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Brett’s Sound Picks

June 24, 2021

Brett’s Sound Picks: Christian Loffler’s “Parsifal” (2021)

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June 16, 2021

Brett’s Sound Picks: U-Ziq’s “Preston Melodics” (2021)

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May 25, 2021

Brett’s Sound Picks: Seefeel’s “Meol 2” (2021)

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May 19, 2021

Brett’s Sound Picks: KMRU’s “Peel” (2020)

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April 28, 2021

Brett’s Sound Picks: Jim Copperthwaite and Jono Buchanan’s “Emerging Truth” (2021)

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April 22, 2021

Brett’s Sound Picks: r beny’s “we grow in a gleam” (2021)

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April 14, 2021

Brett’s Sound Picks: James Heather’s “Passing Soul” (2021)

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April 8, 2021

Brett’s Sound Picks: Loscil’s “Vespera” (2021)

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April 1, 2021

Brett’s Sound Picks: Masayoshi Fujita’s “Thunder” (2021)

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March 25, 2021

Brett’s Sound Picks: Hannah Peel’s “Carbon Cycle” (2021)

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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.