Martyn Bennett Grit Vinyl

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Martyn bennett grit vinyl.

Real world records lprw114 format. 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. Sin an mead s martyn bennett rugadh as newfoundland agus togadh as oilean hebrides. 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.

The real world vinyl reissue of grit features two bonus tracks. During his short but extraordinary career martyn was simply one of the most exciting daring and innovative musicians working in scotland. 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.

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. Martyn bennett managed to straddle the roots of scottish music with contemporary grooves without losing any soul or passion. The album had been recorded while he was ill and he was unable to play his instruments. Tragically martyn bennett lost his valiant battle to cancer on 30th january 2005 age 33.

Martyn s remix of peter gabriel s sky blue. 2x vinyl lp reissue yellow country. Originally released in 2003 this real world gold re issue includes two bonus tracks. 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.

Martyn bennett 1971 2005. And mackay s memoirs martyn s last recorded work. There was always a mix of. Born in newfoundland and raised in the hebrides of western scotland martyn.

Available on vinyl for the first time from real world records and amazon 2lp 180g yellow vinyl with digital download card. 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. The first is a remix of peter gabriel s sky blue which martyn had worked on at peter s request. 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.

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. Grit was originally released on 13 october 2003.