New Track From JIVE64 Is Now for Free Download

Dublin, Ireland, March 1, 2016 (Newswire.com) - 4 Hours of Excel sheets and Speedy Gonzales cartoons inspired BENCHMARK the new track out now from JIVE64

The new single is free to download through the duo’s website

"I had just spent four hours working on excel sheets for my day job. There was no creativity, my brain was dead. Looking back I would say I had a mini breakdown that day and turned to the one place that I can find peace and solace...the music"

Roy Cohen, Producer, JIVE64

80s inspired duo JIVE64 have blasted into 2016 with another one of their energized retro style tracks.

Benchmark is a pumping anthemic dancefloor tune which is set to take the listener on a trip back to the 80s with a modern twist.

JIVE64 are well known industry producer and composer Roy Cohen and lead vocalist Ella Tadmor.  Connected by their love of the retro sound of the 80s and a passion for making new music the duo have gained quite a following in recent years across a number of social platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and Soundcloud.

As well as a colorful trip down memory lane Benchmark is a poignant tune for Roy who found solace in creating this track after spending a profoundly uncreative day at work.

“I had just spent four hours working on excel sheets for my day job.  There was no creativity, my brain was dead.  Looking back I would say I had a mini breakdown that day and turned to the one place that I can find peace and solace...the music” explained Roy.

And so Benchmark was born, a French electro sound combining the band’s classic 80s theme with influences of Daft Punk, Boyz noise and Justice.

“The fun and quirky tunes of Benchmark made me go back to the Speedy Gonazles cartoons my kids are watching all the time. It took the track to the sort of “day to day” phone calls spiced up with a bit of Mexican flavors” said Ella.

Recorded and mixed between Roy’s Dublin studio and Ella’s Tel Aviv base the pair worked on the track together completely remotely.

Benchmark is the second track from the duo’s third studio album currently in production at various locations globally.  The song follows on from Resolutions, released in January 2016.

According to Roy their adventurous third album is “the most complicated logistic project” the duo has worked on since 2007.

Benchmark is out now on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and all leading stores.

For more information on JIVE64 log onto jive64.com.  Or connect with them on Facebook and Soundcloud.