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Brett’s Sound Picks

May 4, 2022

Brett’s Sound Picks: Joep Beving’s “Mushin” (2022)

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April 28, 2022

Brett’s Sound Picks: AKB’s “Skymningszonen” (2020)

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April 13, 2022

Brett’s Sound Picks: Whatever The Weather’s “14°C” (2022)

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April 6, 2022

Brett’s Sound Picks: Hania Rani’s “Kyiv” (2022)

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March 29, 2022

Brett’s Sound Picks: Neil Cowley’s “Dormitory” (2022)

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March 23, 2022

Brett’s Sound Picks: Pan American’s “Swimming in a Western Motel” (2022)

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March 16, 2022

Brett’s Sound Picks: Laura Cannell’s “The Girl Who Became an Owl” (2022)

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March 9, 2022

Brett’s Sound Picks: Ben Lukas Boysen’s “Lux” (2022)

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March 2, 2022

Brett’s Sound Picks: Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee’s “Bi Ye Tulonba Ye” (2022)

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February 24, 2022

Brett’s Sound PIcks: Abul Mogard’s “Along The River” (2022)

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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.