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October 14, 2020

Brett’s Sound Picks: Martyn Heyne’s “The Hall” (2020)

(Note: This is the most beautiful music I’ve heard so far this year. Heyne’s guitar-delay instrumentation is sparse, the music goes on a journey, and the chords are deeply inventive.)

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Thomas Brett is a musician and writer who holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from New York University. He is the author of Principles of Electronic Music Production and The Creative Electronic Music Producer, a book described by Sound On Sound magazine as “a deep philosophical analysis of the various creative inspirations, ideas and processes involved in producing electronic music.” His essays have appeared in the journals Popular Music and Popular Music and Society, as well as edited collections by Routledge, Oxford, and Cambridge University presses. Thomas has played percussion on Broadway since 1997 and writes about music at brettworks.com.

Brett’s Sound Picks: Martyn Heyne’s “The Hall” (2020)

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