Benjamin Dunn & the Animal Orchestra

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Benjamin Dunn also known as 'The Wild Wild', 'Benjamin Dunn & Friends', 'Benjamin Dunn & The Animal Orchestra' is an endless road-traveled, world traversed, heart-on-his-sleeve American artist living in Los Angeles. Born in Illinois, at 18 he headed west. Hitchhiking as a teenager out to the West Coast, camping in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and the beaches of Santa Cruz - spending months in Bulgaria enjoying week long parties with gypsies - visiting slums and garbage dumps all over India, Asia and Africa - Theology school, devouring literature and to ultimately writing books & speaking around the world - making records through it all. His narrative is genuinely “The Wild Wild”. He takes all of that raw energy and experience, speaks & creates from an interesting perspective of the universe at play and in love. Puerile play. 
 His lyrics, words & poetry are largely influenced by mythology, philosophical and spiritual literature including C.S. Lewis, Scripture, Allan Watts, writers like Huxley, George McDonald, Kerouac & Hunter Thompson. His music has been synched in numerous worldwide campaigns for film, tv and brands; Snapchat, Levis, BMW Visit Orlando etc. as well as receiving acclamations from major press and magazines like Neon Gold, Alternative Press, FuseTV, Forever 21 and Baebel.