Martyn Bennett Grit Vinyl

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Martyn bennett grit vinyl.

Born in newfoundland and raised in the hebrides of western scotland martyn bennett released in 1998 the best gaelic cd of the last half of the twentieth century bothy culture. I loved how he created and handled his work explains peter. Bennett brought together samples of unaccompanied traditional scottish folk singers his own bagpipe and fiddle playing with and electronic drum beats. The real world vinyl reissue of grit features two bonus tracks.

Grit is an album of descriptive music that incorporates many singers that i knew in person or at least listened to as i was growing up. And mackay s memoirs martyn s last recorded work. Electronic folk world country style. Martyn bennett 1971 2005.

The material is split between the north eastern traditions of travelling people especially romany gypsy and the gaelic traditions of the west highlands because i feel that these two. The album had been recorded while he was ill and he was unable to play his instruments. 2x vinyl lp reissue yellow country. Grit martyn bennett s most extraordinary work and his final project is a deeply emotional collection of traditional singers showcased via an avalanche of sounds and beats.

The first is a remix of peter gabriel s sky blue which martyn had worked on at peter s request. Real world records lprw114 format. Grit is the last studio album by the scottish celtic fusion artist martyn bennett it was released on 13 october 2003 on the real world label. Originally released in 2003 this real world gold re issue includes two bonus tracks.

Martyn s remix of peter gabriel s sky blue. Martyn bennett managed to straddle the roots of scottish music with contemporary grooves without losing any soul or passion. There have been few more thrilling sounds in the last decade than martyn bennett flattening the usual barriers of time culture and genre that imprison music in boxes. Grit the late martyn bennett s most extraordinary work and his final project is a deeply emotional collection of traditional singers showcased via an avalanche of sounds and beats rooted in the past but glorying in modern dance culture.

Real world records cd rw 114 real world records 7243 592551 2 5 format. No martyn bennett is a man apart and indeed a man above the vast majority of artists out there working in the folk genre and in electronica. Cd album country. While they share the same label martyn bennett is not of the afro celt line of combining celtic music with africa beats and electronica bass lines and texture.