Colin Benders Live at Amsterdam Dance Event 2016 

I'm going to open a cable shop next to where this man lives

This is the most spellbinding and fascinating live performance I've come across in years. What an absolute triumph of both man and machine.

just by the usage of words by the people commenting on this video I can tell most of them are interested in/related to music production! I would say those in the front of the stage are synthfreaks producers too, not dancing but listening hahahah

Anyone else here in 2020 missing hanging out in close proximity with strangers in dark venues.

The complexity behind a set like this is madness. I am very impressed. What an amazing set!

Really inspirational! One of the best live modular jams I've seen

Love it! So much respect for anyone that can pull off a set like this with so many variables in their rig!

Here's the passion and skills and not like some djs that just play cds or mp3 pretending they're twisting knobs...Hail to you Synth Master!!!!

This is up there one of the best modular synth performances. Stunningly beautiful, hypnotic and lush. Had to stop everything else I was doing to just listen. Thanks Colin, this is so awesome!

why are people bothered about the crowd? some of the best music experience from shows i've had is just simply stopping. closing my eyes and letting the music do it's beautiful work. the room is dark the vibe is set, this is not a dubstep show. let people experience it how they want! Also @Colin Benders, this was truly beautiful. is there by any chance a wav or mp3 of the set available? Would love it for my own listening.

Well.... I just can say, this was one amazing experience ! Thanks so much for recording and uploading this beauty. This is 100% electronic music on his best quality

I'm sitting here trying to write some C++ code while this is playing in the background. I'm not getting much done.

An hour and change... stopped me from watching this for so long. I totally dig Colin but rarely have time for long vids. So I thought I'll just listen to it in segments. Nah, nothing doing... everytime I thought it would be a good time to pause the transition would kick in and I was sucked back in. Then somewhere around the 37 min mark all hell breaks loose...just sublime. Just so inspiring. I can't wait to get through this freaking pandemic and set up some gigs like this locally. Thank you Colin, you are a big part of my continuing to explore and share the never ceasing sounds in my soul.

what amazing sound, an incredible trip, mind goes everywhere

Hey, the audience are under a spell, and I must be as well, as I'm just compelled to watch this entire set in one go. Wow. Powerful magic. Wonderful.

Great work Colin! That was a stellar intro

When goosebumps appear and reappear in a frequent manner. This is just lit.

Pretty incredible to see him come from being just a musician conducting his own band, to just having a 6U Eurorack making somewhat "bird" tunes to now being an influential in the modular synth genre. I say this but 2020's is going to see a huge shift to this, and I am just beginning too, hope to be able to play venues one day man.

Man, its just MAGIC! I love it Colin Benders, cheers!

This music is simply brilliant...

Beautiful"!!!!!!... best thing ive heard possibly this century!!

The fact that he can do all this in darkness is amazing to me!

WHOHOOOOOO!!!!!!! Extraordinary! Very impressive sound. Top work!!!

This is amazing how you keep the gig together like that, I know hard hard modulars can be to tame in live environment. This is only possible if you truly know your rig 100%. Well done!

This video is my first exposure to Colin's music. I was just reading about the fact that electric guitar sales have decreased drastically and the 2 largest guitar manufacturers are under water. This is because there are no current electric guitar virtuosos that have captured the popular consciousness. Now I see where the instrumental virtuoso has gone; he is in a packed room, playing modular synthesizers!

This is really one of my goals. I love it

The sad thing is that listening to this here we are not hearing the whole experience as awesome as this is

37:00 is absolutely ridiculous. That's so incredibly hard to do in an improv modular context, believe me

just found out about you yesterday. yeah bless my ignorance but... i believe i never heard anyone master modulars like you do. just watched your stream today and i had so much fuc*ing fun. i commented there that you can be compared to any master on any instument and honestly i was thinking about hendrix on the guitar but this is so much more... your intuition on these machines makes me on one hand value my little trips on my ms20 a lot and on the other just wonder at the possibilities. the depth of this is amazing! keep us stomping or dreaming, wtv makes you happy!

What an atmosphere from that crowd. It's got the energy of a funeral

this music takes my mind elsewhere. so good.

Thanks man, your content introduced me very much to the subject of modulars, and then to synthesizers in general. :-)

Hoooly sit! It is fantastic!!!!

wow! it's the first time I hear Colin Benders and it's and absolute delight

electronic music is becoming interesting again. thanks for the upload colin!

You Sir are an absolute musical genius. i just found my new favourite artist. :)

wow this is amazing, I totally get why everyone is stood watching and listening and letting the synths and sounds hit their souls deep. I love the banging hard stuff and going ape shit but sometimes its just better to go back to basics and just stand with no phone and take it all in and let the subconscious suck it all in. First video i have witnessed with this gent i can only sqy well done and keep this level of greatness up and i will be looking into it more.

As someone who's just starting in the world of analog synthesizers, I have to say this is truly inspiring! Thank you Colin! Please come to Chile, South America someday! :D

I always come back to this.

osh súper, I loved this set! thanks buddy

Thanks to the universe for bringing us this man!

This is great stuff! Sounds lovely. I rocked out.

You've suddenly become one of my favorite electronic music composers, right up there with Luc Ferrari, Dieter Moebius, and Morton Subotnick. Well done. Really love your "Orbit" jam too.

Goodness my... This trip unfold my damaged mind. I need to learn this art!

There is nothing better than modular analog Synths !!! Colin is the Jedi Master of analog synth

My favorite performance..! Subscribed!!!

i would so want to stand where you stand right now. that rigg looks insane! been listning to this straight for a week. i lift my hat.;

this is FAAT! Some really cool textures and sounds in here!

This is FANTASTIC!

incredible live performance !!!

Cmon guys people do whatever they want at the concert. This guy is a genius btw.

This goes right through your soul.

Einfach mit Worten nicht zu beschreiben, Musik für die Seele

Awesome. Can't really think of another word to describe this!

Fantastic!!! Starting not so long ago with eurorack, this is my dream to do this in my Backyard for some friends. Amazing! Greetz 👍✌️😳

This is a pure gem

no words ......just amazing!!!

This guy is the Clit Commander of all electronic music. He's so out of this world it's hard to get it.

I love this journey.

Loved it when it went absolutely turbo around the half hour mark!!

Respect!!! Very impressive!!! This awe-inspiring performance is why I love modular....Artist ONLY, no posers in this game! Faking the funk or a halfass approach is not possible. To do it well requires a humble artist with shitload of dedication, time, patience, passion, sacrifices and unfortunately.....money lol. Bet that rack wasn't cheap Colin but it sure was a damn good investment. I buy gear and records before paying bills on time. Thank you for capturing and sharing this set, very inspiring!

Pretty obvious he doesn't care if they dance or not, he's playing his music. If they dance, great, but his motivation is the sounds coming from that fun looking rig. Once lost in his own world of music he himself lets loose, if the crowd can't connect it's not his fault. Difference between DJ and live production; DJ tries to play the crowd, producer plays their heart.

I love you. Pure art, deepest trip.

You are mad & brilliant!! At 35th minute arpg is like 200bpm, I love it!!

More likes please! This deserves more!

Absolutely killer. Speechless

this is amazing af

incredible sounding.those modulars are power

Lovely trip I had ...ur amazing ..

Mr. Benders, muchas gracias, vielen vielen vielen dank, unglaublich wie si mit dem synti umgehen können, danke.

Play this at x.75 speed with your sub cranked, your neighbors will love you!

This is art at it's peak............

Fighting for Peace and Love.

Very strong the force is with this one

I feel like the crowd doesn't understand what they are witnessing cause how are they not losing their minds right now? Im at my crib freaking out wishing I was there, from start to finish this set was nothing but incredible

such an amazing performance.

This is Amazing!!! sound of innovation \ sound of the future

Amazing set, would love if he had the opportunity​ to visit Stockholm!

mega !!! what an awesome gig!

hi collin , great set! makes my think of superbooth 2016 . was great to work with you on the soundinstallion last year. good memories. its jan ( yaya systems ) writing. we did the aftershow workout in the kultursaal. all the best !

FIrst time listening to your stuff and its really amazing !

good promo. now they need to book you for dancing kids

Si se pudiera expresar la mayor felicidad integrada entre el ser humano y el universo expresada en mi cara sin lugar a dudas es ver mi cara escuchando esta sesión es lo mejor

Love it..Loved it Years before..Yeah I remember "Tangerine Dream" Opening for "Iggy Pop" somewhere in the 70's...Those Sequencer opened my mind like Binaural Beats then & Now...Thank You Agoritiym...143...CapriceK

BRAVOOOO!!! AMAZING!!!

51:00 the texture on this set is drool worthy

this is my kinda crowd! chill af

INCREDIBLE.

I like it. Ten minutes in, subbed.

This is so fucking good. Jesus. I’m melting. Funny though, I bet everyone at the back is dancing but it’s the modular dorks (like me) stood still at the front trying to see what’s happening 😂❤️

The crowd does not deserve you Colin , keep up the good work

Everyone worried about everyone else... Worry about yourselves. Enjoy the music, stop caring about what others are doing. No one will worry about you but yourself.

When your whole brain is just voltage.. Nice Work!

Well that was magical !

Beautiful,,,,! 🙏🏼

The crowd may look bored etc but I think this is a "happy knobbing" event, those folks are much more interested in seeing what this chap can achieve with his synth, amazing stuff.:) , I might be wrong.

It's pretty obvious the crowd was pasted in the video afterwards... So much energy in this set, so little response. Mindboggling!

Wish I was there !

This is a modular magnum opus. So good!

37:25 that notes always in my head now