Music: 2002-2024
Benedict's music is available available on:
Spotify | Bandcamp | Apple Music | YouTube Music
Videos are on the YouTube channel.
The albums back to 2002 are listed below.
Reviews are on the media page.
✰ 2024
Illuminated Numbers
Twelve-track album.
Benedict's first album of new songs since 2013's The Magical World.
Benedict is joined by long-term collaborators Julian Bolleter and Miranda Pollard.
with:
Julian Bolleter: keyboards
Miranda Pollard: singing
Recorded by Kieran Kenderessy.
Released 2024.
Trois Chansons
French duets with Carole Katz
These are Benedict's first songs written in French.
Trois Chansons are three French duets with Carole Katz.They were inspired by coming back into contact with Carole after many years, and Carole helped Benedict with French used not much since high school.
The songs are about the future, the past and summer holidays coming to an end.
Benedict Moleta: Acoustic guitar and singing
Carole Katz: Singing
Recorded by Kieran Kenderessy.
Released 2024.
Duets interpreting
Belinda Carlisle and Tucker B's
Two new duets revisiting classic pop songs:
Benedict and long-term singing partner Miranda Pollard sing Belinda Carlisle's Summer Rain:
Benedict and Tucker B's frontman Matt Rudas sing Tucker B's Bear:
Recorded by Kieran Kenderessy.
Released 2024.
✰ 2023
Live 2023: 23-track album
Recorded live in concert at Shenton Park Community Centre, 13 May 2023.
Album available on:
The show was filmed; all 23 videos plus Tristan Fidler's opening speech are in this playlist, on the official video channel.
Songs in Five Languages
Nine intepretations of pop, classical and patriotic songs, from Strana Armonia d'Amore (by Italian baroque composer Giulio Caccini), to the Indonesian patriotic song Tanah Airku, to Françoise Hardy's 1960s French pop melancholia Tous les Garçons et les Filles.
Videos of these three songs from the album were made in the studio.
Other songs on the album include interpretations of Tomorrow (from the musical Annie), Der Lindenbaum (from Schubert's Die Winterreise), and When I Die (by Capital City).
Album available on:
Recorded by Kieran Kenderessy.
Released 2023.
Stand by Me
Duet with Miranda Pollard.
Benedict and Miranda first worked together in 2012, and Miranda sings throughout two albums: Singleton (2012) and The Magical World (2013).
A video of Stand by Me was made in the studio
Single available on:
Recorded by Kieran Kenderessy.
Released 2023.
✰ 2022
Passage of Time
Three-track release: Two new songs, plus a version of "My Favorite Things".
Benedict is joined by Julian Bolleter on piano.
Three-track realease available on:
Recorded by Julian Bolleter.
Engineered and mastered by Alan Smith.
Released 2022.
Ausgewählte Lieder: Schumann, Wolf, Mahler
"Wonderful! I especially liked Mein schöner Stern and Komm, o Tod, von Nacht umgeben, and Tief im Herzen trag' ich Pein."
- Christian Gerhaher
Twelve track album: Songs by German and Austrian composers (Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf and Gustav Mahler).
Recorded, engineered and mastered by Scott Simms
Thanks to Anja Schulz, Steve Bond and Alan Smith
Released 2022.
Videos for the songs Im wunderschönen Monat Mai and Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz were made by Scottie and CB.
Album available on:
✰ Also released in 2022:
Four recordings from the past
The following four recordings - three live and one studio - were newly mastered in 2022. They are now available on Bandcamp only.
Background and context are provided in each Bandcamp track, including information about the collaborators and the songs and albums they have played on with Benedict over the years.
Changing
Live in 2012 with Miranda Pollard at Guildford Grammar School chapel.
This song is on the album Singleton.
Another Hound
Live in 2012 with Miranda Pollard at Guildford Grammar School chapel.
This song is on the album Singleton.
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Recorded in the studio in 2006 with Sam Scherr and Jason Baroot.
Eugene
Live in 2006 with Jonathan Brain at Old Perth Boys School.
This song is on the album The Lines of Parallel Trees.
✰ 2015
The Gift of Friendship
Three-track single: Two new songs, plus a version of "Danny Boy".
Benedict is joined by Julian Bolleter on piano.
Three-track realease available on:
Recorded, engineered and mastered by Alan Smith.
Released 2015
✰ 2013
The Magical World
Twelve-track album.
"Beautiful harmonies, delicate piano and guitar work, and an unrehearsed feel."
- thedailyalbum.com
with:
Julian Bolleter: keyboards
Andrew Ewing: electric guitar and singing
Rosemary Halsmith: percussion
Miranda Pollard: singing
Album available on:
Recorded, engineered and mastered by Alan Smith.
Released 2013.
A video for the song Happy Girl was made by Andrew Ewing. It is one of two dog song videos made by Andrew, the other being for the song Another Hound, from 2012's Singleton✰ 2012
Singleton
Twelve-track album.
"Over 12 songs, Moleta showcases his wild imagination, vast vocal
range and incredible mastering of songwriting."
- X Press
with:
Bill Darby: electric guitar
Andrew Ewing: electric guitar, bass and singing
Miranda Pollard: singing
Scott Tomlinson: electric guitar
Album available on:
Recorded, engineered and mastered by Alan Smith.
Released 2012.
A video for the song Another Hound was made by Andrew Ewing. It is one of two dog song videos made by Andrew, the other being for the song Happy Girl, from 2013's The Magical World
✰ 2011
White Marble Heyday
Thirteen-track album.
"Moleta's wonderful turn of phrase is as observant and incisive as ever."
- The West Australian
with:
Jonathan Brain: electric, acoustic and nylon string guitars
Harry Kneen: bass
Daniel Marano: electric guitar
Sam Scherr: electric guitar and backing vocal
Lily Sumich: drums
Lorraine Sumich: keyboards and backing vocal
Album available on:
Recorded, engineered and mastered by Alan Smith.
Released 2011.
✰ 2010
Timesheet
Thirteen-track album.
"Moleta paints scene after detailed scene,
piling on heady descriptions in a voice that's
hushed, airy and pristinely delivered."
- Mess and Noise
with:
Rosemary Halsmith: glockenspiel and keyboard
Harry Kneen: bass
Daniel Marano: field recordings
Sam Scherr: electric guitar
Cameron Sim: pedal steel guitar
Lily Sumich: drums
Lorraine Sumich: Hammond and keyboards
Album available on:
Recorded by Alan Smith, mastered by Scott Simms.
Two live videos from the album launch are on the video page - of the songs The Rushing Sound and Sheldon (from the 2007 album The Lines of Parallel Trees).
Released 2010.
✰ 2008
Continuous Talking
Nine-track album.
"... proves this WA artist isn't afraid of branching out into new and exciting areas of arrangement, adding more colour and texture to his wonderfully detailed drawings."
- Drum Media
with:
Jason Barfoot: drums
Jonathan Brain: nylon string and acoustic guitars
Rosemary Halsmith: glockenspiel
James Quinton: bass
Sam Scherr: electric guitar
Album available on:
Recorded by Alan Smith, additional mixing by Max Ducker, mastered by Scott Simms.
Two live videos from the album launch are on the video page - of the songs Inlet Manifold (from the 2007 album The Lines of Parallel Trees) and Radiant (from Continuous Talking).
Released 2008.
✰ 2007
The Lines of Parallel Trees
Eleven-track album.
"With a bundle of releases to his credit he is already a prolific enough character, but with
The Lines of Parallel Trees Moleta confirms without a doubt he is a rare and undervalued talent."
- X Press
with:
Jason Barfoot: drums
Jonathan Brain: piano
Rob Schifferli: electric guitar and bass
Recorded by Alan Smith and Kieren Kenderessy, mastered by Scott Simms.
Album available on:
Released 2007.
✰ 2006
White Paper: Old House
Seven-track album under the band name White Paper.
Songs have been likened to Go-Betweens, Crazy Horse and Buddy Holly.
with:
Andrew Higginson: bass
Rachell Pirnie: drums
Simon Sieradzki: electric guitar
Album available on:
Recorded and engineered by Simon StruthersMastered by Scott Simms
Released 2006.
✰ 2005
The Warm Sun Coming In
Nine-track solo album. Songs have been likened to Mark Hollis and Red House Painters.
Album available on:
Recorded by Simon Struthers
Mastered by Scott Simms
Released 2005.
✰ 2002
Scales
Five-track debut solo ep.
Songs have been likened to Art Garfunkel, Neil Halstead and Al Stewart.
Available on:
Recorded, engineered and mastered by Scott Simms
Released 2002.
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Summary of music since 2002:
Benedict released his first ep, called Scales, in 2002 (solo, five tracks).
This was followed by eight albums of solo and collaborative songs (released 2005 - 2013, as listed on this page above), and a three-track single in 2015 (The Gift of Friendship).
In 2022 Benedict released two new titles: Passage of Time (a three-track single), and Ausgewählte Lieder (an album interpreting 12 German classical songs by Schumann, Wolf and Mahler).
In 2023 Benedict released a duet version of Stand by Me with long-term singing partner Miranda Pollard, and an album interpreting nine pop, classical and patriotic songs from the Italian baroque to Paris in the 1960s: Songs in Five Languages
In May 2023 Benedict and long-term collaborators played a show with material going back twenty years, recorded and released as the 23-track live album Live 2023.
23 videos accompanied the album, along with an introductory speech given at the show by Tristan FidlerIn 2024 Benedict released three duets written in French, with new singing partner Carole Katz, and two duets interpreting Belinda Carlisle's Summer Rain (with Miranda Pollard) and Tucker B's Bear, with Matt Rudas.
Benedict's ninth album - Illuminated Numbers was released in 2024
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Videos are on the official YouTube channel.
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