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Brett’s Sound Picks

August 22, 2024

Brett’s Sound Picks: Loidis’s “Dollarama” (2024)

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August 15, 2024

Brett’s Sound Picks: Clark’s “Green Breaking” (2024)

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August 8, 2024

Brett’s Sound Picks: JakoJako’s “Introspektion” (2024)

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June 28, 2024

Brett’s Sound Picks: Leon Weber’s “Six Pianos (Rework Section II)” (2024)

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June 14, 2024

Brett’s Sound Picks: Taylor Deupree’s “Stil. (For Vibraphone & Bass Drum)” (2024)

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June 1, 2024

Brett’s Sound Picks: James Devane’s “Kilter” (2024)

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May 18, 2024

Brett’s Sound Picks: A.G. Cook’s “Crescent Sun” (2024)

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April 3, 2024

Brett’s Sound Picks: Lanark Artefax’s “Metallur” (2024)

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March 28, 2024

Brett’s Sound Picks: Ævestaden’s “Motorbåt” (2023)

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February 8, 2024

Brett’s Sound Picks: Sigiswald Kuijken, J.S. Bach, “Violin Partita No. 2, BWV 1004: 1. Allemanda” (1720/2023)

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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.