{"id":298,"date":"2026-02-20T16:58:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/?p=298"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:02:23","slug":"2025-06-30-prog-mania-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"2025-06-30 &#8211; Prog-Mania (News)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-prog-mania wp-block-embed-prog-mania\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EIRO4gO6B9\"><a href=\"http:\/\/prog-mania.com\/2025\/06\/30\/ben-craven-presentation-de-ambient-den-et-de-lalbum-eponyme-space-rock-project\/\">Ben Craven pr\u00e9sente le projet AMBIENT DEN et le premier album (Space &amp; Progressive Rock Project)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u00ab\u00a0Ben Craven pr\u00e9sente le projet AMBIENT DEN et le premier album (Space &amp; Progressive Rock Project)\u00a0\u00bb &#8212; Prog-Mania\" src=\"http:\/\/prog-mania.com\/2025\/06\/30\/ben-craven-presentation-de-ambient-den-et-de-lalbum-eponyme-space-rock-project\/embed\/#?secret=oP5dy9vVQT#?secret=EIRO4gO6B9\" data-secret=\"EIRO4gO6B9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ben Craven presents the AMBIENT DEN project and the first album (Space &amp; Progressive Rock Project)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born from the uncertainty of lockdowns and the joy of spontaneous creation, AMBIENT DEN is the new Space Rock\/Progressive Rock project from Australian prog musicians Ben Craven (&#8220;Monsters From The Id&#8221;, &#8220;Great &amp; Terrible Potions&#8221;), Tim Bennetts (Seven Day Mask, SUB INC), and Dean Povey (Frankenfido). What began as intimate jam sessions between Ben Craven and Tim Bennetts has evolved into a full-fledged band project, built on a dynamic musical alchemy reminiscent of David Gilmour and Rick Wright, or Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The band&#8217;s self-titled debut album, Ambient Den , is a concept album that tells the story of humanity&#8217;s quest for a new home among the stars, culminating in the terraforming of a distant world. Produced by Ben Craven, the album remains true to his signature lush arrangements and complex instrumentation, but the songwriting was a collaborative effort. Inspired by the great progressive rock bands of the 1970s, Ambient Den embodies the spirit of musicians creating together in the same room, reminiscent of the classical era, before success scattered the band members across different continents. The result is an album that blends atmosphere, melody, and grand storytelling, standing apart from Ben Craven&#8217;s solo work while retaining its strengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the album &#8220;Ambient Den ,&#8221; set for release on July 28, 2025, the group invites listeners to embark on an odyssey through space and sound. And for those who pay attention, the name AMBIENT DEN is more than just a simple expression. It&#8217;s an anagram of &#8220;Tim,&#8221; &#8220;Ben,&#8221; and &#8220;Dean,&#8221; reflecting the unity and spontaneity that define the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\">https:\/\/www.ambientden.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmbientDen\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmbientDen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ambientden.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/ambientden.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Original Version:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ben Craven pr\u00e9sente le projet AMBIENT DEN et le premier album (Space &amp; Progressive Rock Project)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>N\u00e9 de l\u2019incertitude des confinements et de la joie de la cr\u00e9ation spontan\u00e9e, AMBIENT DEN est le nouveau projet Space Rock \/ Progressive Rock des musiciens prog australiens Ben Craven (\u00ab Monsters From The Id \u00bb, \u00ab Great &amp; Terrible Potions \u00bb), Tim Bennetts (Seven Day Mask, SUB INC) et Dean Povey (Frankenfido). Ce qui a commenc\u00e9 comme des jams sessions intimes entre Ben Craven et Tim Bennetts s\u2019est transform\u00e9 en un projet de groupe \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re, b\u00e2ti sur une alchimie musicale dynamique pouvant rappeler David Gilmour et Rick Wright, ou Mike Rutherford et Tony Banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le premier album \u00e9ponyme du groupe, Ambient Den, est un album concept qui raconte l\u2019histoire de la qu\u00eate de l\u2019humanit\u00e9 pour un nouveau foyer parmi les \u00e9toiles, aboutissant \u00e0 la terraformation d\u2019un monde lointain. Produit par Ben Craven, l\u2019album reste fid\u00e8le \u00e0 ses arrangements luxuriants et \u00e0 son instrumentation complexe, mais l\u2019\u00e9criture des chansons a \u00e9t\u00e9 un travail collaboratif. Inspir\u00e9 par les grands groupes de rock progressif des ann\u00e9es 1970, AMBIENT DEN incarne l\u2019esprit des musiciens cr\u00e9ant ensemble dans une m\u00eame pi\u00e8ce, \u00e0 l\u2019image de l\u2019\u00e9poque classique, avant que le succ\u00e8s ne disperse les membres du groupe sur diff\u00e9rents continents. Le r\u00e9sultat est un album m\u00ealant atmosph\u00e8re, m\u00e9lodie et narration grandiose, se d\u00e9marquant du travail solo de Ben Craven tout en conservant ses qualit\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avec l\u2019album \u00ab Ambient Den \u00bb, qui sortira le 28 juillet 2025, le groupe invite les auditeurs \u00e0 embarquer pour une odyss\u00e9e \u00e0 travers l\u2019espace et le son. Et pour ceux qui y pr\u00eatent attention, le nom AMBIENT DEN est bien plus qu\u2019une simple expression. C\u2019est l\u2019anagramme de \u00ab Tim \u00bb, \u00ab Ben \u00bb et \u00ab Dean \u00bb, reflet de l\u2019unit\u00e9 et de la spontan\u00e9it\u00e9 qui d\u00e9finissent le projet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\">https:\/\/www.ambientden.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmbientDen\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmbientDen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ambientden.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/ambientden.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Translation: Ben Craven presents the AMBIENT DEN project and the first album (Space &amp; Progressive Rock Project) Born from the uncertainty of lockdowns and the joy of spontaneous creation, AMBIENT DEN is the new Space Rock\/Progressive Rock project from Australian prog musicians Ben Craven (&#8220;Monsters From The Id&#8221;, &#8220;Great &amp; Terrible Potions&#8221;), Tim Bennetts (Seven&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/?p=298\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2025-06-30 &#8211; Prog-Mania (News)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions\/312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}