Martyn bennett february 17, 1971 january 30, 2005 was a scottish musician who was born in st. Sin an mead, s martyn bennett, rugadh as newfoundland agus togadh as oilean hebrides. Grit is not just a hagiography of folk musician martyn bennett. It was released on october 2003 on the real world label. Grit the late martyn bennetts most extraordinary work and his final project is a deeply emotional collection of traditional singers showcased. Grit, the final album from the late music maverick martyn bennett, is rereleased. With grit, the folk synthesist if thats not a contradiction in terms martyn bennett attempts to reclaim scottish music from the mistylensed and fanciful representations of celtic culture. Born in newfoundland and raised in the hebrides of western. Martyn bennett is a scottish theatre director and actor who makes albums every once in a while. Martyn bennetts musical legacy remembered in new show. First studio album by martyn bennett, a very innovative canadian artist.
Albums include grit, the original transatlantic sessions. Tongues of kali was the only martyn bennett track to receive the mtv treatment. It was released on october 2003 on the real world label the album had been recorded while he was ill, and he was unable to play his instruments. Grit festag, thomas schuler, andrea steinbruck, andrea csaki, robert moller, wolfgang fritzsche. Martyn bennetts last album, grit, was recorded during his struggle with cancer but it remains a landmark record which provided a radical fresh interpretation of scottish traditional music. Music profile for martyn bennett, born 17 february 1971. The martyn bennett story will be an exciting international collaboration with canadas renowned choreographer dana gringas of animals of distinction and some of canadas finest circus artists who will both work alongside an ensemble of scotlands dance and aerial artists, actors, live folk singers, and classical musicians, whilst of. Grit the late martyn bennetts 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. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. Tramway, glasgow cora bissetts tribute to martyn bennett captures the openended excitement. The martyn bennett story was an exciting international collaboration with canadas renowned choreographer dana gringas of animals of distinction and some of canadas finest circus artists who worked alongside an ensemble of scotlands dance and aerial artists, actors, live. True grit 1 hours and 50 minutes movie 2010 following the murder of her father by hired hand tom chaney, 14yearold farm girl mattie ross sets out to capture the killer. Grit is dedicated to hamish henderson 19192002 barcode and other identifiers. Bennett brought together samples of unaccompanied traditional scottish folk singers, his own bagpipe and fiddle playing, with and electronic drum beats.
Adsorption of bifunctional organic disulfides on gold surfaces. Grit was first release in 2003, shortly before martyns death. Originally released in 2003, this real world gold reissue includes two bonus tracks. While they share the same label, martyn bennett is not of the afrocelt line of combining celtic music with africa beats and electronica bass lines and texture. A documentary on martyn bennetts classic album grit. He and his family moved to kingussie, speyside, scotland when he was 10.
Volume three, and the original transatlantic sessions. The opening of the show coincides with the rerelease of martyns last album grit. An ambitious new crossform, scotscanadian site specific pachamama production based on the inspiring life and music of one of scotlands most innovative, pi. A new show by director cora bissett is dedicated to his work.
Lizzie, also a wellknown traveller, learned most of her ballads from. Listen to martyn bennett soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 25 tracks. He was an innovator and his compositions crossed musical and cultural divides. Love is here this introduction harks back to my previous work containing a sample of a kurdish singer from my very first album martyn bennett and the naked practise chanter from bothy culture.
He was extremely influential in the evolution of modern celtic fusion, a blending of traditional celtic and modern music. Martyn bennett caused a sensation with his controversial blending of scottish traditional tunes and hard techno beats across five acclaimed studio albums. Grit is the fifth and last studio album by martyn bennett before his death in 2005. The compilation album aye, features remastered tunes from four of those albums martyn bennet, bothy culture, hardland and grit along with. During his short but extraordinary career, martyn was simply one of the most exciting, daring and innovative musicians working in scotland. Tragically martyn bennett died on 30th january 2005.
On january 30, 2005, scottish musician martyn bennett died. These were the singers martyn bennett was raised on and for him grit was a deeply personal and painful album. His trademark sounds and samples mixed with dance rhythms and voices from early recordings makes grit a fascinating album. The story of martyns life as a prodigious young musician and radical saviour of scottish contemporary folk, as well as his then recent struggle with cancer and the extraordinary story behind. Martyn bennett is the first studio album by the scottish celtic fusion artist martyn bennett. Grit the martyn bennett story an ambitious new crossform, scotscanadian site specific production based on the inspiring life and music of one of scotlands most innovative, pioneering and influential musicians. His intent on this latest outing was to pay homage to the travelling people in scotland the roma, and the traditions of the hebrides, lifting off songs and spoken word tales from old tape. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no.
Bennetts final work, reissued by peter gabriels real world label is a fascinating. The huge encore from greg lawsons arrangement of martyn bennetts grit recorded live at the glasgow royal concert hall on the 16 january 2015. Grit is the last studio album by the scottish celtic fusion artist martyn bennett. Martyn bennett 17 february 1971 30 january 2005 was a canadianscottish musician who was influential in the evolution of modern celtic fusion, a blending of traditional celtic and modern music. Blackbird, sky blue martyn bennett remix, move, chanter, aye.
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. The musical traditions of scotland are fused with the technology and rhythms of modern dance music by multiinstrumentalist and composer martyn bennett. Martyn bennetts chanter live at celtic connections. Track listing swallowtail erin cuillin part 1 cuillin part 2 deoch an dorus part 1 deoch an dorus part 2 floret silva undique jacobite bebop 3 sheeps 2 the wind part 1. Blackbird sung by fiona hunter during the grit orchestras performance of martyn bennetts bothy culture at the glasgow hydro, january.
Grit was first release in 2003, shortly before martyn s death. Stream live events, live playbyplay nfl, mlb, nba, nhl, college football, ncaa basketball, and premier league matches. Martyn bennett biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Unfortunately, bennett died from cancer on 30 january 2005, aged 33. A powerful evocation of the tradition from the ever inventive martyn bennett. With grit, he spliced together archive recordings of emotive traditional roma and gaelic songs with throbbing samples and electronics.
Martyn bennett, who has died of cancer aged 33, was one of scotlands most feted young musicians. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from martyn bennett at the discogs. Grit 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. The opening night of this years celtic connections festival in glasgow featured a full orchestration of martyn bennetts last album, grit, by crossgenre classical violinist greg lawson. He battled with cancer of the lymphomes throughout the making of it, undergoing extensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy and even a bone marrow transplant. P achamama productions, a glasgow based theatre company has been awarded funds from glasgow 2014 cultural programme to create grit, an international collaborative theatre production which will celebrate the life and music of martyn bennett. Stream tracks and playlists from martyn bennett on your desktop or mobile device. During his short but brilliant career, martyn was simply one of the most exciting, daring and innovative musicians working in scotland. Martyn bennett had actually been working that territory since his eponymous debut in 1995 but really came into his own in the years since. Martyn hare martyn negro martyn porty martyn wolf martynas m.
Jdk8141210 very slow loading of javascript file with. Marta mastorrent, nuria crivillers, concepcio rovira, and jaume veciana. Tragically martyn bennett lost his valiant battle to cancer on 30 january 2005, age 33. The track blackbird contains part of what a voice, what a voice sung by lizzie higgins courtesy of lismor recordings.