As I was telling you on my previous post, I'm busy as ever this week finishing the last touches of the new music video coming this week and the return of live broadcasts next Saturday.
So since I don't have time today to prepare the usual post, I thought that I'd post earlier the conclusion to this "thighty whitey" series, with a special wink to Zach (I'm already working on your idea, but I thought you'...
2020-09-01 21:23:26 +0000 UTC
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September has arrived, and there’s plenty of things coming up! Here's a heads up while I prepare my next big post.
After four months of work I’ve finally finished the music video for “All Systems Go”. It includes more than 130 special effects shots and animated sequences of the concept art created for the album and listening companion book. And it was completely shot and edited at home. I’m currently processing the master video through some cool postproduction...
2020-09-01 14:13:28 +0000 UTC
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I've been wondering if I should post this for a while now, but damn, it's naughty weekends so here you go :)
We were exploring ideas and looks for the next videos and did this set, but discarded it when "Man On Man" released their video. Also, I got bigger than ever because of the lockdown and this ones show it more than others! I've been on a diet for two weeks now so I can fit on my suits for the Sept 12th concert on CDMX and do some pending photos :P
Part two coming soon, hope ...
2020-08-30 16:57:26 +0000 UTC
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And here they are, the last 5 pictures of this set!
Pics were taken by Martin Cortes the first week of July at the same private pool we shot Beautiful Nothing on one of our very few times we got out from home since March.
I'll keep the naughty weekend tradition with another post shortly :) Hope you have a great weekend!! <3
2020-08-29 17:02:34 +0000 UTC
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August is coming to an end and I didn't want you to miss the last pictures of the photoshoot we did on July. Here are five more, and tomorrow I'll share with you the last 5 remaining (I have to edit them, that's why I'm not posting them together).
Pics were taken by Martin Cortes the first week of July at the same private pool we shot Beautiful Nothing on one of our very few times we got out from home since March.
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2020-08-28 17:57:15 +0000 UTC
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I’m really grateful for having you all here, and today, getting to know you better, it’s really a special day for me. Thank you so much for your generosity, you're leaving me speechless <3
Now guys, let me introduce you to Eleazar, he’s a beautiful man living in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, he is 24 years old and his birthday is on January 12th.
He’s currently studying audiovisual production and working as a quality monitor for a company. Before studying his current car...
2020-08-28 01:54:43 +0000 UTC
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Hello guys, meet Pablo Pizarro, he’s a sexy cub living in Coronel, 8th region of Chile.
He is 20 years old, although in his own words, has lived a lot in his time. His birthday is on March 26th, and he was born on 2000.
He works as a security guard, although his dream was to become a doctor, but couldn’t make it. He is currently single, had a partner that left him and he still doesn’t know why (neither do I, he’s adorable!)
You can follow him on 2020-08-28 01:32:25 +0000 UTC
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Hey there, let me introduce you to Edward Gately, he is 58 y.o. his birthday is November 28th and lives in Mesa, Arizona.
Edward works as a technology journalist and is currently single.
You can follow him on Twitter
He’s a really nice gentleman, don’t miss this chance to meet him. In his own words:
I'm hanging in there and looking forward to getting out once the pandemic is over. I ...
2020-08-28 01:11:26 +0000 UTC
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Hello guys, let me inaugurate this new section by introducing you to Steve Bennett aka '"Father Christmas" & Daniel Pierce aka "Santa Claus"
I met them on the first week I did live broadcasts on Youtube, on March 2020. It was during the “Paranormal Bears” special that Steve shared his beautiful story with us and a picture. Daniel (Moonbear on Youtube) was there and a spark ignited between the two of them.
In their own words:
MoonBEAR and I would have NEVER been a...
2020-08-28 00:50:36 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! hope you're having a great week. Today's pics is a series that (except for one miniature) didn't make it to the "All Systems Go" Listening Companion book. And I also have a proposal for you ;-)
Pics were taken on June 23th 2018 by Martin Cortes. I was part of an electronic music collective in Barcelona in the early nineties (Barzelona Elektronica) and they asked me for a pic for a 25th anniversary fanzine and 2020-08-27 15:46:59 +0000 UTC
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This was the version of Magic that almost made it into the album, it even has a guitar solo!
But it didn't work for me. When the time came to hear the complete album it felt slow and quite autumnal, and I needed sun and a more cheerful feeling for it, that's why on the eleventh hour I dropped this arrangement and did the one you now know from the album. I may use some of this elements on a future remix, but for now it will be only here, for your listening pleasure.
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2020-08-25 22:26:52 +0000 UTC
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My dear friend Jim Hookins did this artwork inspired by my posts on Instagram and Twitter, a pic only you have seen in full her...
2020-08-24 17:45:41 +0000 UTC
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This is the full resolution version of the pic I posted last Friday for #tgif + some extra pics from that same photoshoot :)
Photos were taken by Martin Cortes on 2016 on the same day right after we got the pics for the cover of the "Changes" single. I needed some new pics for my professional profiles and as it usually happens, once we got them I began to act silly, and this happened :P
I did the first one's edit this week for the Friday posts. Here you can see what usually happen...
2020-08-23 18:31:18 +0000 UTC
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Here's you'll find today's uncropped full res version of the pic I shared on Twitter and Instagram + some more pics from that day as promised two weeks ago :)
Today's motto is chill out, and here's the playlist I curated for you: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0MkswmAJhWwU0dZmW7o2CG
Pics were taken in Madrid (Spain) in August 2013 by my friend Miguel Angel on the same da...
2020-08-23 17:20:32 +0000 UTC
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This is the second part of the first photo shoot Martin Cortes and I did together, it was the first week of October 2014.
Once we had the images we needed I started goofing around as I always do and this is the end of that shoot. I was less heavy than now, that's for sure, but as clown as ever :P
I think only one of the first ones was at some point posted, but the rest is totally exclusive, you're the first to see them, have a great weekend!
2020-08-22 20:03:15 +0000 UTC
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This is one of those times when I like the demo much more than the released version. I did this new arrangement of "Tell Me Why" for the showcase party of my first album "Songs For A Better Future" in CDMX, and it's very close to the version I finally sang on October 14th of 2017 (that one was slightly shorter).
The pictures above and below are from that night....
2020-08-20 21:06:10 +0000 UTC
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This was the first time I met Jose Spinnin in person, it was the first week of October 2014 in Madrid and we took lots of pictures, this is a selection from that first photoshoot, all edited by him except for the first, which I edited and posted today as a #throwbackthursday on my social media profiles.
Some of this pics were included on the first Listening Companion photo book for "Songs For...
2020-08-20 18:16:21 +0000 UTC
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I did this special mashup of my "I'll Be Good" & "My Forbidden Lover" by Chic on 2017 for the presentation showcase of my first album "Songs For A Better Future". Jose Spinnin did the scratching on it (he won turntableism awards when he was younger), and I had fun making the two songs work together. We were planning the release of a special vinyl version of the album and this was one of the special mixes to be included in it.
Only I wasn't able to clear the sample on it, a little bi...
2020-08-17 18:28:01 +0000 UTC
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Here's the long delayed second part of the "Threesome" pic, sorry it took me so long to decide myself and post it, but as you can see, although funny, it's a little bit nastier than usual LOL ...hope it's not too much!
As I told you on that first post, the pics are part of a series shot by Martin Cortes for a Bears In Excess special (that I'll share with you without branding soon, this time f...
2020-08-16 17:47:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys, hope you're having a great Sunday. Here's the unrated and full res pic of today's #sundayvibes post on my social media profiles, hope you like it :D
And here's the updated Summer Vibes playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/45QCboMvX07hAiJYFJVw0F
The pic is part of the "At the pool" series photoshoot. There are just a few left from that one, I'll share t...
2020-08-16 17:20:20 +0000 UTC
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Here's a selection of pics form the 1st part of my first photoshoot with Martin Cortes in 2015. As I told you on the "Somebody Video Pics" posts, this photoshoot was done looking for a visual start point for my then newly decided project as an artist. It was April and this was part of the reason form my trip to Mexico. We also recorded the first vocals for the project and wrote "2 Become 1" together.
We took almost 300 pics and these are from the first ...
2020-08-15 18:33:21 +0000 UTC
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Hello guys! Hope you're having a nice week. Here are this week's social media artworks in full resolution and in two exclusive wallpaper versions for your desktop computer or laptop.
In order:
- Robot Fantasy: did this one for my Youtube channel and also shared a smaller version here and there on my social media profiles. Numbers 5 & 6 are Patreon exclusive PC and Mac desktop wallpaper versions....
2020-08-14 16:19:22 +0000 UTC
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Here you have a enhanced version of the mega mix I did for my showcase at Bear World Magazine's second Digital Bear Weekend. You can see the video on my Youtube channel here: https://youtu.be/wnQ0ILUMU0c
It includes special edits of the songs "Living On My Own", "Rainbow" & "All Systems Go" and scratches by Jose Spinnin Cortes. This version has some extra percussion overdubs here and th...
2020-08-12 15:58:47 +0000 UTC
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I really tried to finish this song for "Songs For A Better Future", but I couldn't get past the chorus line. The instrumental (this and a previous longer one) was so powerful it didn't let me move on and figure out the verses or the structure for the song. My goal was to channel George Michael, do something with that flavor in mind.
I worked on it during a week on August 2016 and forgot about it until the 23rd of November 2019 when I suddenly wrote the verses melody lines. The next week...
2020-08-11 15:53:57 +0000 UTC
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Here's todays full res #sundayvibes pic set. You'll find the pic I used in both formats (censored square and full size), the one that was almost selected plus three extra pics from that same photo shoot. And here's the spotify playlist I created for them: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/45QCboMvX07hAiJYFJVw0F
Pics were taken in Madrid (Spain) in August 2013 by my friend Miguel Angel....
2020-08-09 18:22:06 +0000 UTC
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Here's the unrated pics used in the music video for "Somebody". You can only catch some glimpses of them on the video for obvious reasons but they have some history :)
They were taken during the first photoshoot Martin Cortes and I did looking for my identity image as Benjamin Koll on April 2015, as I began to tell you on this post
My ...
2020-08-07 19:01:41 +0000 UTC
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Here are most of the pics you can see on the music video for "Somebody". They were taken during the first photoshoot Martin Cortes and I did looking for my identity image as Benjamin Koll on April 2015, as I began to tell you on this post.
I'll be sharing more from that photoshoot on the coming days. This belongs to the last part of th...
2020-08-07 16:41:54 +0000 UTC
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I did this special remix for BeefDip 2019 and boy, did it work on the dance floor... it was amazing, two guys came crying to the Dj booth to dance it with me and all... what a intense night.
It's a remix done with the utmost respect and admiration for the original song. I don't know if I could have had this restrain 20 years ago when I was remixing as Pumpin' Dolls. I sometimes think I should remake my remix of Christopher Cross' "Ride Like The Wind" in this fashion. Although that one e...
2020-08-04 17:27:26 +0000 UTC
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Here's another of the mashups I made for my Dj Sets. This one merges Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" with "Le Freak" by Chic. Now you're the first to listen to this special mashup as a separate song.
This mashup is actually a improved version of something I started doing live on vinyl by the year 1987. Back then it sounded like sorcery for some of my audiences, but it was always a great moment in the night. I wanted to bring this back to my "Disco Infurno" nights at BeefDip, ...
2020-08-03 17:14:12 +0000 UTC
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Same as with my previous photo post "Magic (Complete Set)", if you have the Listening Companion book for "All Systems Go" you already know two of this pictures, well, part of them...
Now you can see for the first time the four pictures considered for the book, un cropped and as they were taken in December 2019, smoke and all :)
Pics were taken by Martin Cortes and I decided to finally crop them for the ...
2020-08-02 15:39:07 +0000 UTC
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