Stuff: Cooking Vinyl Music sign Benbo’s debut album

Jan 2, 2010:

The Prawn’s indie-pop alter ego, Benbo, has an album on the way.

After one single (‘Black Hole’), one huge Black Hole-themed club night, and a bit of back-and-forth between interested parties, Tris has signed a worldwide publishing deal for the album with Paul Kinder at Cooking Vinyl Music.

Paul launched The Lightning Seeds on his own label before moving to Virgin Records and eventually becoming Director of A&R.  He’s worked with tons of great artists and bands including Scott Walker, the Spice Girls, Daft Punk and the Chemical Brothers.

In 1998 he moved into publishing with Chrysalis, running European operations and continuing to sign writers in the UK including Rod Temperton, Roots Manuva and The Dears.

He joined Cooking Vinyl in late 2008 to take over and expand one of the few remaining truly independent music publishers.

It’s A Long Road… And I Need Someone To Hold My Hand, happily therefore still completely independent, will be ready as soon as Tris has pulled his finger out (hopefully later this year then!).

Here are some Benbo tracks: