Martyn Bennett Grit Vinyl

The first is a remix of peter gabriel s sky blue which martyn had worked on at peter s request.

Martyn bennett grit vinyl.

Martyn bennett managed to straddle the roots of scottish music with contemporary grooves without losing any soul or passion. 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. Real world records cd rw 114 real world records 7243 592551 2 5 format. 2x vinyl lp reissue yellow country.

Martyn s remix of peter gabriel s sky blue. Electronic folk world country style. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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. Cd album country.

Originally released in 2003 this real world gold re issue includes two bonus tracks. Bennett brought together samples of unaccompanied traditional scottish folk singers his own bagpipe and fiddle playing with and electronic drum beats. Real world records lprw114 format. Martyn bennett 1971 2005.

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. 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. And mackay s memoirs martyn s last recorded work. 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.

I loved how he created and handled his work explains peter. Sin an mead s martyn bennett rugadh as newfoundland agus togadh as oilean hebrides. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2017 yellow vinyl release of grit on discogs. There was always a mix of.