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‘Blinking gorgeous’ – Tom Ravenscroft, BBC 6 Music
The composer and guitarist Martyn Heyne was born in Hamburg, Germany. His concerts and recordings have gained him a reputation for a unique approach to the guitar.
As a solo artist, Heyne has performed on concert tours supporting acts like A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Nils Frahm, and Balmorhea. Heyne’s show is woven around his mesmerising electric guitar playing and has taken him to legendary venues such as the Funkhaus in Berlin and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie.
Heyne released the solo EP Shady & Light in 2016, followed by his debut album Electric Intervals for 7K! in 2017. Loudersound, UK reviewed: ‘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.’
Mary Anne Hobbs of BBC Radio 6 called it ‘A beautiful record from end-to-end.’
Heyne's much anticipated 2nd solo album 'Open Lines' was released in 2020 on his newly established Tonal Institute imprint. The New York based Brettworks noted: ‘This is the most beautiful music I’ve heard so far this year. Heyne’s guitar/delay instrumentation is sparse, the music goes on a journey, and the chords are deeply inventive.’
In April 2023 Heyne released an album of all new compositions for solo electric guitar via Tonal Institute / AWAL Sony, titled Eight Reflections in Darkness.
The composer and guitarist Martyn Heyne was born in Hamburg, Germany. His concerts and recordings have gained him a reputation for a unique approach to the guitar.
As a solo artist, Heyne has performed on concert tours supporting acts like A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Nils Frahm, and Balmorhea. Heyne’s show is woven around his mesmerising electric guitar playing and has taken him to legendary venues such as the Funkhaus in Berlin and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie.
Heyne released the solo EP Shady & Light in 2016, followed by his debut album Electric Intervals for 7K! in 2017. Loudersound, UK reviewed: ‘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.’
Mary Anne Hobbs of BBC Radio 6 called it ‘A beautiful record from end-to-end.’
Heyne's much anticipated 2nd solo album 'Open Lines' was released in 2020 on his newly established Tonal Institute imprint. The New York based Brettworks noted: ‘This is the most beautiful music I’ve heard so far this year. Heyne’s guitar/delay instrumentation is sparse, the music goes on a journey, and the chords are deeply inventive.’
In April 2023 Heyne released an album of all new compositions for solo electric guitar via Tonal Institute / AWAL Sony, titled Eight Reflections in Darkness.
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