Donny Benét - Infinite Desires - LP Gatefold Coloured

The last few years of touring have been the thing that dreams are made of. The unexpected international reach of The Don and a chance invitation to Europe gave me my sink or swim moment in my musical career. I chose to swim with the dolphins and within a few years the world was my oyster! The complete worldwide shutdown during 2020 was far from ideal just as I'd announced the release of Mr Experience, but it enabled me to pause and have a think of how the next record would sound, and what challenges I would set myself in going about it. For me, incorporating live drums into my recordings was something I'd always wanted to do and this was the perfect moment to try it. I'd always played drums throughout my life, but this time time around I had to really woodshed to get to a standard I was happy to have recorded. I'm so glad I pushed through and placed them on the record - to me it adds so much space, air and sophistication to my music! An instrument I'd always admired and wanted to add to my collection was the classic Yamaha CP 70 electric grand piano. After a bit of wheeling and dealing I was able to to find a lovely example of this vintage instrument that was part of so many iconic 70s/80s pop recordings. It seemed appropriate and timely to add it to my amazing collection of vintage instruments at Donnyland Studios. It really stamps its signature of such songs as American Dream and the emotive and powerful Wait Until It Rains Tomorrow. Bass is always instrumental in my music and this time around I put any pretensions aside and utilized the slap bass technique. Influenced heavily by the contributions to several productions of Marcus Miller's and Leon Sylvers bass playing, I had no qualms in letting the bass dominate and dictate the moods of such songs Multiply and So Long. I feel that I've undergone personal and musical growth during the processes of Infinite Desires and it feels to be my most complete offering to date. I'm incredibly proud of this album and I hope it brings you the joy that I feel in presenting it to YOU!

Side A :
Multiply / American Dream / Forbidden Love / Hold On Tonight

Side B :
So Long / Consensual Loving / Go Now / Wait Until It Rains Tomorrow