Dudley Benson is a composer, producer and performer living in Dunedin, New Zealand.To date he has released three albums ( The Awakening, Forest: Songs by Hirini Melbourne), Zealandia), three EPs, a double live album, remix album ( Deforestation), performed two nationwide New Zealand tours (2008, 2010) and a Japanese tour (2012).As an eleven-year-old he was the soloist of the Christchurch Cathedral choir, and it has been noted that this period has influenced his work as an adult solo artist.In 2014 he won an Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Award.Benson's work is released in New Zealand by his own label, Golden Retriever Records, and in Japan by HEADZ.