Benjamin Lanz is a producer, arranger, composer and multi-instrumentalist, as well as a long-time member of the bands The National and Beirut. He has worked with a long list of great musicians and bands, such as touring and recording with Sufjan Stevens since 2005, as well as recording and performing with Taylor Swift, Booker T. Jones, Ed Sheeran, Florence And The Machine, Bon Iver, Mumford & Sons, Gracie Abrams, Mouse on Mars, Sharon Van Etten, Phosphorescent, Big Red Machine, La Maison Tellier, This Is The Kit, and many more.
Ben is also an in demand producer and arranger, recently working with the artists H-Burns, Flora Hibberd, Mina Tindle, Lonny, Eñaut Elorrieta, The Duke Of Norfolk, Ysé, and Animal Triste.
Along with this, Ben deeply involved in experimental electronic music: writing, collaborating, improvising and performing pieces with electronics, including frequent collaborations with Bryce Dessner, most recently creating and performing interactive electroacoustics for a commission at Fondation Louis Vuitton with Isabelle Huppert and pianist Alice Sara Ott and as well, for the project “Night Sky With Exit Wounds” with singer Fleur Barron.
Ben also fronts the band LNZNDRF with drummer Bryan Devendorf and bassist Scott Devendorf and has also released several solo albums under the moniker LANZ, as well as the recent album by the name , and The More Soon.
