Walter Benjamin is a modern songwriter, just like the Modern Rock Song by Belle & Sebastian. He uses samplers and synthesizers on his songs, along with a cheap acoustic guitar and a cheap sounding voice. Walter Benjamin was born in the spring, although he doesn't remember where. After releasing the EP The Dog follows the Bull (Merzbau, 2007), he spent a whole year recording his first album, The National Crisis. The record contains twelve new songs written on the way home after disco.

He is a member of the Lisbon based folk collective Goodbye Toulouse and the "almost rock" band Jesus, the Misunderstood.

DISCOGRAPHY:

THE NATIONAL CRISIS (Merzbau, 2008)

Listen HERE

See also The National Crisis Info

b(fachada) - Mini CD - produzido por Walter Benjamin / produced by Walter Benjamin (Merzbau, 2008) - NEW!

Feee download HERE

THE DOG FOLLOWS THE BULL EP (Merzbau, 2007)

Free download HERE

T.O.G MUSIC - V.A. (Honeysound, 2007)

Free download HERE

Walter Benjamin plays live with:

Manuel Dordio, slide guitar, vocals; ( Jesus, the Misunderstood )

Bernardo Fachada, guitar, vocals, loopstation, keyboards; ( b )

Christian Schiessler, left-hand acoustic guitar, vocals

Joca, drums (see also Tape Junk )

Fernando Martins, bass

MY LINKS:

Merzbau label

Goodbye Toulouse

Jesus, the Misunderstood