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Genre: People & Blogs
Date of upload: Aug 27, 2008 ^^
Rating : 4.969 (18/2,336 LTDR)
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I knew and loved Martin a lot - and totally gutted when he passed. His funeral was both somber and farcical in equal measure. I also knew and recorded with Andrew Batty who is the guy helping Martin in this footage. Andy was a head case but super intelligent - who supposedly was bouncing signals off the moon 🌙 at the tender and rather precocious age of 13 ! Martin was a special guy tho who will always have a place in my heart. Wilson mentions Chris Nagall (may be misspelled ?) as the engineer but I’m convinced it is actually Andy Batty - who was probably standing in for him that day. Plus I know Martin liked Andy and knew he was talented and worth nurturing - unfortunately Andy had psychological issues and was diagnosed schizophrenic. Often wondered what became of him ? I could tell you lots of stories - but - another time perhaps ? Thanx for reading 📖 my comments. Cheers 🥂. Rx
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It's hard to describe how unique 'Unknown Pleasures' sounded in the late 70s. We were used to drums sounding like dead cardboard boxes. And then comes Martin with artificial spaces for each drum and modern production was invented.
It's easy for me as a computer music producer nowadays. Just load snare preset and tweak it to fit. But this man knew exactly what he was doing, what equipment he needed (some still being invented). what the equipment did and how to patch it in to what he was going for. I love how he stops Tony from asking dumb questions ( which, to be fair, was his job) by asking something subversive of his own. Definitely not a technican - an artist and sculptor of sound at work.
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Thanks for positng this. A true genius of sound. I love his approach to drums and drumming, using effects to create artificial resonance as opposed to boring room sounds and having the drums play beats with few annoying fills. I am a drummer and I hate most modern drumming, too many fills don't pay the bills.
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@plasteredbastard
2 years ago
Two months after dear friend Ian had passed. Tony was still grief stricken. Martin Hannet's importance to the Manchester sound can simply not be overstated
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