22 December 2008:
What, an update? Yes. It's true. And there are news.

First of all, Simon of Bent has a new project called Simon & Eliza which logically involves Simon and a girl named Eliza. Eliza Wren Payne to be exact. They've been recording an album for a while now, which I'm guessing is coming out pretty soon. If you want to hear their wonderful music, then head out to their MySpace page for some great tunes. They've got a website at www.simonandeliza.com too, but there's nothing there yet.

Bent has been working too. They recently released the 2-CD DJ mix The Art Of Chill 5 on Platipus Records, and while it has no new Bent tracks (although As Seen From Space is on it) it does have Simon & Elizas It's Happening, a track with Bent-regular BJ Cole together with Millsy (that's Simon again) and a chap named Davy Spillane called Pipegroove, and lots more great chillout stuff. Available on CD and as digital download (but I've no idea how to purchase the entire album digitally from there).

What's more, back in January, they remixed Superbass' track Solution (feat. Relation) and you can shop that from Toolroom Records. If you remember, Superbass did a remix of Waiting For You, the single which never went past the promo stage.

Apparantly, the 10th Anniversary thingie is now set for 2009. (No really, did it being December 22nd give it away?) Still no more information on this. Or maybe it's out and I don't know about it. Nobody tells me anything anymore.

9 April 2008:
A little design update. Dropped the javascript menu and went with a simpler and more obvious menu in a frameset. Each page has a little submenu up top if needed. No content updates, though. I'm sorry.

17 February 2008:
A nice guy called Artur from Russia provides some info and scans on Kosheen releases as well as a Max Sedgley promo CD, and a To Be Loved four-track CDR including the iTunes-only Mr.B remix. Many thanks to him!

10 January 2008:
On a blogpost on their MySpace page, Bent tells us of their plans to mark their 10th anniversary: "I'd like to mention that we have a few hopes for this year... one of them is hopefully the release of a 'Bent's Greatest Hits' (heheheheh!) to mark a decade of sample squishing and knob twiddling, so watch this space for further details.. I'm sure we'll be kind enough to plop on some new bits, old secrets and other treats of a Bent nature!"

Not only that, but they later on add: "think of it more of a DVD with more unreleased stuff (we do have about 250 tracks in our archive) demos, track notes, photos, behind-the-scenes footage, and a proper write up on the whole thing so far... It's a fingers crossed from us too, it takes a bit of planning!"

This sounds absolutely fantastic, so let's hope this comes to fruition!
There has also been some secret updates around here these last few months. Some MP3 clips and the likes.

15 October 2007:
The new single is the double whammy of The Handbrake / Leavin' Me, whose release is still a bit sketchy. There's a 7" vinyl with the album versions (and a CDR promo of the same) and also a CDR promo containing a couple of remixes. If these remixes will appear on official release or on iTunes, I've not been able to find out.
But until then, why not check out Cathy Davey's new album Tales Of Silversleeve? You might remember her beautiful voice from Winter Wonderland and the sadly not-included-on-Intercept! Broken. Everything you need to know is right here: http://www.myspace.com/cathydavey .

25 September 2007:
I sometimes get emails from people having trouble finding rare Bent in their record shops. I mostly suggest going to eBay, where the limited vinyls and hard-to-find remixes pop up every now and then. If you need an immediate Bent fix, then I've set up an iTunes link page, which gives you an overlook of all Bent related material there. However, iTunes is set up with different content for different countries, so be aware not everything is available everywhere. For example, the UK shop doesn't offer Programmed To Love, while the Swedish shop does.

Older updates can now be found HERE.