I discovered Zoo and Infinite Lives on spotify recently. I wish I knew about Workbench earlier! Good news is that Synesthesia and Goldfish are still ahead of me. Thanks for these vibes and please continue! Greetings from Budapest
AD on August 6, 2020
From the last century (already 21 years back ;) ), I started & continue to follow this album suite with always the same pleasure, relaxing atmosphere. With roots in the Amiga universe with its FastTracker and captivating game songs, I can easily relate to The “Workbench”.
From creating this relaxing ambience on Sunday evening in our student “kot” when we were coming back from a weekend in our family batteries recharged to go along 1 week of study, to the presence during night works on computer, or when helping 2 escape the day2day stress/pressure…
Cheers from Belgium !
Thierry on February 19, 2020
I can’t live without all albums till Synesthesia included! Please consider going back to the roots :)
I feel like I’ve been listening to “Zoo” my whole life. I love it and it makes me feel good about myself and so much more relaxed than usual. Thank-you for the wonderful music.
I noticed that I always save listening to Halcyon for very special occasion of true serenity, since 10 years ago. It has something very special at the heart of its sound.
Dear Sebastian! Thank you for the “Zoo” – I listened to it hundred times and will listen another thousands. It resonates with my soul somehow, difficult to explain. This album is like a good old friend to me. Thank you.
Przemek on December 19, 2017
Zoo, Infinite Lives & Detour will be reborn on the new turn of the evolutional spiral, I believe it!
Hi there!
Hope the harmony links with you soul once more to let free a new splendid album :)
P.S. I egoistically hope it sounds closer to Zoo, Infinite Lives & Detour taken together))
Zoo, Infinite Lives & Detour are just splendid! That’s why these aren’t enough, pleasr, if you just kindly would finf it in your heart to develop on that magnificient sound again!..
Just re-listened to “Zoo” and remembered what wonderful music Workbench is.
Kind regards from Lithuania
Michail on December 6, 2016
Thank you so much for so many internal”trips”, a wounderful journey into the core edge of life :-) I’m 58 years old and a lot of music have passed by in my life and yours have moved me the most…. :-) Love & respect Michael – Copenhagen, Denmark
It is such pure joy to listen to your music! Each release such a perfect soundscape to daydream and relax. Art at its finest, thank you!
Florian on April 5, 2016
Wonderful music!!! All tracks are amazing!!! Thanx from France.
Cerve on December 15, 2015
i like your music style you make some very touching & emotional & your track “paper frog” makes me cry hehe…i also like your pictures in your Instagram i myself love very much to travel with my dog and take pictures specially nature pictures like you as i saw….:)
Tavena on November 1, 2015
…………………………SPECKS OF DUST………………………….
……………….Moved my soul and touched deeply…………….
Zillions of Thanks.
Hrishikesh on September 17, 2015
Spellbound and taken aback by Goldfish album.
Thank you for this wonderful gift.
Many thanks from the Abyss of my Heart.
vacs on September 8, 2015
What excellent music this is, Sebastian! “Dreaming of the South Seas” in particular is such a hauntingly beautiful piece.
Mind if I tell a story? When I was 12 (or so) I was exposed to Vangelis’s Chung Kuo via a car commercial. At the time I had not a care in the world—just a happy child full of innocence and wonder. When I hear that music today I am overcome with a rush of emotion. It’s almost as if in my mind I’m transported back to that carefree time. In some ways I guess you could say I’ve spent the rest of my life looking for music that will have a similar impact. Your music does so. The images in my mind these songs evoke are sublime. Thank you so much for creating it and so generously sharing it with us.
Randolph Carter on May 8, 2015
Worth the wait – simply beautiful Sebastien! Music you can close your eyes and just drift off to.
Thank You!
Joel on March 6, 2015
Beautiful as always… It’s as if you’ve pulled the purest essence of my soul and put it to music. Something about your music has a way of providing a common thread of life within all that hear and feel it. Thank you.
Amy on February 20, 2015
Great news hearing about the release of “Goldfish” today.Your previous release “Synesthesia” is a masterpiece, and this one sounds just as good.
Génial ! J’ai tellement hâte d’écouter Goldfish, après 3 ans d’attente…
Reynald on January 25, 2015
Come back please… where are you ?
Terri on January 23, 2015
You rock. Absolutely rock. Whenever I need to focus deeply I just turn on any one of your albums and none of them ever ever let me down. Thank you so much :)
Arvind on January 14, 2015
Your music has been a blessing in my life. Thank you for sharing your talent! Deep, inspiring, soulful, and fun to listen to.
Kim on November 2, 2014
I get to your site every day to check if the new album is there!
I’m really enjoying the Synthesia album; I was first attracted to your work with the Serpents track off Zoo. Thank you for offering your albums here on your site! Great music to write and design to.
I immediately recognized your music (in Youtube, after watching somo clips about Fasttracker 2.0) Links in the description led me here. Memories. Two tracks “Clock” and “Crystal Echoes” Because of your music, I bought a Sound Blaster SB16 for my computer in the late 90′
PC SCENE forever. GTX from Poland :D
Siarkofrutopij on October 16, 2014
WOW…AMAZING!!!
I managed to to get hold of Workbench – Zoo…I love this music…it elevates ones mind and soul…and “De La Terre à La Cime” is just wonderful. Thank you
Keep up the good work. You have made some of my favorite ambient / chilled music of all time and I hope many people have the opportunity to enjoy your compositions for years to come. Looking forward to any future releases! Nicely done website as well, by the way.
Brian on July 31, 2014
Just donated $5. Your music is really great. Helps me relax and focus while I’m programming. Infinite Lives is my favourite!
Taken aback by this spellbound artist. Splendiferous & Resplendent, my words are finite to describe this artist. All songs are like Diamond. Waiting desperately for New one.
Still hoping for the new release. seems long coming
r on November 17, 2013
I have just made the discovery of your music Sebastien, and I’ve marked the day in my diary as a special one. It is aural honey, and it’s like Christmas has come early. Absolutely, indescribably beautiful. I am immersing myself in all your albums and will wait patiently for Goldfish. As a motion designer myself, I see you also have a huge talent for visuals as well – this website is gorgeous. I’d love to collaborate with you one day on a visual piece or two that does justice to your music. Stay well and wonderfully creative, Cheers, Gary.
Beautiful sound pleasurable and unique – Thank you
Shalom on September 6, 2013
צליל יפה ומיוחד מהנה ומיוחד – תודה רבה
Beautiful sound pleasurable and unique – Thank you
Shalom on September 6, 2013
Beautiful music… have been listening to your music for years now and it’s always amazing – it’s the soundtrack to a lot of my life! Can’t wait for the new release.
Nathan on August 28, 2013
All releases are very good. Synesthesia album is wonderful!!!
Cerve on June 15, 2013
Nice blog here! Also your site loads up very fast!
What web host are you using? Can I get your affiliate link to your host?
I wish my site loaded up as fast as yours lol
Can’t wait for Goldfish! On the other hand, I wouldn’t hurry you as I’d like your new album be as polished as it’s possible.
Sincere thanks for your music!
I have been listening to this and similar genres of music for over thirty years , through the advances and evolution in styles and electronics. Some artists have been around for the duration , some have come and gone. I can only hope you continue sharing your art with the world for the rest of my days on earth. Definitely in my top ten of all time , fantastic productions that carry the spirit to beautiful places.
Jon G on March 4, 2013
Discovered Workbench through an internet radio station. Now I can’t get enough. Beautiful, beautiful stuff. I think my favorite track so far is “Yellow”, off Synesthesia.
Thank you.
Christopher Fox on February 18, 2013
Hello from Qatar – I’ve been looking for music that affected as much as Enigma Chapter 1 did. I can safely say that your work has done that for me. Ambient and sharp without being too New Age. Good work Sir and I look forward to more.
Rakesh Gupta on February 3, 2013
I was enslaved by “Zoo” for a long time. Fantastically pacifying beautiful album. Thanks for your magic music. “Halcyon” as well as was spoken by many is simply magnificent. We demand opportunity to buy albums on this site in FLAC !!!
Nickel on January 3, 2013
Just discovered Workbench today thanks to DI.FM.
Listened to a few tracks on YouTube and fell in love immediately.
One more magical artist on my playlist next to Koan, Daniel Roeth, Carbon based Lifeforms, Easily Embarrassed, Port-Royal and so many more…
Thank you for the music, the freedom and the dreams <3
Rus: Очень красивая музыка!!! давно искал подобную!!! Желаю творческих успехов, искренне за Вас надеюсь!!!
Eng: Very beautiful music! was looking like! I wish you every success and sincerely hope for you!
Mikhail on November 23, 2012
Merci, Sébastien! Les mots ne peuvent pas exprimer la reconnaissance que je sens pour ton talent. Merci d’avoir crée et partagé cette expérience sublime avec nous. Je n’arrête pas de rejouer Reflections (Satellite, 1998), envoûté par le rythme cardiaque et la pureté cristalline de la deuxième moitié.
DI.fm, you’ve enriched my life by pouring Workbench Music into my ears.
Robert on November 21, 2012
Thanks a lot for sharing your music!
Nothing else to say!
Just listening …
Stay close!
peter on November 1, 2012
R E S P L E N D E N T is the only word………….S U P E R B.
Hris on October 29, 2012
Hi from Siberia!
I like your music. It’s terrific, fantastic, sensational!
Thank you and give to us moreeee!!!
СПАСИБО!!!
Romanian on October 22, 2012
Bonjour Sébastien,
“Synesthesia” est absolument fantastique mais qu’en est-il
de ton nouvel album?
Je l’attend avec impatience. Merci et bonne continuation.
Amicalement
Didier.
Didier on September 26, 2012
Unbelievable release. I’m eager to get my hands on your tracks and start mixing them.
I’m freshly under impression of your latest release at Kahvi, Synesthesia. Man, it’s great. Soft, melodic, spacey. It reminds me legendary Rainbow Serpent’s music, but in many means it’s even better. Outstanding, simply outstanding…
Krizz on June 11, 2012
Your music keeps me more optimistic in times of turmoil in Russia, thank you!
Actually, it’s now obvious to me that my musical worls have also been influenced by Workbench :)
Your music is great. Thanks for all the good moods it gave me. “Paper frog” is my favorite track, I’m listening to it right now. Keep up the good work, I hope to see your new albums soon!
Cold on May 21, 2012
Your Music is a bliss,, tunes submerged into pensiveness and melancholia still in the purest form of limpidity.. so psalmic just like an elixir.. we are so blessed.. positive vibes :) :)
Eklabh Goyal on April 29, 2012
For longest time I’ve been looking for music that would put me into blissful state of trance. While my search is never ending, this is without a doubt the pinnacle of soulful creativity.
Your compositions are so refreshingly simple and unpretentious, yet beneath there’s a roller coaster of emotions I can’t even begin to describe. Your music isn’t just music – every track is an amazing experience, a journey; one that I’m happy to return to again and again and again, and one that doesn’t loose any of it’s loveliness each time I travel it.
A thousand times thank you for sharing your amazing talents with us. Please don’t stop, don’t ever stop. :)
diamondedge on April 1, 2012
Beautiful, beautiful …. came to this quiet by accident on Youtube … found so many talented composers (you are a standout)… we really only get to hear the horrible commercial stuff here in Perth Western Australia ….
Heard one version of Zoo on SomaFM. Completely hooked. Came here saw some free albums…thank you very much. found the others on itunes and bought them all. favorite songs out of them all is City of Lights but I like every album equally. Looking forward to your next. thank you thank you
Alan Bussell on January 18, 2012
Thank you lots for your music, it made my days & weeks.
I can frankly say you’re one of my favorite composers if not simply the favorite one :)
Just an opinion – I pray to God that Goldfish will be less Synesthesia-like and more Detour-, Zoo-, Sattelite, Dream Of Silence etc – like)) Synesthesia is specific but I am craving more, more, more of your ‘trademark’ sound, especially Halcyon-like.
Halcyon is easily enough to engrave your name on the moon, I think. It may seem bizarre, but Halcyon is the only track in my audioteque that I actually restrict myself from listening more often that 3 times a year – to preserve its mysctical magic from fading away even slightly :)
ಸೆಬಾಸ್ಟಿಯನ್, ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸಂಗೀತ ಒಂದೇ ಶಬ್ದದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಬೇಕೆಂದರೆ, ಅದ್ಭುತ. ವರ್ಣಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದರೆ ಶಬ್ದಗಳೇ ಇಲ್ಲ. ನನಗೆ ಸಹ ಈ ಸಂಗೀತದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿದಿದ್ದು ಆಕಸ್ಮಿಕವಾಗಿ. ಅದು ಹೇಗೆ ಎಂದು ನನಗೂ ನೆನಪಿಲ್ಲ. ಆದರೆ ಈ ಸಂಗೀತದ ವೆಬ್ ಸೈಟಿನ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನನಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತಾಗಿದ್ದು ಸಹ ದೇವರ ದಯೆಯೆಂದು ನಾನು ಭಾವಿಸುವೆ.
Dear Sebastian, I am a Kannada (an Indian Language) speaking music lover. I can say only one word ‘Wonderful’ about your music. Unfortunately I do not have words to elaborate my happiness. I too came to know about your music website accidentally in the year 2000. Since from that day I’ve been the worshiper of your music. I sincerely feel that your music site is gift for me by God! truly divine. (This is the translation of my above comment in my mother tongue. I feel that one can express his/her happiness better in mother tongue than any other languages)
Raghunandana Sharma on December 29, 2011
Hello Sebastien¡¡
Thanks very much for your work, it´s awesome the quality of your albums.
Words are finite. Great Great Great Band i’ve ever heard. Waiting 4 new one. Please go for all albums.
Hrishi on November 22, 2011
Один из лучших амбиент/нью-эйдж композиторов. Спасибо!
Ждём новых альбомов.
Sergey Srokk on November 13, 2011
I first heard from your music in 2009, and thanks to it I have dreamt of new music horizons from that day. ‘Zoo (dusk)’ and ‘De la Terre a la Cime I & II’ were my favourites, and always I listen to your music I encounter new notes, more enjoyment, I feel alive. This is REALLY very great music!!
Thanks for share your musical dreams with us!
Javi Rodriguez Calvete on November 10, 2011
Уникальная музыка для души ! Браво!
Желаю больших творческих успехов!
Workbench – это моя музыка!
Aleksey Dirkach on November 8, 2011
świetna muzyka .
pozdrawiam.
kostek on November 7, 2011
Thank you for having you in my life!!!
I wish you great success.
Please do not ever stop making this music…
Regards,
Daniela
zwirl on November 5, 2011
Hello Sebastien,
Your music is fantastic.
You would deserve really a wider audience !
For me your last opus synesthesia is the album of the maturity : it is excellent from the first notes of indigo to the last ones of Green.
Continue to enchant our ears !
Best wishes from France,
Alain
ALAIN LAMRI on November 4, 2011
Thank you for so many years, so many songs that are like a present for me. Your music has come along with me on some of the most important events in my life.
Thank you again.
Carlos on November 4, 2011
Synesthesia is now embedded in my body & soul. I feel every beat & emotion which sends tingles up and down my spine. The most beautiful experience that music has ever given me. Thankyou.
Bibio on November 1, 2011
R E S P L E N D E N T go 4 it guys. P E E R L E S S
Hris on October 31, 2011
Absolutely stunning. Thank you Mr Marchal for turning the light on, in my heart. When all around me is dark, your music is a beacon of hope.
Bibio on October 25, 2011
You’ve just converted a new member to your congregation!
Mark from South Africa
Mark on October 14, 2011
You are blessed ………………………beautiful music, Thank you.
Terri on October 13, 2011
1 Word only that is S U P E R B
RaveN on October 13, 2011
Just completed my first listen of Synesthesia and I’m profoundly impressed. I’ve been listening to your music for many years, having discovered your pieces on the Kahvi netlabel and I think this is a new high point.
Your music has touched my soul. Unpredictable, yet harmonious tones are forming a fairytale of the music-universe.
Your wisdom shines through, just by the sound of how your music is composed.
I hope you will keep making art within your genre, and inspire others who will want to follow.
Alex Volkov on July 15, 2011
Being an amateur ambient musician myself, I cannot help but envy your talent unlike any other, not by mere magnitude but by the marvelous emotional impact it has on the innermost feelings one may experience.
Seemingly simple, your music is actually profound indeed and, among your works, Halcyon is unconditionally the most complex and versatile one.
I cannot begin to explain how powerful your music is. Absoutely captivating! I listen to it all the time. I love to play for my friends and family and when they hear it, they’re like…WHOA, this is good stuff! ‘GOLDFISH’ is my favorite track, but also love ‘PAPER FROG’ and ‘PAULA’. Can’t wait to hear the new stuff and if it sounds anything like the style of ‘GOLDFISH’, then we are ALL in for a REAL treat!! :)
I have been listening to your music for years – CDs, iPod, PC, the car, wherever possible. Your music is simply captivating, mesmerizing, trance inducing, relaxing, etc. It is always wonderful to hear. Thank you.
Jack English on April 7, 2011
Great music man, but when are u gonna realese something new. have waited long time now!!!
Mika on March 7, 2011
This music is absolutely fantastic. Keep up the great work! I can’t wait to hear what comes out next.
D.Biser on February 19, 2011
Wow Wow WoW! After discovery your album Zoo via Kahvi, I just could not stop listening to every tune, you are simply world class, your music is amazing! I am stunned to find such purity in an album, usually its hard to find such consistent quality. Thanks man
Bruce Haydn on February 18, 2011
The most beautiful and inspiring album I heard this year was Zoo. I’d like you to know how thankful I am for this work!
M.V.H. on February 13, 2011
Your music has been an important part of my life for several years now. I am very much looking forward to your next album!
I heard your music streaming in my bedroom one night. The next night I owned your CD’s. Then I learnt you were an Amiga guy, and it all made sense !
Infinite Lives, the track, has influenced my life recently – it has taken on something more than just music. So thanks.
But I have to know, why on Earth are the congo/drums/beat featured in Infinite Lives slightly out of step with the rest of the sound? Damn, it breaks my heart everytime I hear it …
Sébastien you are TALENT! Thank you for your excelent works! We are love you and your great music. Thanks for the time you spend into studio. Thanks for job. Your music is beatiful and people needs it.
Ukraine with you, man!
Julia (Ukraine, Kiev) on January 3, 2011
threr are only a few tracks that have actaully changed my life and de la terre à la cime (I&II) is one of them. Words can not express my gratitude for such an amazing peice of work, it is truely up there with the masters and will live on in eternity as a homage to humanity
Jinxed on November 5, 2010
Every cut is very good great work
Keep it coming
AlgePro
Al on August 26, 2010
Excellent music. Excellent. Many unforgettable impressions. Big thank you.
PXLHZD on May 19, 2010
There aren’t many artists who can consistently craft beautiful chillout music, track after track: Cell, Aes Dana, Puff Dragon, maybe a handful of others. After hearing Cli, Bootstrap, and a dozen or so other incredible tunes from Workbench, I’d put his work among the very best without hesitation. Keep it coming!
2. lots of people have stumbled across your music bundled with other selections in p2p settings. carbon based lifeforms have a nice little donation button on their home page with the statement “If you downloaded our music on p2p or otherwise and still want to pay us, feel free to donate.” seems like a good idea.
cheers,
d9
d9 on March 4, 2010
I’m a regular listener at DI.fm Chillout, and I must say, while it is a good station, there is only a handful of artists that truly stand out, and make you dig up the player window to see who’s the artist.
For example Cell, S.Zeilenga, Xerxes, Marco Torrance, Aes Dana, AmBeam, and YOU.
I’ve heard some of the songs from Infinite Lives there and was so enchanted by their beautiful, melancholic, happy, romantic vibes, that I just had to go by the album from ITunes.
I like all titles on the album, but Infinite Lives is my favorite – I think it’s a masterpiece!
Thank you very much for what you do, and please keep doing it.
Best regards, Jewe
The best ambient/chillout music.
Real CDs would be great, altough digital downloads in FLAC format would suffice in most cases, I guess… so that the quality does not suffer when people pay for the music…
still wainting for real CDs, those mad of Polycarbonate.
#k.
Kand.in.Sky on November 18, 2009
Beautiful mellow and so confident in production. Thank you so much – music one can relax into with the knowldge that it is there to support you. Great for journeying.
Solitarybird on October 7, 2009
You write the most beautiful music because it is who you are.
I too feel the ephemeralness – I have paused and saved many moments…
S on September 8, 2009
I just have no words to describe the experience that I have when listening to your music !
It awakes the most beautiful and the most profound emotion inside my soul…
thank ya !!!
space monkey on August 2, 2009
I wish I had better command of the English language so I could properly express how much I love your music. The sounds you produce explore so many emotions it’s almost unreal for me to be able to hear exactly what I’m feeling. I actually get goosebumps sometimes while listening. I just heard your new album on DI.fm and just had to buy it. You really take electronic music to new levels and the result is perfection.
Thank you for your beautiful music, and best wishes.
nafetS on July 22, 2009
Your music inspired me very often and made me visualize things that I before felt incapable of feeling.. In times of lonelyness, depression or just when I felt like calming down, you gave my imagination its wings back to fly away and find again the long lost will to live. Your music is just beautiful. Thank you.
Please continue to produce your outstanding music. Yours is a unique, unparalleled style, capable of sentiment and genuine emotion. Soft composition wise, yet resonating with such depth. As soon as i first listened to you Infinite Lives EP i knew i was a fan. Top quality soundscapes.
Your music is fantastic. Me and my family listen to it all the time, especially on those quiet evenings. I’ll be giving one or more of your albums to my dad for his birthday coming up.
Arfink on May 27, 2009
Addictive and euphoric.. the two words that come to mind when listening to Zoo. It wrote the soundtrack of my life for about 6 months following its inclusion on P9 Ambient Podcast! Keep it up!
B from Ottawa
B on March 19, 2009
fantastic stuff as always. all the best for 2009.
cheers,
klaus
xerxes on March 3, 2009
Hey :)
Great to hear that your album also is available over itunes musicstore.. will buy it for sure, because the little ep you releaed on kahvi rocks :)
Great Music, hope you plan to release your next projects also again on itunes store :)
Greetings,
SaphirJD
SaphirJD on February 26, 2009
Another amazing cd. You have been blessed with the gift of making music.
BD on January 16, 2009
I love electronic music and Workbench is surely in my top10. Lounge, Sunflower, De la terre ŕ la cime, … new album Infinite lives… oh my god they are great:-) Listening to them almost everyday and never have enough. Thank you for your music, which is doing this world a better place.
Jeff.LeRoy on January 6, 2009
I listened to Halcyon on a chill set and after a search on the net… downloaded Zoo album and other tracks… woooowwww, I ended speechless ! Incrdible sounds, incredible imagination!!! This is what I call chill&ambient ! Keep that way !
Lentzi on December 28, 2008
Hi… just wanted to say thank you for your EP release on Kahvi. Fantastic work as usual. Why are you retiring the Workbench alias?
Don’t know the other albums, but I feel Zoo tracks as truly inspired.
Brings my awareness to a more silent, peaceful state of being. Thank you.
Max on November 21, 2008
Halcyon is the most beautiful song I have ever heard.
Brady Cash on November 15, 2008
hi… i remember your music… when it was in “xm”-files… i loved it… too much… “level d” was amazing group, i always dreamt to be a member of it… ‘coz i was trying to compose myself… i remember nogsf, orion, distance, nexus, xerxes… it was a good times… i’m glad that you now a excellent musician… and now i need to buy your music not downloading it freely… :) thank you…
alexei bourikin (brick) on November 14, 2008
i’ve downloaded your free albums from your web site and love them very much. i want to buy the “detour” album but i don’t have apaypal account and don’t want to get it from itunes. i wish there was another way to download your album with international credit card. i really want o get this album and i don’t know how.
tom on October 20, 2008
I LOVE YOU! Your music is simply transcendent, beautiful, sensuous, peaceful, meditative! It makes me want to pirouette on the moon and lie on my back on a cloudy day and watch the clouds gather for rain. Your music brings out so much in me: the poet, the lover and the muse. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I will support your music by purchasing your albums past present and future!
I happened to need something which would help me concentrate on my work and got three of your albums froma colleague. Its some of the most beautiful and calming music I have listened to in all of my life. When ever I need to calm down and focus there is nothing that helps me more than Workbench.Thank You and keep up the great work.
Arvind on October 8, 2008
Simply beautiful music.
I can do my work to your melodies without feeling any interruption in my train of thought… That’s amazing.
Don on September 23, 2008
I stumbled on to your music on itunes, about a year ago.
I must say I’m really impressed by the melodic landscapes you create. What’s even more impressive is that unlike a lot of Logic and Reason users you don’t use any multisampled pianos and strings. It seems you use exclusively use synths.
I’m a musician as well, and I can learn so much from you. Thank you for this music. :)
sourberry on September 8, 2008
I was browsing the internet one day for my usual picking of audio delights when I came across Paper Frogs. I was moved. This may sound cheesy but I truly was. If my soul could cry out into the void this song would be its echo.
If you should ever ask yourself if you ever touched another human being. If you ever left a mark on their lives and changed them, if only in the smallest way. You have…
Twisted on August 22, 2008
I became aware of ‘workbench’, due to a friend. Ever since then have loved workbench due to the fact that it isn’t overpowering nor too slow…great for when writing essays or doing other work.
I first heard a couple of tracks on Shoutcast radio. I was instantly hooked and downloaded Detour.
This was soon followed by Infinite Lives, Antistatic & Dream of Silence.
(My comments appear as KL754 on iTunes).
Your music stands head & shoulders above most things I’ve heard, bearing in mind I have some 75 Tangerine Dream albums.
I also dabble in sequencing though I only use Fruityloops so I can to some degree appreciate the work involved.
Thank you for giving me hours of musically pleasure.
KL754 on August 2, 2008
I’ve been a fan of your work since I heard Halcyon on S. Zeilinga’s chillout mix Ever Since the Day We Met . . .
However, I have never been a fan of the iTunes store as the quality is fairly low. Is there a chance you’ll make your albums available for purchase on a site like audiojelly? What is the kbp/s rate of the tracks on this site?
My compliments again on the music. It’s wonderful.
TG on July 27, 2008
Hello… I was just listening to Zoo and it give me the desire to know if you’ve made some new album.
I grab your link’s homepage from Kahvi and finally discover that a new album is out in 2008 with some explicit Amiga’s title :)
I still have your .XM music but i’ve not listen to them since a long time… Level-D was a nice netlabel (rhhha nostalgic ;)
I hope you could release your music also in .ogg or why not even in lossless format
Best regards from France…
…only amiga makes it possible hehe…
ce dernier album est épique, mais le dernier morceau est légendaire !
On dirait un feu d’artifice pour riche:
c’est génial, on en a plein les yeux.. c’est vraiment tout bon.. puis on se dit “ha fini… ben la vache c’était vraiment bien”
Et puis à ce moment la BOUM ça redémarre et c’est encore plus affolant que la première partie et ça continue.. et ça reste terrible !
j’aime vraiment beaucoup ce nouvel album. Mmais le dernier morceau… rhaaa !
François on April 26, 2008
Infinite Lives is my favourite Workbench album…
I don’t know if I have been influenced by the song titles but some sounds remind me old Amiga soundtracks…
Thank you Workbench for all the good music you have done and I wish you the best for your new projects!
Great music, I had never heard of workbench-music before , today I was listning to di.fm and some crocodile tear touched my heardrum…. Now I’m very happy that I’ve found you guys.
Thankx, From Mozambique
Hello Sébastien,
Great music compositions and specially awesome sounds. I just listend to your infinity and enjoyed every bit of it.
moji
moji on March 15, 2008
Thank you very much for the beautiful music, I happen to enjoy it a lot. It’s been a long time since I have had a great opportunity to listen to such a unique sound.
Thanks again,
Keep up the good work!
John on March 15, 2008
Love your music. Thanks for your wonderful work.
Marc on February 22, 2008
You make awesome music!!! Keep doing music!!! I love it! :D
Greetings from Finland
Pia on February 10, 2008
When I hear your music it makes me stop and think about life – and there are very few artists that can do that. Keep on making music, you inspire quite a few people.
I really love the demo tracks from Vi! The chords in Track 1 reminds me of the work Jon Hallur did on the EVE-Online soundtrack, which was absolutely astounding. The electronic ambience in Track 2 is also immensely beautiful! It takes me back to the 8bit scene days, and I really hope that you pursue this style in more tracks on Vi!
Thanks for all your great music!
Mikkel on November 15, 2007
I am delighted to find your music today at CBC Radio 3. Your website is beautiful, and it fits this music.
I have linked to your website and to your R3 playlist from my MySpace where I have a list of excellent online music sources. I also display my photographic art there.
Just bought everything you have on offer. Your music is the most consistently wonderful listening experience out of every artist I hear on the chillout channel on di.fm, well done. Why have you not hit the mainstream yet?
Hi Workbench, your latest addition to the “Zoo” album is absolutely brilliant.
I really hope you keep producing such excellent pieces for many years to come!
Best regards, Cyrex / FMC
cyrex on September 15, 2007
Hey Workbench
I recorded a couple of your pieces from ww.sky.fm (Halcyon) to name one and it was the truest emboiment of the type of music that I love. I had no idea that “there was more where that came from”. It always takes me to where I want to be especially after long stressful days and I hope I speak for all the true ambient music fans out there when I say thank you to God for blessing you with such a creative talent and thank YOU for putting it to use. Please keep on writing and composing. You’ll always have a listening ear.
P.S. Crocodile Tears is simply beutiful.
From the lovely Caribbean Islands mon LOL
Kareem on September 2, 2007
Hi Dear
How are you , I hope that you are well and fine
And all things right , and enjoying a good life
What get out from your soul matches what my soul really needs
Your music beats , your tones of spirits , your neverending voices
And all the things that you have giving my soul
It is my first time to feel that your music is telling the others what
My heart want to say . .
I feel that your music is spreading the secrets of my heart to all
The people around me . .
But the only thing I can’t understand ,
How could you know what my heart beats want to say . .
Your rhythm is my story , your beats are the rhythm of my life
And your piano is how I feel . .
And the most amazing thing is that all the others I know
Hearing your music feel the same as I feel .
How could you do so ?
I feel you are so ambiguous , so the only thing I wish from you
Is to see your picture , and not the only one picture ,
Please send me your pictures as you can , and any information
About your age , your nationality , your hopes , your dreams
Your lover , and anything
Many thanks
Ahmed Abduallah – lamsa
Ahmed on August 25, 2007
Hi Workbench. I’m listening to your tracks for the first time as I write, having found them at Last.fm – beautiful music! I have added you to the artist connections at Pixies Palace group at Last.fm and to the artist radio. Thanks for the music and cheers from Brisbane Australia :D
Pixieguts on August 8, 2007
i listened your albums and they are very nice.
Are you composing a new album? i listened you long ago……( i think remember that you used to K6/2 with a tracker ?
Greetings.
PS: sorry for my english, it’s very poor.
Kristallo on August 6, 2007
Amazing …
De La Terre a La Crime… beautiful.
Big thanks for your music.
Kirill on April 14, 2007
It’s been a while since I bought Detour, and whenever I listen to it, Roundabout sparks something in my mind that I can’t quite put my finger on. It reminds me a lot of Robert Miles circa 2000. Such an excellent track on an equally excellent CD.
You need to release another CD commercially, ’cause I feel like I’m ripping you off by having paid so little for such great music.
Mikkel on February 23, 2007
I’ve downloaded, played, replayed again and again the album Zoo. I produce downtempo as a hobby, and I am humbled to hear such amazing music on Zoo.
Chilling, beautiful music. Perfect for the late night, this album is magical, in large part, because it “stays with you” after listening to it….haunting in the best way possible.
Thank you for making your work available
Jake on January 29, 2007
It’s been a long time and I suppose you’ve already forgotten about me. I’ve recently visited your page again and found that you’ve updated with Zoo – to which I’m listening right now. I’m absolutely stunned by it, I have to say. It’s even more beautiful that I had expected. Thank you for giving such beauty to us for free.
sythiar on January 12, 2007
Just listened to Zoo (dusk) on di.fm, and about to download the album. If it’s as good as that one track, ….
Theofrastus on January 1, 2007
Brilliant music, well done! So nice that something so good happens to be free.
Ben on December 24, 2006
I have been looking for this kind of music for years and finally i found it. Thank you, you have done very good job.
Villu on December 8, 2006
Bonjour Sébastien, il y a longtemps que j’entends parler de tes compositions, et finalement je peux les découvrir. Ce que tu fais est vraiment magnifique, continue pour notre plus grand plaisir ! – Roseanne
Roseanne on November 24, 2006
I found your site looking for good layout design, and being a musician I checked out some samples, then downloaded zoo ;). Very nice work. I like the atmospheric elements and the mood it sets. I personnaly would change the selection of a few instruments, but overall I think it’s great. Some just came off very bright and trance-like, yet in a softer style song. I plan on listening more though. Good work, good find :)
Sean on November 23, 2006
Zoo is really beutiful and well made to my ears. Thankyou!
Cameron on November 18, 2006
THANK YOU for ZOO
As with ALL of your compositions, it is TOP SHELF. EPILOGUE I is my favorite.
dean on October 4, 2006
Simply amazing music! I’m glad to hear you’re keeping the Level-D spirit alive :)
I hope you’ll be able to keep up this fantastic work.
My respects,
Cyrex
Cyrex / Fusion Music Crew on September 16, 2006
Hello, listening to your B-sides. I reaaly lika what i hear, you are very good, atmospheric music, really original. My favo is “Metro” but i liked the other ones also (The opening, bunny tell) . keep up the good work.
exlex on July 17, 2006
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!!!!
me on May 29, 2006
hi! I’ve just made little investigation after hearing your track on DI.fm, i’d like to start with greetings to you and work you’ve don’e so far. For now my ambitions exceed my talent but I’ll do my best to make music like you do. Can you tel me how to start, I do not want to go on public with my staf so i can use any software i’ll “find” on internet. Please tell me which software is good to know, wchih you are using?? Maby with this andmy little talent i’ll be able to make some nice chll music, I’ll send you if you want of course! greetings to you.
maystr on February 1, 2006
Charmante et délicate; magnifique mais humble… comment est-ce possible de ne pas s’accrocher a une telle mélodie? J’adore. – d’un fan de Montréal, Québec. Canada
Guillaume D. on January 13, 2006
great music to relax and study to.. it actually inspires me to do work. can’t wait for the next one.
wovie on December 21, 2005
Just received my copy of Detour. Very good stuff. Well worth the purchase!
Versello on September 20, 2005
felicitation pour c bo site. en demenageant je suis tombe sur la casette que tu m’avais copie en 1997 quand tu etais de passage a lausanne et j’ai adore la reecouter. merci
giwdul/calodox on August 23, 2005
I have purchased all of your albums and can’t wait for “album 5”. Listening to your music has become a nightly event for my wife and I. You will have a hard time topping “DETOUR”, but from the sounds of previews 1 and 2 you are going in the right direction. Thank you for the hours upon hours of entertainment you have given us.
Dean on June 24, 2005
I have recently bought Detour and Antistatic. Your music is amazingly refreshing. Kudos!
You’re a great inspiration to me right now. I’m just begining to get interested in digital music after four years of design work.
You have a wonderful site here. As soon as I’m sure I can afford it, I’ll be buying several of your albums.
shadowhand on March 10, 2005
A truly wonderful design. I find the style changing sheets in the top left corner especially amazing.
I believe that I don’t have words for everything I like about it.
I shall tell all my friends about it though, as you suggested.
Yours
Diana
Sythiar on February 27, 2005
Love the design!
Alex on February 26, 2005
Amazing! Simply amazing! Every album is better than one before and detour is easy to listen to. Miss ya dude!
Mytholas on January 22, 2005
“Detour” is 5 star. Absolutely amazing.
Anyone who likes New Age should have this CD.
dean winland on December 24, 2004
Love your music so much. Pls post me any of your new albums. A fan from China
Gary Ching on December 1, 2004
D’album en album … J’ai suivis l’évolution de ta musique.
Elle m’a accompagné durant mes longues heures (nuits) de travail et de détente.
Ce dernier opus (Detour) marque une étape de plus dans l’évolution de ta créativité musicale, une étape que je savoure en attendant le prochain album.
Continue sur cette voie …
Salut Sébastien,
Je vois que tu as parcouru pas mal de chemin depuis Saint Laurent (informatique). Félicitation pour ta carrière musicale! Beau boulot, j’aime ce que tu fais, même si je suis un peu plus ambient/électro. Bonne chance pour la suite!
Jean-Marc
Jean-Marc on November 15, 2004
~.~ ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL…Your music is the kind that makes people (who perhaps innocently wander past your studio door:)stop and listen ~.~
chandra on November 7, 2004
nice cover on the latest cd…
seriously sounds awesome!!
amy on October 12, 2004
I like your new site, can’t wait to listen to your new music!
jenni on July 22, 2004
I came upon your music by accident a few years ago. So glad I did! Congratulations on your new site and welcome to Canada!
I discovered Zoo and Infinite Lives on spotify recently. I wish I knew about Workbench earlier! Good news is that Synesthesia and Goldfish are still ahead of me. Thanks for these vibes and please continue! Greetings from Budapest
From the last century (already 21 years back ;) ), I started & continue to follow this album suite with always the same pleasure, relaxing atmosphere. With roots in the Amiga universe with its FastTracker and captivating game songs, I can easily relate to The “Workbench”.
From creating this relaxing ambience on Sunday evening in our student “kot” when we were coming back from a weekend in our family batteries recharged to go along 1 week of study, to the presence during night works on computer, or when helping 2 escape the day2day stress/pressure…
Cheers from Belgium !
I can’t live without all albums till Synesthesia included! Please consider going back to the roots :)
I feel like I’ve been listening to “Zoo” my whole life. I love it and it makes me feel good about myself and so much more relaxed than usual. Thank-you for the wonderful music.
I noticed that I always save listening to Halcyon for very special occasion of true serenity, since 10 years ago. It has something very special at the heart of its sound.
Dear Sebastian! Thank you for the “Zoo” – I listened to it hundred times and will listen another thousands. It resonates with my soul somehow, difficult to explain. This album is like a good old friend to me. Thank you.
Zoo, Infinite Lives & Detour will be reborn on the new turn of the evolutional spiral, I believe it!
Hi there!
Hope the harmony links with you soul once more to let free a new splendid album :)
P.S. I egoistically hope it sounds closer to Zoo, Infinite Lives & Detour taken together))
Zoo, Infinite Lives & Detour are just splendid! That’s why these aren’t enough, pleasr, if you just kindly would finf it in your heart to develop on that magnificient sound again!..
Just re-listened to “Zoo” and remembered what wonderful music Workbench is.
Kind regards from Lithuania
Thank you so much for so many internal”trips”, a wounderful journey into the core edge of life :-) I’m 58 years old and a lot of music have passed by in my life and yours have moved me the most…. :-) Love & respect Michael – Copenhagen, Denmark
It is such pure joy to listen to your music! Each release such a perfect soundscape to daydream and relax. Art at its finest, thank you!
Wonderful music!!! All tracks are amazing!!! Thanx from France.
i like your music style you make some very touching & emotional & your track “paper frog” makes me cry hehe…i also like your pictures in your Instagram i myself love very much to travel with my dog and take pictures specially nature pictures like you as i saw….:)
…………………………SPECKS OF DUST………………………….
……………….Moved my soul and touched deeply…………….
Zillions of Thanks.
Spellbound and taken aback by Goldfish album.
Thank you for this wonderful gift.
Many thanks from the Abyss of my Heart.
What excellent music this is, Sebastian! “Dreaming of the South Seas” in particular is such a hauntingly beautiful piece.
Mind if I tell a story? When I was 12 (or so) I was exposed to Vangelis’s Chung Kuo via a car commercial. At the time I had not a care in the world—just a happy child full of innocence and wonder. When I hear that music today I am overcome with a rush of emotion. It’s almost as if in my mind I’m transported back to that carefree time. In some ways I guess you could say I’ve spent the rest of my life looking for music that will have a similar impact. Your music does so. The images in my mind these songs evoke are sublime. Thank you so much for creating it and so generously sharing it with us.
Worth the wait – simply beautiful Sebastien! Music you can close your eyes and just drift off to.
Thank You!
Beautiful as always… It’s as if you’ve pulled the purest essence of my soul and put it to music. Something about your music has a way of providing a common thread of life within all that hear and feel it. Thank you.
Great news hearing about the release of “Goldfish” today.Your previous release “Synesthesia” is a masterpiece, and this one sounds just as good.
I wait for “Goldfish” so long… It’s AMAZING!!!
Thank you so much for your inspiring music !)
Alex, Russia ;)
Love so much of your music. Please make more!
Génial ! J’ai tellement hâte d’écouter Goldfish, après 3 ans d’attente…
Come back please… where are you ?
You rock. Absolutely rock. Whenever I need to focus deeply I just turn on any one of your albums and none of them ever ever let me down. Thank you so much :)
Your music has been a blessing in my life. Thank you for sharing your talent! Deep, inspiring, soulful, and fun to listen to.
I get to your site every day to check if the new album is there!
I’m really enjoying the Synthesia album; I was first attracted to your work with the Serpents track off Zoo. Thank you for offering your albums here on your site! Great music to write and design to.
Thank You
I immediately recognized your music (in Youtube, after watching somo clips about Fasttracker 2.0) Links in the description led me here. Memories. Two tracks “Clock” and “Crystal Echoes” Because of your music, I bought a Sound Blaster SB16 for my computer in the late 90′
PC SCENE forever. GTX from Poland :D
WOW…AMAZING!!!
I managed to to get hold of Workbench – Zoo…I love this music…it elevates ones mind and soul…and “De La Terre à La Cime” is just wonderful. Thank you
Keep up the good work. You have made some of my favorite ambient / chilled music of all time and I hope many people have the opportunity to enjoy your compositions for years to come. Looking forward to any future releases! Nicely done website as well, by the way.
Just donated $5. Your music is really great. Helps me relax and focus while I’m programming. Infinite Lives is my favourite!
Great news about new album about to be released!
I’ll buy it right away!
Taken aback by this spellbound artist. Splendiferous & Resplendent, my words are finite to describe this artist. All songs are like Diamond. Waiting desperately for New one.
Let the inspiration be with you!
Still hoping for the new release. seems long coming
I have just made the discovery of your music Sebastien, and I’ve marked the day in my diary as a special one. It is aural honey, and it’s like Christmas has come early. Absolutely, indescribably beautiful. I am immersing myself in all your albums and will wait patiently for Goldfish. As a motion designer myself, I see you also have a huge talent for visuals as well – this website is gorgeous. I’d love to collaborate with you one day on a visual piece or two that does justice to your music. Stay well and wonderfully creative, Cheers, Gary.
צליל יפה, מהנה ומיוחד – תודה רבה
Beautiful sound pleasurable and unique – Thank you
צליל יפה ומיוחד מהנה ומיוחד – תודה רבה
Beautiful sound pleasurable and unique – Thank you
Beautiful music… have been listening to your music for years now and it’s always amazing – it’s the soundtrack to a lot of my life! Can’t wait for the new release.
All releases are very good. Synesthesia album is wonderful!!!
Nice blog here! Also your site loads up very fast!
What web host are you using? Can I get your affiliate link to your host?
I wish my site loaded up as fast as yours lol
Can’t wait for Goldfish! On the other hand, I wouldn’t hurry you as I’d like your new album be as polished as it’s possible.
Sincere thanks for your music!
I have been listening to this and similar genres of music for over thirty years , through the advances and evolution in styles and electronics. Some artists have been around for the duration , some have come and gone. I can only hope you continue sharing your art with the world for the rest of my days on earth. Definitely in my top ten of all time , fantastic productions that carry the spirit to beautiful places.
Discovered Workbench through an internet radio station. Now I can’t get enough. Beautiful, beautiful stuff. I think my favorite track so far is “Yellow”, off Synesthesia.
Thank you.
Hello from Qatar – I’ve been looking for music that affected as much as Enigma Chapter 1 did. I can safely say that your work has done that for me. Ambient and sharp without being too New Age. Good work Sir and I look forward to more.
I was enslaved by “Zoo” for a long time. Fantastically pacifying beautiful album. Thanks for your magic music. “Halcyon” as well as was spoken by many is simply magnificent. We demand opportunity to buy albums on this site in FLAC !!!
Just discovered Workbench today thanks to DI.FM.
Listened to a few tracks on YouTube and fell in love immediately.
One more magical artist on my playlist next to Koan, Daniel Roeth, Carbon based Lifeforms, Easily Embarrassed, Port-Royal and so many more…
Thank you for the music, the freedom and the dreams <3
Kelvin
thanks for air cargo! it is amazing!
Rus: Очень красивая музыка!!! давно искал подобную!!! Желаю творческих успехов, искренне за Вас надеюсь!!!
Eng: Very beautiful music! was looking like! I wish you every success and sincerely hope for you!
Merci, Sébastien! Les mots ne peuvent pas exprimer la reconnaissance que je sens pour ton talent. Merci d’avoir crée et partagé cette expérience sublime avec nous. Je n’arrête pas de rejouer Reflections (Satellite, 1998), envoûté par le rythme cardiaque et la pureté cristalline de la deuxième moitié.
DI.fm, you’ve enriched my life by pouring Workbench Music into my ears.
Thanks a lot for sharing your music!
Nothing else to say!
Just listening …
Stay close!
R E S P L E N D E N T is the only word………….S U P E R B.
Hi from Siberia!
I like your music. It’s terrific, fantastic, sensational!
Thank you and give to us moreeee!!!
СПАСИБО!!!
Bonjour Sébastien,
“Synesthesia” est absolument fantastique mais qu’en est-il
de ton nouvel album?
Je l’attend avec impatience. Merci et bonne continuation.
Amicalement
Didier.
Unbelievable release. I’m eager to get my hands on your tracks and start mixing them.
Waiting impatiently for Goldfish!
Hope to see the magic of Halcyon & City Lights shine on a new turn of the Workbench helix!
I’m freshly under impression of your latest release at Kahvi, Synesthesia. Man, it’s great. Soft, melodic, spacey. It reminds me legendary Rainbow Serpent’s music, but in many means it’s even better. Outstanding, simply outstanding…
Your music keeps me more optimistic in times of turmoil in Russia, thank you!
Actually, it’s now obvious to me that my musical worls have also been influenced by Workbench :)
Your music is great. Thanks for all the good moods it gave me. “Paper frog” is my favorite track, I’m listening to it right now. Keep up the good work, I hope to see your new albums soon!
Your Music is a bliss,, tunes submerged into pensiveness and melancholia still in the purest form of limpidity.. so psalmic just like an elixir.. we are so blessed.. positive vibes :) :)
For longest time I’ve been looking for music that would put me into blissful state of trance. While my search is never ending, this is without a doubt the pinnacle of soulful creativity.
Your compositions are so refreshingly simple and unpretentious, yet beneath there’s a roller coaster of emotions I can’t even begin to describe. Your music isn’t just music – every track is an amazing experience, a journey; one that I’m happy to return to again and again and again, and one that doesn’t loose any of it’s loveliness each time I travel it.
A thousand times thank you for sharing your amazing talents with us. Please don’t stop, don’t ever stop. :)
Beautiful, beautiful …. came to this quiet by accident on Youtube … found so many talented composers (you are a standout)… we really only get to hear the horrible commercial stuff here in Perth Western Australia ….
Magnificent music for hearing and soul.
Zoo is definitely the best album, over all
Heard one version of Zoo on SomaFM. Completely hooked. Came here saw some free albums…thank you very much. found the others on itunes and bought them all. favorite songs out of them all is City of Lights but I like every album equally. Looking forward to your next. thank you thank you
Thank you lots for your music, it made my days & weeks.
I can frankly say you’re one of my favorite composers if not simply the favorite one :)
Just an opinion – I pray to God that Goldfish will be less Synesthesia-like and more Detour-, Zoo-, Sattelite, Dream Of Silence etc – like)) Synesthesia is specific but I am craving more, more, more of your ‘trademark’ sound, especially Halcyon-like.
Halcyon is easily enough to engrave your name on the moon, I think. It may seem bizarre, but Halcyon is the only track in my audioteque that I actually restrict myself from listening more often that 3 times a year – to preserve its mysctical magic from fading away even slightly :)
Thank you again!
ಸೆಬಾಸ್ಟಿಯನ್, ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸಂಗೀತ ಒಂದೇ ಶಬ್ದದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಬೇಕೆಂದರೆ, ಅದ್ಭುತ. ವರ್ಣಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದರೆ ಶಬ್ದಗಳೇ ಇಲ್ಲ. ನನಗೆ ಸಹ ಈ ಸಂಗೀತದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿದಿದ್ದು ಆಕಸ್ಮಿಕವಾಗಿ. ಅದು ಹೇಗೆ ಎಂದು ನನಗೂ ನೆನಪಿಲ್ಲ. ಆದರೆ ಈ ಸಂಗೀತದ ವೆಬ್ ಸೈಟಿನ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನನಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತಾಗಿದ್ದು ಸಹ ದೇವರ ದಯೆಯೆಂದು ನಾನು ಭಾವಿಸುವೆ.
Dear Sebastian, I am a Kannada (an Indian Language) speaking music lover. I can say only one word ‘Wonderful’ about your music. Unfortunately I do not have words to elaborate my happiness. I too came to know about your music website accidentally in the year 2000. Since from that day I’ve been the worshiper of your music. I sincerely feel that your music site is gift for me by God! truly divine. (This is the translation of my above comment in my mother tongue. I feel that one can express his/her happiness better in mother tongue than any other languages)
Hello Sebastien¡¡
Thanks very much for your work, it´s awesome the quality of your albums.
Your music is “UNIQUE” ¡¡¡¡¡
Greetings from Spain.
Музыка моей мечты. Музыка моей гармонии.
Words are finite. Great Great Great Band i’ve ever heard. Waiting 4 new one. Please go for all albums.
Один из лучших амбиент/нью-эйдж композиторов. Спасибо!
Ждём новых альбомов.
I first heard from your music in 2009, and thanks to it I have dreamt of new music horizons from that day. ‘Zoo (dusk)’ and ‘De la Terre a la Cime I & II’ were my favourites, and always I listen to your music I encounter new notes, more enjoyment, I feel alive. This is REALLY very great music!!
Thanks for share your musical dreams with us!
Уникальная музыка для души ! Браво!
Желаю больших творческих успехов!
Workbench – это моя музыка!
świetna muzyka .
pozdrawiam.
Thank you for having you in my life!!!
I wish you great success.
Please do not ever stop making this music…
Regards,
Daniela
Hello Sebastien,
Your music is fantastic.
You would deserve really a wider audience !
For me your last opus synesthesia is the album of the maturity : it is excellent from the first notes of indigo to the last ones of Green.
Continue to enchant our ears !
Best wishes from France,
Alain
Thank you for so many years, so many songs that are like a present for me. Your music has come along with me on some of the most important events in my life.
Thank you again.
Synesthesia is now embedded in my body & soul. I feel every beat & emotion which sends tingles up and down my spine. The most beautiful experience that music has ever given me. Thankyou.
R E S P L E N D E N T go 4 it guys. P E E R L E S S
Absolutely stunning. Thank you Mr Marchal for turning the light on, in my heart. When all around me is dark, your music is a beacon of hope.
You’ve just converted a new member to your congregation!
Mark from South Africa
You are blessed ………………………beautiful music, Thank you.
1 Word only that is S U P E R B
Just completed my first listen of Synesthesia and I’m profoundly impressed. I’ve been listening to your music for many years, having discovered your pieces on the Kahvi netlabel and I think this is a new high point.
absolutely fantastic
Wonderful music
Just in 1 word = S U P E R B BAND
Your music has touched my soul. Unpredictable, yet harmonious tones are forming a fairytale of the music-universe.
Your wisdom shines through, just by the sound of how your music is composed.
I hope you will keep making art within your genre, and inspire others who will want to follow.
Being an amateur ambient musician myself, I cannot help but envy your talent unlike any other, not by mere magnitude but by the marvelous emotional impact it has on the innermost feelings one may experience.
Seemingly simple, your music is actually profound indeed and, among your works, Halcyon is unconditionally the most complex and versatile one.
Long live, Sébastien! Soit jeune éternellement!
I cannot begin to explain how powerful your music is. Absoutely captivating! I listen to it all the time. I love to play for my friends and family and when they hear it, they’re like…WHOA, this is good stuff! ‘GOLDFISH’ is my favorite track, but also love ‘PAPER FROG’ and ‘PAULA’. Can’t wait to hear the new stuff and if it sounds anything like the style of ‘GOLDFISH’, then we are ALL in for a REAL treat!! :)
I have been listening to your music for years – CDs, iPod, PC, the car, wherever possible. Your music is simply captivating, mesmerizing, trance inducing, relaxing, etc. It is always wonderful to hear. Thank you.
Great music man, but when are u gonna realese something new. have waited long time now!!!
This music is absolutely fantastic. Keep up the great work! I can’t wait to hear what comes out next.
Wow Wow WoW! After discovery your album Zoo via Kahvi, I just could not stop listening to every tune, you are simply world class, your music is amazing! I am stunned to find such purity in an album, usually its hard to find such consistent quality. Thanks man
The most beautiful and inspiring album I heard this year was Zoo. I’d like you to know how thankful I am for this work!
Your music has been an important part of my life for several years now. I am very much looking forward to your next album!
Heard you first time at di.fm
it was Infinite Lives, of course :-)
have no words, bro, thank you
I heard your music streaming in my bedroom one night. The next night I owned your CD’s. Then I learnt you were an Amiga guy, and it all made sense !
Infinite Lives, the track, has influenced my life recently – it has taken on something more than just music. So thanks.
But I have to know, why on Earth are the congo/drums/beat featured in Infinite Lives slightly out of step with the rest of the sound? Damn, it breaks my heart everytime I hear it …
:)
I love that music! It’s beatifult ambient!!!
Sébastien you are TALENT! Thank you for your excelent works! We are love you and your great music. Thanks for the time you spend into studio. Thanks for job. Your music is beatiful and people needs it.
Ukraine with you, man!
threr are only a few tracks that have actaully changed my life and de la terre à la cime (I&II) is one of them. Words can not express my gratitude for such an amazing peice of work, it is truely up there with the masters and will live on in eternity as a homage to humanity
Every cut is very good great work
Keep it coming
AlgePro
Excellent music. Excellent. Many unforgettable impressions. Big thank you.
There aren’t many artists who can consistently craft beautiful chillout music, track after track: Cell, Aes Dana, Puff Dragon, maybe a handful of others. After hearing Cli, Bootstrap, and a dozen or so other incredible tunes from Workbench, I’d put his work among the very best without hesitation. Keep it coming!
1. beautiful music, brother – thank you.
2. lots of people have stumbled across your music bundled with other selections in p2p settings. carbon based lifeforms have a nice little donation button on their home page with the statement “If you downloaded our music on p2p or otherwise and still want to pay us, feel free to donate.” seems like a good idea.
cheers,
d9
I’m a regular listener at DI.fm Chillout, and I must say, while it is a good station, there is only a handful of artists that truly stand out, and make you dig up the player window to see who’s the artist.
For example Cell, S.Zeilenga, Xerxes, Marco Torrance, Aes Dana, AmBeam, and YOU.
I’ve heard some of the songs from Infinite Lives there and was so enchanted by their beautiful, melancholic, happy, romantic vibes, that I just had to go by the album from ITunes.
I like all titles on the album, but Infinite Lives is my favorite – I think it’s a masterpiece!
Thank you very much for what you do, and please keep doing it.
Best regards, Jewe
The best ambient/chillout music.
Real CDs would be great, altough digital downloads in FLAC format would suffice in most cases, I guess… so that the quality does not suffer when people pay for the music…
still wainting for real CDs, those mad of Polycarbonate.
#k.
Beautiful mellow and so confident in production. Thank you so much – music one can relax into with the knowldge that it is there to support you. Great for journeying.
You write the most beautiful music because it is who you are.
I too feel the ephemeralness – I have paused and saved many moments…
I just have no words to describe the experience that I have when listening to your music !
It awakes the most beautiful and the most profound emotion inside my soul…
thank ya !!!
I wish I had better command of the English language so I could properly express how much I love your music. The sounds you produce explore so many emotions it’s almost unreal for me to be able to hear exactly what I’m feeling. I actually get goosebumps sometimes while listening. I just heard your new album on DI.fm and just had to buy it. You really take electronic music to new levels and the result is perfection.
Thank you for your beautiful music, and best wishes.
Your music inspired me very often and made me visualize things that I before felt incapable of feeling.. In times of lonelyness, depression or just when I felt like calming down, you gave my imagination its wings back to fly away and find again the long lost will to live. Your music is just beautiful. Thank you.
Please continue to produce your outstanding music. Yours is a unique, unparalleled style, capable of sentiment and genuine emotion. Soft composition wise, yet resonating with such depth. As soon as i first listened to you Infinite Lives EP i knew i was a fan. Top quality soundscapes.
Your music is fantastic. Me and my family listen to it all the time, especially on those quiet evenings. I’ll be giving one or more of your albums to my dad for his birthday coming up.
Addictive and euphoric.. the two words that come to mind when listening to Zoo. It wrote the soundtrack of my life for about 6 months following its inclusion on P9 Ambient Podcast! Keep it up!
B from Ottawa
fantastic stuff as always. all the best for 2009.
cheers,
klaus
Hey :)
Great to hear that your album also is available over itunes musicstore.. will buy it for sure, because the little ep you releaed on kahvi rocks :)
Great Music, hope you plan to release your next projects also again on itunes store :)
Greetings,
SaphirJD
Another amazing cd. You have been blessed with the gift of making music.
I love electronic music and Workbench is surely in my top10. Lounge, Sunflower, De la terre ŕ la cime, … new album Infinite lives… oh my god they are great:-) Listening to them almost everyday and never have enough. Thank you for your music, which is doing this world a better place.
I listened to Halcyon on a chill set and after a search on the net… downloaded Zoo album and other tracks… woooowwww, I ended speechless ! Incrdible sounds, incredible imagination!!! This is what I call chill&ambient ! Keep that way !
Hi… just wanted to say thank you for your EP release on Kahvi. Fantastic work as usual. Why are you retiring the Workbench alias?
Thanks again! =)
Don’t know the other albums, but I feel Zoo tracks as truly inspired.
Brings my awareness to a more silent, peaceful state of being. Thank you.
Halcyon is the most beautiful song I have ever heard.
hi… i remember your music… when it was in “xm”-files… i loved it… too much… “level d” was amazing group, i always dreamt to be a member of it… ‘coz i was trying to compose myself… i remember nogsf, orion, distance, nexus, xerxes… it was a good times… i’m glad that you now a excellent musician… and now i need to buy your music not downloading it freely… :) thank you…
i’ve downloaded your free albums from your web site and love them very much. i want to buy the “detour” album but i don’t have apaypal account and don’t want to get it from itunes. i wish there was another way to download your album with international credit card. i really want o get this album and i don’t know how.
I LOVE YOU! Your music is simply transcendent, beautiful, sensuous, peaceful, meditative! It makes me want to pirouette on the moon and lie on my back on a cloudy day and watch the clouds gather for rain. Your music brings out so much in me: the poet, the lover and the muse. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I will support your music by purchasing your albums past present and future!
I happened to need something which would help me concentrate on my work and got three of your albums froma colleague. Its some of the most beautiful and calming music I have listened to in all of my life. When ever I need to calm down and focus there is nothing that helps me more than Workbench.Thank You and keep up the great work.
Simply beautiful music.
I can do my work to your melodies without feeling any interruption in my train of thought… That’s amazing.
I stumbled on to your music on itunes, about a year ago.
I must say I’m really impressed by the melodic landscapes you create. What’s even more impressive is that unlike a lot of Logic and Reason users you don’t use any multisampled pianos and strings. It seems you use exclusively use synths.
I’m a musician as well, and I can learn so much from you. Thank you for this music. :)
I was browsing the internet one day for my usual picking of audio delights when I came across Paper Frogs. I was moved. This may sound cheesy but I truly was. If my soul could cry out into the void this song would be its echo.
If you should ever ask yourself if you ever touched another human being. If you ever left a mark on their lives and changed them, if only in the smallest way. You have…
I became aware of ‘workbench’, due to a friend. Ever since then have loved workbench due to the fact that it isn’t overpowering nor too slow…great for when writing essays or doing other work.
I first heard a couple of tracks on Shoutcast radio. I was instantly hooked and downloaded Detour.
This was soon followed by Infinite Lives, Antistatic & Dream of Silence.
(My comments appear as KL754 on iTunes).
Your music stands head & shoulders above most things I’ve heard, bearing in mind I have some 75 Tangerine Dream albums.
I also dabble in sequencing though I only use Fruityloops so I can to some degree appreciate the work involved.
Thank you for giving me hours of musically pleasure.
I’ve been a fan of your work since I heard Halcyon on S. Zeilinga’s chillout mix Ever Since the Day We Met . . .
However, I have never been a fan of the iTunes store as the quality is fairly low. Is there a chance you’ll make your albums available for purchase on a site like audiojelly? What is the kbp/s rate of the tracks on this site?
My compliments again on the music. It’s wonderful.
Hello… I was just listening to Zoo and it give me the desire to know if you’ve made some new album.
I grab your link’s homepage from Kahvi and finally discover that a new album is out in 2008 with some explicit Amiga’s title :)
I still have your .XM music but i’ve not listen to them since a long time… Level-D was a nice netlabel (rhhha nostalgic ;)
I hope you could release your music also in .ogg or why not even in lossless format
Best regards from France…
…only amiga makes it possible hehe…
ce dernier album est épique, mais le dernier morceau est légendaire !
On dirait un feu d’artifice pour riche:
c’est génial, on en a plein les yeux.. c’est vraiment tout bon.. puis on se dit “ha fini… ben la vache c’était vraiment bien”
Et puis à ce moment la BOUM ça redémarre et c’est encore plus affolant que la première partie et ça continue.. et ça reste terrible !
j’aime vraiment beaucoup ce nouvel album. Mmais le dernier morceau… rhaaa !
Infinite Lives is my favourite Workbench album…
I don’t know if I have been influenced by the song titles but some sounds remind me old Amiga soundtracks…
Thank you Workbench for all the good music you have done and I wish you the best for your new projects!
INFINITE LIVES is SOOOO BEAUTIFUL! Nice work!
Really love your track Halcyon… very deep and peaceful. Very in tune with my heart. Thanks, Forrest
Great music, I had never heard of workbench-music before , today I was listning to di.fm and some crocodile tear touched my heardrum…. Now I’m very happy that I’ve found you guys.
Thankx, From Mozambique
Amazing music !, listening to Three of ten on di.fm right now…great track ! but Halcyon is a favorite of mine. Keep up the good work !
/Dhamika
Hello Sébastien,
Great music compositions and specially awesome sounds. I just listend to your infinity and enjoyed every bit of it.
moji
Thank you very much for the beautiful music, I happen to enjoy it a lot. It’s been a long time since I have had a great opportunity to listen to such a unique sound.
Thanks again,
Keep up the good work!
Love your music. Thanks for your wonderful work.
You make awesome music!!! Keep doing music!!! I love it! :D
Greetings from Finland
When I hear your music it makes me stop and think about life – and there are very few artists that can do that. Keep on making music, you inspire quite a few people.
greetings from germany,
Alex
Hey,
I really love the demo tracks from Vi! The chords in Track 1 reminds me of the work Jon Hallur did on the EVE-Online soundtrack, which was absolutely astounding. The electronic ambience in Track 2 is also immensely beautiful! It takes me back to the 8bit scene days, and I really hope that you pursue this style in more tracks on Vi!
Thanks for all your great music!
I am delighted to find your music today at CBC Radio 3. Your website is beautiful, and it fits this music.
I have linked to your website and to your R3 playlist from my MySpace where I have a list of excellent online music sources. I also display my photographic art there.
http://www.myspace.com/ericporcher
I’ve added two of your songs to my Soulwindows.com playlist at CBC R3, prominently placed.
All my best to you.
Eric Porcher
Victoria
Hey,
Just bought everything you have on offer. Your music is the most consistently wonderful listening experience out of every artist I hear on the chillout channel on di.fm, well done. Why have you not hit the mainstream yet?
In any case, really nice stuff, thanks :)
Nathan
Hi Workbench, your latest addition to the “Zoo” album is absolutely brilliant.
I really hope you keep producing such excellent pieces for many years to come!
Best regards, Cyrex / FMC
Hey Workbench
I recorded a couple of your pieces from ww.sky.fm (Halcyon) to name one and it was the truest emboiment of the type of music that I love. I had no idea that “there was more where that came from”. It always takes me to where I want to be especially after long stressful days and I hope I speak for all the true ambient music fans out there when I say thank you to God for blessing you with such a creative talent and thank YOU for putting it to use. Please keep on writing and composing. You’ll always have a listening ear.
P.S. Crocodile Tears is simply beutiful.
From the lovely Caribbean Islands mon LOL
Hi Dear
How are you , I hope that you are well and fine
And all things right , and enjoying a good life
What get out from your soul matches what my soul really needs
Your music beats , your tones of spirits , your neverending voices
And all the things that you have giving my soul
It is my first time to feel that your music is telling the others what
My heart want to say . .
I feel that your music is spreading the secrets of my heart to all
The people around me . .
But the only thing I can’t understand ,
How could you know what my heart beats want to say . .
Your rhythm is my story , your beats are the rhythm of my life
And your piano is how I feel . .
And the most amazing thing is that all the others I know
Hearing your music feel the same as I feel .
How could you do so ?
I feel you are so ambiguous , so the only thing I wish from you
Is to see your picture , and not the only one picture ,
Please send me your pictures as you can , and any information
About your age , your nationality , your hopes , your dreams
Your lover , and anything
Many thanks
Ahmed Abduallah – lamsa
Hi Workbench. I’m listening to your tracks for the first time as I write, having found them at Last.fm – beautiful music! I have added you to the artist connections at Pixies Palace group at Last.fm and to the artist radio. Thanks for the music and cheers from Brisbane Australia :D
i listened your albums and they are very nice.
Are you composing a new album? i listened you long ago……( i think remember that you used to K6/2 with a tracker ?
Greetings.
PS: sorry for my english, it’s very poor.
Amazing …
De La Terre a La Crime… beautiful.
Big thanks for your music.
It’s been a while since I bought Detour, and whenever I listen to it, Roundabout sparks something in my mind that I can’t quite put my finger on. It reminds me a lot of Robert Miles circa 2000. Such an excellent track on an equally excellent CD.
You need to release another CD commercially, ’cause I feel like I’m ripping you off by having paid so little for such great music.
I’ve downloaded, played, replayed again and again the album Zoo. I produce downtempo as a hobby, and I am humbled to hear such amazing music on Zoo.
Chilling, beautiful music. Perfect for the late night, this album is magical, in large part, because it “stays with you” after listening to it….haunting in the best way possible.
Thank you for making your work available
It’s been a long time and I suppose you’ve already forgotten about me. I’ve recently visited your page again and found that you’ve updated with Zoo – to which I’m listening right now. I’m absolutely stunned by it, I have to say. It’s even more beautiful that I had expected. Thank you for giving such beauty to us for free.
Just listened to Zoo (dusk) on di.fm, and about to download the album. If it’s as good as that one track, ….
Brilliant music, well done! So nice that something so good happens to be free.
I have been looking for this kind of music for years and finally i found it. Thank you, you have done very good job.
Bonjour Sébastien, il y a longtemps que j’entends parler de tes compositions, et finalement je peux les découvrir. Ce que tu fais est vraiment magnifique, continue pour notre plus grand plaisir ! – Roseanne
I found your site looking for good layout design, and being a musician I checked out some samples, then downloaded zoo ;). Very nice work. I like the atmospheric elements and the mood it sets. I personnaly would change the selection of a few instruments, but overall I think it’s great. Some just came off very bright and trance-like, yet in a softer style song. I plan on listening more though. Good work, good find :)
Zoo is really beutiful and well made to my ears. Thankyou!
THANK YOU for ZOO
As with ALL of your compositions, it is TOP SHELF. EPILOGUE I is my favorite.
Simply amazing music! I’m glad to hear you’re keeping the Level-D spirit alive :)
I hope you’ll be able to keep up this fantastic work.
My respects,
Cyrex
Hello, listening to your B-sides. I reaaly lika what i hear, you are very good, atmospheric music, really original. My favo is “Metro” but i liked the other ones also (The opening, bunny tell) . keep up the good work.
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!!!!
hi! I’ve just made little investigation after hearing your track on DI.fm, i’d like to start with greetings to you and work you’ve don’e so far. For now my ambitions exceed my talent but I’ll do my best to make music like you do. Can you tel me how to start, I do not want to go on public with my staf so i can use any software i’ll “find” on internet. Please tell me which software is good to know, wchih you are using?? Maby with this andmy little talent i’ll be able to make some nice chll music, I’ll send you if you want of course! greetings to you.
Charmante et délicate; magnifique mais humble… comment est-ce possible de ne pas s’accrocher a une telle mélodie? J’adore. – d’un fan de Montréal, Québec. Canada
great music to relax and study to.. it actually inspires me to do work. can’t wait for the next one.
Just received my copy of Detour. Very good stuff. Well worth the purchase!
felicitation pour c bo site. en demenageant je suis tombe sur la casette que tu m’avais copie en 1997 quand tu etais de passage a lausanne et j’ai adore la reecouter. merci
I have purchased all of your albums and can’t wait for “album 5”. Listening to your music has become a nightly event for my wife and I. You will have a hard time topping “DETOUR”, but from the sounds of previews 1 and 2 you are going in the right direction. Thank you for the hours upon hours of entertainment you have given us.
I have recently bought Detour and Antistatic. Your music is amazingly refreshing. Kudos!
You’re a great inspiration to me right now. I’m just begining to get interested in digital music after four years of design work.
You have a wonderful site here. As soon as I’m sure I can afford it, I’ll be buying several of your albums.
A truly wonderful design. I find the style changing sheets in the top left corner especially amazing.
I believe that I don’t have words for everything I like about it.
I shall tell all my friends about it though, as you suggested.
Yours
Diana
Love the design!
Amazing! Simply amazing! Every album is better than one before and detour is easy to listen to. Miss ya dude!
“Detour” is 5 star. Absolutely amazing.
Anyone who likes New Age should have this CD.
Love your music so much. Pls post me any of your new albums. A fan from China
D’album en album … J’ai suivis l’évolution de ta musique.
Elle m’a accompagné durant mes longues heures (nuits) de travail et de détente.
Ce dernier opus (Detour) marque une étape de plus dans l’évolution de ta créativité musicale, une étape que je savoure en attendant le prochain album.
Continue sur cette voie …
Your best friend Balou ;)
Salut Sébastien,
Je vois que tu as parcouru pas mal de chemin depuis Saint Laurent (informatique). Félicitation pour ta carrière musicale! Beau boulot, j’aime ce que tu fais, même si je suis un peu plus ambient/électro. Bonne chance pour la suite!
Jean-Marc
~.~ ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL…Your music is the kind that makes people (who perhaps innocently wander past your studio door:)stop and listen ~.~
nice cover on the latest cd…
seriously sounds awesome!!
I like your new site, can’t wait to listen to your new music!
I came upon your music by accident a few years ago. So glad I did! Congratulations on your new site and welcome to Canada!