Benzel's performances often incorporate live musicians performing his original compositions. Since 2017, he has been employing limited AI, Machine Learning, and generative algorithmic platforms as part of the composition process. Live performances of compositions include "Torcat Tiqaucrat Mytics Ahtrae" Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, 2018, "Mathesis and Mathematikoi, for string quartet, anvil, dancers, and telescope operator", at the Mt. Wilson Observatory, Knowledges 2017,"The Kouroi/The Society of Dilettani, for string trio, experimental punk trio, voice, and live stream", at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2017, "Op. 21: Inner Experience Fellowship/Friends of Crime", at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, 2015, "Desert Center (Composition I10 Mvmt IV (Dusk))", at the Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA, and Desert Center, CA, 2015, and "Split Chorale for Viljo Revell for 300 voices", at Toronto City Hall, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON, 2014