We cordially invite you to bear witness to the eighth wonder of the internet - Benjamin Akira Tallamy's official website. At last, nomadic web-wanderers may feast upon the splendorous bounty of delights that lurks within these very pages.
Benjamin Akira Tallamy (Born April 6th 1984) is a British writer and musician.
Growing up in the sleepy county of Devon, Ben left school at fifteen, notoriously truant throughout much of his education. Exposed at a young age to an abundance of music and literature, Ben was primarily self-educated – encouraged by his loving parents and grandmother to pursue writing.
His first major works were screenplays, but in 2006 Ben completed his first set of novels – The Cold Highways trilogy.
Shortly after their completion, Ben began to focus on his music again – appearing as a founding member of groups such as; The mutineers, The pyrates and Catherine and the owl.
In 2008 Catherine and the owl released a debut EP ‘I’, which was well-received by local press. This was followed up in 2010 with a second EP ‘By your hand I am spared’ – for which Ben also produced the artwork.
His debut solo album ‘The melody of distaste’ was released in 2011, following a humorous Christmas single ‘Christmas is a sham – elegy for Aled Jones.’ Ben played over nine different instruments on the album, multi-tracking them in live overdubs.
He is currently nearing completion of a second novel, as well as over-seeing the post-production of a feature length comedy, which he co-wrote with his childhood friend Tom Hutchings. Shields of justice will be released later this year.
So without further ado, we invite you to peruse these pages at your leisure. It is our hope that perhaps you will find some entertainment within.
Be it tall-tale or soulful ballad - we pray that in part it will make these few moments, more easy in their passing.
Upcoming gigs:
You can also follow Ben on the usual dirge of unimaginative social networking sites, such as:
Let it be done... ---Ramblings and incoherences in the form of Ben's blog.
Get tweeted - short bursts of gibberish, straight to your screen!
Facebook - if enough people join, Ben promises to actually update the page!
Watch music videos, gigs or less interesting stuff here!
Click here for pictures of Ben in various guises, though always with his own face.
Hear demos ond unreleased tracks on Soundcloud
Follow him on ReverbNation
And of course, myspace. Complete with a massive banner.
