Born in 1979 in Northern Germany Benjamin studied classical and electric guitar in Hannover achieving his diploma in 2005. In 2003 he started working as a principal guitarist both at Theater des Westens and Theater am Potsdamer Platz in Berlin in different musical productions (Mamma Mia, Les Miserablés, Dirty Dancing, Hinterm Horizon to name a few).

Besides the above, he also played guitar in bands like Counter-World Experience (jazz-metal), Funk Delicious (funk) or Sascha Kempin (pop) and orchestras such as Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg or NjO conducted by Kurt Masur.

In 2012 Benjamin started working as a songwriter, producer and mixer at his studio Light Mountain Studio in Berlin for artists like Xandria, Eisbrecher, Beatrice Egli, Tanzwut, 48 Stunden, Stahlmann and many more.