Martyn Bennett Bothy Culture Vinyl

His bothy culture album is rightly regarded as a landmark meeting of traditional scottish and electronic music and subsequent albums the explosive hardland and the innovative glen lyon featuring the gaelic singing of his mother margaret bennett pushed the envelope further albeit in different directions.
Martyn bennett bothy culture vinyl. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1997 vinyl release of extracts from the album bothy culture on discogs. Scottish irish swedish even islamic. John s newfoundland and labrador canada died january 30 2005 edinburgh scotland was a canadian born scottish piper violinist composer and producer who was influential in the evolution of modern celtic fusion a blending of traditional celtic and modern music. We re looking at an album that links the old with the new the traditional with the electronic and it s martyn bennett s bothy culture.
Garage breakbeat trippy hip drum and bass. The first is a remix of peter gabriel s sky blue which martyn had worked on at peter s request. The very missed and extremely talented martyn bennett arranged at 23 everything that sounds in these songs showing that he respected and. Rykodisc vrlp 0381 format.
Armed with bags of talent the ability to play plenty of instruments and a drum machine martyn bennett really makes an impression with bothy culture his second album but first to receive major distribution. Martyn bennett born february 17 1971 st. The real world vinyl reissue of grit features two bonus tracks. Martyn bennett managed to straddle the roots of scottish music with contemporary grooves without losing any soul or passion.
Released in 1997 martyn s second. Vinyl 12 martyn bennett extracts from the album bothy culture 1997 vinyl discogs. The beats and mixes are of a new style. Equally informed by the tradition and the dance culture that ruled britain this is a groundbreaking work.
The tunes are of an old style. Video by martyn bennett. Bothy culture bothy culture is a celebration of my culture. That blends any folk style in the whole universe with electronica this is it.