Colin Benders

{{Short description|Dutch techno artist}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Colin Benders | image = Kytemanlive.jpg | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = Kyteman's Hip-Hop Orchestra performing live in 2009 | birth_name = Colin Benders | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = Kyteman | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|12|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Utrecht, Netherlands | origin = | death_date =  | death_place = | genre = techno, electro, hip-hop, jazz | occupation = conductor, live electronic performer | instrument = Modular synthesizer, trumpet, bugle, piano | years_active =  | label = | associated_acts = The Kyteman Orchestra, Kyteman's Hiphop Orchestra | website =  }}

'''Colin Benders''' (born 5 December 1986) is a Dutch musician, best known for his techno music and as a founding member of '''The Kyteman Orchestra'''.

== Childhood ==

Benders grew up in Sterrenwijk, Utrecht. Primary school was not easy for Colin due to various diagnoses such as ADHD.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://proadhd.nl/bekende-adhd-volwassenen/kyteman-een-inspirerende-adhder-videos/ |title=Kyteman: Een inspirerende ADHD'er « Pro ADHD |access-date=2012-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202173500/http://proadhd.nl/bekende-adhd-volwassenen/kyteman-een-inspirerende-adhder-videos/ |archive-date=2012-02-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At eight years old, he switched school to the Kathedrale Koorschool Utrecht. There he got the chance to develop his musical talents. Benders was the precentor of the choir for a long time, but he quit singing at the age of fifteen.

After primary school, Colin went to the Secondary school for Young Talents, linked to the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. He specialized as a trumpet player. The Royal Conservatory directly granted him special permission to attend their school, but he dropped out after two years.

==Career== thumb|230px|The Kyteman Orchestra, 2013 At the age of eighteen, Colin moved to another part of Utrecht. He spent three years writing and recording his debut album ''The Hermit Sessions'' which completed in 2009. Afterward, he toured through Europe with his ''Kyteman's Hiphop Orchestra''.

Since then, he played and toured with {{illm|Relax (band)|lt=Relax|nl|Relax (band)}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kimvanarendonk.nl/content/Kyteman.pdf |title=Muziek is mijn moedertaal |date=2015-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726004516/http://www.kimvanarendonk.nl/content/Kyteman.pdf |archive-date=26 Jul 2015}} </ref> Krezip,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nlpop.blog.nl/festivals/2009/05/31/pinkpop-2009-gaat-tweede-dag-in-met-de-staat-kyteman-en-krezip |title=Pinkpop 2009 gaat tweede dag in met De Staat, Kyteman en Krezip |website=NLpop |date=31 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212054018/https://nlpop.blog.nl/festivals/2009/05/31/pinkpop-2009-gaat-tweede-dag-in-met-de-staat-kyteman-en-krezip |archive-date=12 Dec 2024}}</ref> Voicst,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://3voor12.vpro.nl/nieuws/2010/januari/kyteman-en-leden-van-voicst-soulwax-calexico-op-nieuwe-album-about.html |title=Kyteman en leden van Voicst, Soulwax, Calexico op nieuwe album About |work=3voor12 |date=28 January 2010 |access-date=7 May 2012 |archive-date=17 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017201300/http://3voor12.vpro.nl/nieuws/2010/januari/kyteman-en-leden-van-voicst-soulwax-calexico-op-nieuwe-album-about.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Wouter Hamel<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cultuurpodium.nl/entry/919 |title=Ijazz dit weekend met WAYNE HEDERSON, KYTEMAN, OLETA ADAMS, WOUTER HAMEL - Cultuurpodium.nl de enige echte! |work=cultuurpodium.nl |access-date=2012-05-07 |archive-date=2015-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005113231/http://www.cultuurpodium.nl/entry/919 |url-status=live}}</ref> and C-mon & Kypski<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nu.nl/muzieknieuws/2067321/dubbelconcert-kyteman-en-c-mon--kypski-in-amsterdam.html |title=Dubbelconcert Kyteman en C-Mon & Kypski in Amsterdam |work=NU |date=24 August 2009 |access-date=7 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024354/http://www.nu.nl/muzieknieuws/2067321/dubbelconcert-kyteman-en-c-mon--kypski-in-amsterdam.html |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> In October 2010, he played two songs with Sting, ''Desert Rose'' and ''All Would Envy''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.3fm.nl/nieuws/detail/347264/Kyteman-speelt-op-Symphonica-in-Rosso-met-Sting- |title=Kyteman speelt op Symphonica in Rosso met Sting |work=NPO 3FM Serious Radio |access-date=2012-05-07 |archive-date=2010-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923134331/http://www.3fm.nl/nieuws/detail/347264/Kyteman-speelt-op-Symphonica-in-Rosso-met-Sting- |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Techno=== [[File:Colin_Benders_installatie_in_het_Concertgebouw.jpg|thumb|Colin Benders' modular synthesizer in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam]]

According to his own statements, around 2012 he gradually reduced his involvement with The Kyteman Orchestra in favor of his discovery of electronic instruments.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhld7yvwgIo |title=Colin Benders: Modular Mayhem, TNW Conference 2017 |website=YouTube |date=1 Jun 2017 |access-date=9 Jan 2025 |language=English |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320225144/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhld7yvwgIo |archive-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> When the Kyteman Orchestra disbanded, Benders changed course and became an electro and techno artist.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/overzicht/2023/januari/Colin-Benders-interview.html |title=Colin Benders' Etmaal: de magie van een feest zonder eind |date=25 Jan 2023 |access-date=9 Jan 2025 |publisher=3voor12 |language=nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521190228/https://3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/overzicht/2023/januari/Colin-Benders-interview.html |archive-date=21 May 2024}}</ref> Since then he published online sessions. During the COVID-19 lockdowns he occasionally did daily live streams in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Colin Benders |date=18 October 2020 |title=Sugar Rush!!, Colin Benders, Techno jam, Best Of Modular Lockdown S1 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpj7HpTkVus |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241015031358/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpj7HpTkVus |archive-date=15 Oct 2024 |access-date=9 Jan 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref> Benders uses a modular synthesizer to make live techno music.

==Albums==

=== Hermit Sessions === [[File:Kytopia.jpg|right|thumb|Kyteman's studio on the Utrechtse Vecht.]] ''The Hermit Sessions'' was released in 2009 and the music was described as a mix of hip-hop and jazz laced with tender melodies and raw beats. The album was a great success in the Netherlands; It has reached the top five of the ''Dutch Album Charts'', sold over 75,000 copies, and has kept a position in the charts for more than two years. With this album, they won all the major music prizes in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edisons.nl/jazz/artiest/kyteman |title=Kyteman|work=edisons.nl |access-date=2012-05-07 |archive-date=2010-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225013414/http://www.edisons.nl/jazz/artiest/kyteman |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/12/CULTUUR/article/detail/275801/2010/01/16/Kyteman-is-winnaar-van-de-Popprijs-2009.dhtml |title=Cookies op Parool.nl |work=parool.nl |access-date=2012-05-07 |archive-date=2010-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120054816/http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/12/CULTUUR/article/detail/275801/2010/01/16/Kyteman-is-winnaar-van-de-Popprijs-2009.dhtml |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== The Kyteman Orchestra=== The Kyteman Orchestra is a hip-hop group consisting of 18 musicians, opera singers and a choir. Benders described the group's sound as "a collection of sounds, somewhere between opera, hip-hop, drum & bass, electro, minimalism and all kinds of other genres that I can't even begin to describe."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kyteman.com/current/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/TheKytemanOrchestra-booklet.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-06-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929065325/http://kyteman.com/current/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/TheKytemanOrchestra-booklet.pdf |archive-date=2013-09-29}}</ref>

''The Kyteman Orchestra'' performed at Dutch festivals and stages, such as the North Sea Jazz Festival<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northseajazz.com/nl/cb-kyteman |title=Carte Blanche: Kyteman {{!}} North Sea Jazz |website=www.northseajazz.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816051605/http://www.northseajazz.com/nl/cb-kyteman |archive-date=2011-08-16}} </ref> and A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise.

== Discography ==

===Albums=== {{Tabel Nederlandse Album Top 100}} |- |align="left"|''The Hermit sessions''||20-02-2009||28-02-2009||3||104|| Platinum |- |align="left"|''Kytecrash''||11-03-2011||19-03-2011||5||20|| as Colin Benders / with Eric Vloeimans |- |align="left"|''The Kyteman Orchestra''||30-03-2012||07-04-2012||1 (3 wk) ||37|| as The Kyteman Orchestra |- |align="left"|''The jam sessions''||17-07-2015||25-07-2015||14||4|| as The Kyteman Orchestra |}

=== Singles === {{Tabel Nederlandse Single Top 40}} |- |align="left"|''She Blew like Trumpets''||2009||-|||||| with GMB /<br />No. 68 in the Single Top 100 |- |align="left"|''Sorry''||2009||17-10-2009||17||5|| No. 2 in the Single Top 100 |- |align="left"|''The Mushroom Cloud''||2012||-|||||| as The Kyteman Orchestra /<br />No. 32 in the Single Top 100 |}

=== Dvds === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0; font-size: 85%; text-align:center;" ! width="250" |'''DVDs with hit listings in the Dutch Music Top 30''' ! width="100" |'''Date of''' '''appearance''' ! width="100" |Entry date !''' Highest''' '''Position''' !''' Number of weeks''' !''' Notes ''' |- | align="left" |''The Hermit sessions - live'' |2009 |21-11-2009 |2 |38 |as Kyteman's HipHop Orchestra |}

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