYC-based \/ LA-born producer&nbsp;Beshken&nbsp;has shared the video for Cursed, the latest single from the artist and the first taste of his forthcoming debut album&nbsp;&#8216;Aisle of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30520\" title=\"Beshken shares video for &#8216;Cursed&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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 video for 'Cursed'","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,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,28,29,30],"tags":[7963,7962,7961],"class_list":["post-30520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","tag-aisle-of-palm","tag-beshken","tag-cursed"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47118439402_66e0a3099c_o.jpg?fit=1061%2C1600&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7Wg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31529,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31529","url_meta":{"origin":30520,"position":0},"title":"Beshken shares debut album &#8216;Aisle of Palm&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"June 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Producer Ben\u00a0Shirken\u00a0aka\u00a0Beshken\u00a0has shared his debut album\u00a0'Aisle of Palm,' which is out now via his new record label\u00a029 Speedway.\u00a0You can take a listen to the chilled out album via Soundcloud below. 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