Benjamin Schoos

When he's not running the brilliant Freaksville label, Benjamin Schoos is concentrating his efforts into producing lush, string-laden, melancholic and very French pop. Here, on his debut British album, he's working with guest vocalists inluding Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab), Mark Gardener (Ride), Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) and Parisian icon Marie France. Somewhere between his studio (aka the Freaksville laboratory) and Paris, multi-instrumentalist Benjamin Schoos has produced, composed and arranged a whole host of songs for a variety of cult figures on the French pop scene, including '80s synthpop star Lio, Parisian icon marie France,Michel Moers and Marc Moulin from electronic group Telex. Inspired by the technical genius of orchestrator Jean-Claude Vannier (Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire De Melody Nelson), who he met in 2006, and the creativity of New-York noise producer Kramer (Shimmy Disc, Galaxie 500, Low, Bongwater), with whom he has worked on three albums, Benjamin has now decided to explore his inner soundscapes on China Man Versus China Girl his latest record. Benjamin Schoos is a singer songwriter producer based in Belgium. Also known as Miam Monster Miam, head of Freaksville records , a underground indie label and DJ at belgium online radio Rectangle