Martyn Bennett Grit Vinyl

Bennett brought together samples of unaccompanied traditional scottish folk singers his own bagpipe and fiddle playing with and electronic drum beats.

Martyn bennett grit vinyl.

Martyn s remix of peter gabriel s sky blue. I loved how he created and handled his work explains peter. Real world records lprw114 format. There was always a mix of.

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. 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. Martyn bennett managed to straddle the roots of scottish music with contemporary grooves without losing any soul or passion. 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. 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. 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. 2x vinyl lp reissue yellow country.

Martyn bennett 1971 2005. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2017 yellow vinyl release of grit on discogs. Electronic folk world country style. The real world vinyl reissue of grit features two bonus tracks.

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. Grit will be a grit box yellow coloured vinyl. Real world records cd rw 114 real world records 7243 592551 2 5 format. 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.

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. Sin an mead s martyn bennett rugadh as newfoundland agus togadh as oilean hebrides. Originally released in 2003 this real world gold re issue includes two bonus tracks.