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Benji Cossa began writing and recording songs in 1995. Since then he’s amassed a treasure trove of undiscovered lo-fi AM gold, the latest of which is Between the Blue and Green, a wonder of home-made pop crafted in 2005-2006 and his debut for Serious Business Records. People will listen to Benji's music for their whole lives.

Benji takes us through his vast pre-2007 discography…

"I started writing songs in college…1995/1996…Sophomore year:

1) The first release was some tape comp that Kreb-Star put out. It was a song called "The Motion of the Ocean." There was a surfer on the front and it was called something like (if it was not called) Permanent Vacation and I believe it was blue. The only other band I remember that was on it was called Six Cents and Natalie 1996? Lost in shuffle.

2) Cossacabana was a tape release on Kreb-Star Records, Eric and Bjorn Copeland's label (now of the Black Dice). 1996? Maybe early '97. Made up of recordings and re-recordings of tapes unreleased officially with names such as: "Love Songs from the Cosst," "The Cossine if Love." "Bela LuCossi," etc. Sold out. I think my Mom has one or two.

3) Then I went on tour #2 across country after college, summer 1998, and made a tape called 4 for Tour, a cassingle to bring in some extra bucks. The first tour was with Eric Copeland who was the Ninjas during the summer of 1996. I played drums for him and he for me. I think it was 1996.Yeah, it was. I had a bunch made so had a bunch left over which I threw out a few years ago during a move.

4) Rollercossa - The breakthrough one-sided 7” single was released in 1998. The Rollercossa. 3 songs. I have a few of them.

5) There were some other comps in there but I don't remember them. One Comp was called Can We Still Be Friends and is still available for purchase from Magic Marker. I had sent Curt two versions of a song I made for a friend Tommy McCaffrey's movie in college which were combined and put on the album as one song. I made music for other people's movies such as Mandy McCorkle and Brian Bress. Good times in college. I remember playing on the radio a few places but it was a bit of a blur. I know I played at Rutgers once. Eric went with me. It was pretty cool.

6) That band Tullycraft covered my song, “Knockout,” in what I gather was 2001 on their album called Beat Surf Fun. This song was played on Road Rules and I didn't know about it until a few years later. When I got in touch with Sean (lead Tullycraft) through Curt (lead Magic Marker) and asked him to send me a copy of the show, he sent me an album and a shirt. I still have not seen the episode and obviously have not benefited from the exposure.

7) I kept playing and making my own albums, joke singles, Christmas albums, etc but saw no action in releases. 8) A filmmaker friend, Ben Coccio asked me to do a song for his movie, Zero Day, for which I gladly and fittingly gave him "Volcano." This got some exposure and I was listed in the NY Times as a composer. According to IMDB, the movie was released in 2004. I believe it was earlier, but...

9) In 2004, Hisham (college schoolmate, ex-Black Dice drummer, now in Pixeltan (DFA) and Among Natives) and United Bamboo contacted me to participate in the comp, They Keep Me Smiling which turned out nicely. They played my song "April" on WFMU and I missed it. I didn't know it would be on, but I turned on the radio and heard my name. It was exciting.

10) Contacted me in 2004 or so to participate in another comp called A House Full of Friends which is still available from them. He expressed an interest in releasing a record of mine so I wheedled down The Vault and Volume #1 went over to them. Released 2005. Still sailing the charts."

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Song	Album	Length	Played	Overall	You	Tags	Single Request
Love Is Like Lightning	Benji Cossa's Vault: Volume 1	2:09	4	2 votes	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.
You're Melody	Benji Cossa's Vault: Volume 1	3:09	2	1 votes	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.
Off My Mind	Benji Cossa's Vault: Volume 1	2:55	2	1 votes	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.
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• Spotlighted: Thursday, April 5th 2007
• Songs on WWR: 15
• Total plays: 40
• Total requests: 32
• Total listens: 1038
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