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Colin Benders

Colin Benders
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About

Colin Benders (born 1986 in Utrecht) is a Dutch musician and producer best known internationally under the alias Kyteman. He started out as a trumpet player and conductor, leading the large ensembles Kyteman's Hiphop Orchestra and later The Kyteman Orchestra, which blended hip-hop, jazz and classical music. He has since shifted almost entirely to solo, fully improvised live techno performances on a self-built modular synthesizer, playing venues such as Dekmantel, Awakenings and Berghain.

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modules in his live synthesizer rack

What's new

  • sep 2026

    Colin Benders performs at Utopia Festival in Marseille.

  • aug 2026

    He returns to XRDS Festival, where he plays at Viaduct on Saturday, August 15.

  • jul-aug 2026

    Dekmantel Festival, where Benders is a regular guest, returns from July 29 to August 2 to Amsterdamse Bos.

  • okt

    Amsterdam Dance Event opens with a joint performance by Colin Benders and the Metropole Orkest.

  • dec 2026

    On December 4, he is scheduled to perform at Awakenings in Bogotá.

Tour

AmstelveenEnschedeAmsterdamMarseilleBogotáLyon

Tracks

The Hermit Sessionsdebut album from 2009 with Kyteman's Hiphop Orkest, top 5 in the Dutch album chart
Sorryinstrumental breakthrough hit, 27 weeks in the top 100 and peaking at number two
Kytecrashalbum from 2011 featuring rapper MC Pax among others
Floaty Thingssolo album on modular synthesizer, released via Bandcamp

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