Eight Reflections in Darkness

by Martyn Heyne

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Thomas Overdick I could inifinitely listen to these gentle sketches. Thank you for the beauty.

julian_edge Heyne's music invites listeners to create their own unique insights along paths that only music can open up. I found Ludwig's Wonder the most immediately accessible track, somehow summoning the strength of an orchestral tradition in an utterly twenty-first century style. My current favourite is Yugen, Heyne's explicit conjuring of the Japanese concept of an obscure beauty, fully felt if only partly perceivable, in a darkness full of potential. Favorite track: Yugen.

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1.	Snow on the Leaves 03:37
2.	Trial, Triumph, and Disaster 05:14	buy track
3.	Ludwig’s Wonder 04:50	buy track
4.	Starkly 04:51
5.	Burning Burning Burning 03:05
6.	Yugen 04:46	buy track
7.	Dance of the Dead 05:24
8.	Fire in My Eyes 05:36

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An album of new solo electric guitar compositions by Martyn Heyne.

'Absolutely gorgeous, muted, it’s quite hymn-like as well. There are textures here that you might also find in the music of Manuel de Falla. I think you can hear the influence of Bach’s Lute works in this piece as well. There is a real intimacy to this recording.'
— Elizabeth Alker, Unclassified, BBC3

'At times hauntingly beautiful, at times ridiculously catchy and memorable'
— The Adam Brady Show, Louder Than War Radio

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released April 14, 2023

Tonal Institute - Berlin Germany
Label code: LC98256
Distributor: AWAL / Sony
P+C 2023 Tonal Institute / Martyn Heyne
Published by Manners McDade Music Publishing Ltd, London UK
All titles composed by Martyn Heyne
Artwork and design by Studio Torsten Posselt

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Martyn Heyne Berlin, Germany

Martyn Heyne is a Berlin-based musician and composer. His concerts and recordings have gained him a reputation for a unique approach to the guitar.

‘Martyn Heyne is the kind of oblique player who takes the instrument to a completely different textural plane. (…) You forget all about the how, and luxuriate in the why.’ teamrock.com, UK ... more

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