John Bence

Though the work of avant-garde composer John Bence takes different forms on his various releases, visceral emotional expression is at the center of his music regardless of the style it assumes. Bence's early output involved dark and brooding clashes of chamber music and intense vocalizations, but he stripped his arrangements down to just piano for 2020's stark and contemplative album Love. 2023's Archangels was similarly minimal but incorporated electronics, field recordings, and orchestral arrangements into its dark, layered sound. Bence was born in Bristol, England, and gre...