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	Scottish music from Martyn Bennett
		Martyn Bennett was born in Newfoundland, Canada in 1971 to a family rooted in both the Island of Skye and Wales.
		Last year, whilst Martyn was receiving treatment, he kept as active as he could and managed to finish a "gentle" album of songs in the Gaelic language.Titled Glen Lyon and sung entirely by his mother Margaret Bennett, this song-cycle is an exploration of Martyn's own family's history as passed down from generations of aural tradition.
		Martyn's composition for pipes, clarsach and orchestra was written for the students of the City of Edinburgh Music School and in honour of the late Dr. Kenneth A Mackay of Badenoch.
	www.footstompin.com /artists/martyn_bennett (831 words)

	George Graham Reviews Martyn Bennett's "Bothy Culture"
		Martyn Bennett was born in Newfoundland, Canada to a family originally from the Isle of Skye and Wales.
		Martyn Bennett's music is a long way from the campfires in the Scottish highlands, but there are echoes of that all over it, while at the same time synthesizers, samplers and drum machines pound away -- though in intricate rhythms.
		Bennett's approach to adding dance rhythms is quite creative, molding the samples, drum loops and synthesized percussion around the 6/8 jigs of Celtic music, rather than imposing the oppressive inflexible driving beat of typical techno-dance music.
	georgegraham.com /bennett.html (1538 words)

	Obituary: Martyn Bennett \| Obituaries \| Guardian Unlimited
		Martyn Bennett, who has died of cancer aged 33, was one of Scotland's most feted young musicians.
		Bennett was introduced to the bagpipe by his history teacher, David Taylor, at school.
		Bennett was the first traditional musician enrolled into this classical conservatoire; he noted that the next three years, studying composition, violin and piano, learning to read and write music, were the most important of his life.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,1403541,00.html (845 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Martyn Bennett
		Martyn Bennett, who has died aged 34, was a musician responsible for mixing traditional Scottish folk with techno; his albums Bothy Culture and Hardland demonstrated the possibilities of combining his own virtuoso performances on the pipes and fiddle with the thumping beats of club rhythms.
		Martyn Bennett was born on February 17 1971 at St John's, Newfoundland, to a family from Scotland and Wales, and grew up amidst Gaelic-speaking farmers in the Cordroy Valley in the west of the province before his parents moved to Quebec.
		Young Martyn was always as interested in the folk festivals he attended as the Ceol Mor – and especially in being smuggled into pubs, where he soaked up the oral tradition of Romany gipsies, Gaelic bards and storytellers.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/02/db0203.xml (779 words)

	Martyn Bennett - Cuillin Music
		Four pieces by Martyn Bennett [ "Aye", "Cuillin", "Knives in Hens" and "Piece for String Quartet, percussion and Scottish Small pipes in C"]; "Metro Chabacano" by the Mexican Javier Álvarez; "Pequena Suite Cubana" by the Cuban composer Fabio Landa; songs by Brel, Weill, Jobim, Chico Buarque and Goldfrapp.
		However, early in these discussions Martyn pointed out that he had already written a piece for string quartet and pipes which he would love to perform again and which, he felt, would be ideal for himself and Mr McFall’s Chamber.
		Parts were quickly copied and Martyn was keen to produce a recording of the piece with Mr McFall’s Chamber – even though, by this stage, he was too ill to play the pipe part himself.
	www.martynbennett.com (655 words)

	Scottish Folk News: Martyn Bennett
		In the November 2003 issue of Hi-Arts, the Highlands and Islands Arts Journal, musician and composer Martyn Bennett was interviewed by journalist Kenny Mathieson about his work at the cutting edge of the fusion of Scottish traditional music and contemporary club culture, and his battle with cancer...........
		His battle with cancer has transformed both his life and his art, forcing him to turn away from the kind of instrumental virtuosity on fiddle and pipes which made his name, and instead embrace the recording studio as his means of artistic expression.
		Martyn Bennett's CDs Glen Lyon, Grit, Martyn Bennett and Hardland are available at Foot Stompin' Celtic Music.
	www.footstompin.com /articles/interviews/martyn_bennett (623 words)

	Martyn Bennett, Glen Lyon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As the notes declare, Bennett spent a lot of time making field recordings of nature for inclusion on the album.
		The introduction to this one features running water and bees, which give a true feeling of "being there." "Lament for John Macleod of Raasay" is introduced by a most evocative use of the pipes that will raise the hairs on your neck.
		The album features the voice of Margaret Bennett, who comes from a tradition of singing on the Isle of Skye.
	www.rambles.net /bennett_glyon00.html (365 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Obituaries - Martyn Bennett
		Bennett, who died three weeks before his 34th birthday, following a long battle with the cancer Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, became known as "the techno piper" for his flamboyant merging of fiery piping and fiddling with electronic beats which many regarded as the first truly Scottish hardcore dance music.
		Martyn Bennett was an immediate success and as his reputation spread (prompting an appearance before Mel Gibson at the Stirling Castle premiere of Braveheart), the albums Bothy Culture and Hardland followed.
		That was three years ago, by which time Bennett, living on Mull with Kirsten, was engaged in a serious struggle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and had to pull out of all engagements as he endured chemo and radiotherapy as well as major surgery.
	news.scotsman.com /obituaries.cfm?id=118752005 (1073 words)

	Mother Goddess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bennett, who lived in Tollcross, was largely forced to retire from live appearances after October 2000 when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
		Martyn is close to the traditions - and ideals - represented by the traditional singers he uses on Grit.
		Martyn and his wife Kirsten are back living on Mull now, enjoying the open spaces, tending to the garden and listening mostly to traditional music.
	mothergoddess.wordpress.com /martyn-bennett-my-favorite-scottish-guy (4449 words)

	Martyn Bennett - Biography - AOL Music
		The musical traditions of Scotland are fused with the technology and rhythms of modern dance music by multi-instrumentalist and composer Martyn Bennett.
		As a youngster, Bennett was inspired by the songs sung by Gaelic-speaking Scottish immigrants.
		In his late teens, Bennett became fascinated with the rave scene and began formulating a plan to combine traditional and modern musical influences.
	music.aol.com /artist/martyn-bennett/289502/biography (403 words)

	Amazon.ca: Grit: Music: Martyn Bennett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		While they share the same label, Martyn Bennett is not of the Afro-Celt line of combining Celtic music with Africa Beats and Electronica bass lines and texture.
		Bennett's genius lies not only in his ability to create these sonic spaces; it's also his wisdom in choosing the samples that he has.
		Bennett is fighting cancer, which is an appalling struggle, but if I hadn't known that he was battling cancer when he put this record out, if I hadn't known the CD was a "statement" (such as it is), I'd simply say, what a dud!
	www.amazon.ca /Grit-Martyn-Bennett/dp/B0000CAPVW (1694 words)

	but she's a girl... » Martyn Bennett - Glen Lyon (A Song Cycle)
		I’ve been a fan of “Martyn Bennett’s (Site is offline at time of writing)”:http://www.martynbennett.com since his debut in the band “Mouthmusic (Review of their latest album)”:http://www.nettwerkamerica.com/artist.php?artist_id=29, and I’ve followed his solo career with a great deal of interest.
		Martyn is absurdly young and talented, and (it transpires in the liner notes for ‘Glen Lyon’;) from a long and distinguished line of musicians.
		The simple vocals (by Martyn’s mother Margaret) are accompanied by the sound of a clock ticking, a rocking chair creaking and bird calls in the night.
	rousette.org.uk /blog/archives/martyn-bennett-glen-lyon-a-song-cycle (774 words)

	Martyn Bennett \| PRI's The World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Cancer, said Martyn Bennett, is a piece of grit inside your soul that you can't get out, so you have to try to make something of it.
		When I interviewed Martyn Bennett in 1998, he explained to me that music, like matter, is out there.
		Martyn Bennett died on January 30th in Edinburgh.
	www.theworld.org /?q=node/2182 (655 words)

	World Music Central - Martyn Bennett Dies in Edinburgh at 33
		Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA - Narada Records announced today the death of Martyn Bennett: "It is with a heavy heart that we announce the death of Martyn Bennett after a long struggle against cancer.
		Martyn was 33 years old and fought a long battle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
		Cheryl McEnaney, label manager for Real World in the USA remembers working with Bennett: "I was privileged to have worked with Martyn on Bothy Culture Culture during my tenure at Rykodisc, and spent a couple of memorable days with him when he did an unforgettable show at the old Luna Park club in Los Angeles.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php/20050201162259170 (522 words)

	Martyn Bennett Benefit Concert - Solsbury Miscellany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A CONCERT celebrating the life and work of Celtic music star Martyn Bennett is set to be held in the Capital.
		Bennett’s friends and family, including his wife Kirsten, have organised the event, proceeds from which will go to Edinburgh’s Marie Curie Hospital, where he died in January, and a cancer hospice on the Isle of Lewis.
		Peter Gabriel’s Real World record label, which released Bennett’s last album, is expected to be heavily represented at the event, which will also feature performances from Bennett’s mother, Margaret, a renowned folk singer, and his wife, who performed on stage with him in his band Cuillin.
	www.solsburyhill.org /_blog/archives/28-Martyn-Bennett-Benefit-Concert.html (226 words)

	Celebration of Martyn Bennett's Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bennett, a wonderful Scottish musician/composer, was a true inspiration to me over the past few years.
		Martyn taught me the true meaning of fusion.
		As Martyn said himself, the experience was "never to be repeated, but always remembered." Martyn passed away in January 2005 after a long battle with cancer.
	www.ear2earmusic.com /MartynBennett (194 words)

	World Music Central - Martyn Bennett Day at Celtic Connections
		Martyn Bennett died in 2005 (read his obituary).
		Martyn Bennett Day aims to explore, celebrate and build upon Martyn’s rich musical legacy.
		This is a collective attempt to recognise Martyn as the extraordinary composer, musician, producer and character that he was, by putting on the kind of gigs that he would have loved to have been at.”
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php/20060113202229857 (626 words)

	Living Tradition CD review of Martyn Bennett - Bothy Culture
		Ground breaking hardly seems to cover what Martyn Bennett is doing with his music, it's more akin to a total metamorphosis.
		Back in the summer of last year I tried to phone Martyn, only to get a cut up message of jibberish from his answer machine, I had no idea then that whatever he was working on was likely to be at odds with anything I'd yet heard, he hasn't disappointed.
		Heavy usage of percussive breakbeats so common in contemporary dance music augment Martyn's fine pipe and fiddle playing, at last a musician who doesn't have to hide behind electronic gadgetry to cover a lack of technical proficiency.
	www.folkmusic.net /htmfiles/webrevs/rcd10381.htm (401 words)

	Martyn Bennett: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Ever since Martin Swan's Mouth Music project sputtered to a disappointing halt around 2000, there had been a hole in the music world that was waiting to be filled by someone else willing to take unabashedly traditional Scottish music and juxtapose it with unashamedly slamming breakbeats and 21st century production techniques.
		Martyn Bennett had actually been working that territory since his eponymous debut in 1995 but really came into his own in the years since; Grit is a tour de force o… Read More »
		Thanks to Scottish acts like Peatbog Fairies, Shooglenifty and Tartan Amoebas along with the Afro-Celt Sound System a new sub-category of music was brought to the forefront; electro-ethno-worldbeat (or something like that) in which South American, Australian, Asian, Jamaican, African and other influences combine with European folk and contemporary music.
	www.music.com /person/martyn_bennett/1 (571 words)

	Martyn Bennett : Bothy Culture - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Thanks to Scottish acts like Peatbog Faeries, Shooglenifty and Tartan Amoebas along with the Afro Celt Sound System a new sub-category of music was brought to the forefront; electro-ethnic-worldbeat (or something like that) in which South American, Australian, Asian, Jamaican, African and other influences combine with European folk and contemporary music.
		Bothy Culture developed as a result of his time spent in the rave and house scenes of Glasgow in the early '90s and his toying with several forms of world music.
		Here Bennett draws from the Punjabi, Turkish, Scandinavian and Irish cultures as well as the rave/techno/hip-hop subcultures to create this assiduous hybrid.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,325715,00.html (209 words)

	Martyn Bennett Celebration Concert
		Following the tragic death earlier this year of the inspirational multi-instrumentalist and composer Martyn Bennett, a benefit concert in his memory is to be held at the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, on 15 April at 7.30pm.
		Organised by some of those who were closest to Martyn, the evening will be a unique celebration of his life and work.
		All proceeds from the concert will be divided between Marie Curie Cancer Care, the Bethesda Hospice on the Isle of Lewis, and the Martyn Bennett Trust, a new memorial fund aimed at supporting and encouraging young musicians who share Martyn’s vision of music as an agent of human connectedness across cultures.
	www.hi-arts.co.uk /default.aspx.locid-hianewkom.htm (475 words)

	Martyn Bennett CDs
		Recorded in 1995, this CD features some of Martyn's own pieces, and his treatments of traditional pieces. Martyn's electronic bloops and bleeps may not be to everyone's taste, but his huge fan-base will appreciate the opportunity to obtain this old album.
		A song cycle sung mainly by Martyn's mother Margaret, but also using a wax cylinder recording of his great-great-grandfather! Martyn adds his usual masterful electrical influences and fiddle/pipes/drums. Margaret's voice is captured superbly and suits the Gaelic songs well, much better than her last album! A fascinating contemporary take on traditional Gaelic song.
		Martyn is back in excellent form with an album based around travellers’ songs and songs of the Gaelteachd. Old sound clips and song sections are electronically booted into the 21st century with a surround of pipes, harmonium and strings.
	www.musicinscotland.com /acatalog/Martyn_Bennett_CDs.html#aRCD10381 (441 words)

	HUB Music \| In Your Ear \| Martyn Bennett: Bothy Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Scotland conjures up images of kilt-clad bagpipers marching over mist-shrouded moors, ceili's (traditional jam sessions) in the bothy (a stone hut that offers shelter to shepherds during ill-weather), boiled meat, and pop bands like Teenage Fanclub.
		Martyn lays his own loops and plays all the tunes, and suffice it to say his piping is extraordinary (as is his whistling and fiddling and diddling and joiking - no it's not a sexual thing).
		And in a fitting a tribute to all the unheralded traditional musicians of yore, he closes the disc with a piobraireachd (say pee-broch) that brings us right back to the moors and inside the bothy again.
	www.flip181.com /hub1/music/ear/rev1_23.html (120 words)

	Amazon.com: Bothy Culture: Music: Martyn Bennett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I'm so sad i never got to see Martyn perform live, he was and still is such a wonderful musician.
		Bennett is a remarkably gifted musician with a keen ear for mixing the essence of both club dance sounds with traditional bagpiping and celtic arrangements.
		Martyn was trained as a classical musician(his mother is a folk-singer from the island of Mull, Scotland)and he plays every instrument imaginable.
	www.amazon.com /Bothy-Culture-Martyn-Bennett/dp/B0000009R2 (1083 words)

	Overview of Martyn Bennett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bennett caused a sensation, and some controversy, when he combined traditional Scottish bagpipe and fiddle music with modern techno dance beats and thus became influential in the development of Celtic Fusion.
		His highly-acclaimed albums were Martyn Bennett (1995), Bothy Culture (1998), Hardland (2000), Glen Lyon (2002) and Grit (2003), together with MacKay's Memoirs, first performed at the opening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and issued as a recording posthumously in 2005.
		First diagnosed with cancer in 1993, Bennett lost his struggle for life in an Edinburgh hospice at a tragically young age.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst2981.html (211 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Grit: Music: Martyn Bennett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It was unfortunately only after Martyn's death that I was introduced to his music.
		The album Grit is an extremely impressive statement of both his roots, but also of defiance in the face of the illness which cast a shadow over the last years of his life.
		After a few listening i got right into this album.Then let a few friends listen (who got hooked)Having heard Martyn Bennet before i was fasinated at how this guys mind works.I have reached a conclusion that i will never know.He is so talented and ground breaking.The "chanter" is my fav,,,, listen and be mesmorised.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Grit-Martyn-Bennett/dp/B0000CAPVW (699 words)

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