Jazz Guitarist / Electronica Producer
I am thrilled to be a part of Improvised Music Company's series 'Piece by Piece'! Thoroughly looking forward to sharing the piece I have created, which brings together my work as a jazz guitarist and also my electronic production work as Penji.It will premiere next Friday 27th Nov at 8pm. Here is what IMC have … Continue reading IMC Piece by Piece
Let me present 'Shimmer'! This is the first in a series of six pieces I created using improvisation as a compositional process. The full EP will be released on Nov 26th. Created with support from Arts Council Ireland's #COVID-19 Crisis Response Award. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC7gMlO62d8
I'm proud to present my contribution which was supported by the Arts Council Ireland Covid-19 Crisis Response Award. I have composed and recorded six new pieces for guitar and electronics, and two live videos. I set myself a strict method of composing through improvisation. So all the main thematic material was written in the heat … Continue reading ‘Shimmer’ EP out Nov 24
Leading Irish publication The Journal of Music have written an extremely positive review of my Penji EP! Here’s a nice extract: "Adopting the name of Penji for his solo project, Hackett appears to have taken his most interesting musical digression...in the process (Penji) has created a groove-laden sound that is augmented by weighty beats, shimmering … Continue reading ‘Up to the surface’ – Penji EP reviewed by Journal of Music
Pretty fantastic review of the Penji EP on award-winning cultural media website HeadStuff!Read the full review here: https://www.headstuff.org/entertainment/music/review-penji-electric-eponymous-debut/
Wonderful news - I have been awarded the COVID-19 Crisis Response Award by Arts Council Ireland! This will enable me to compose and record a series of pieces for guitar and electronics, which I will be publishing online for you good folks. So stay tuned for that.. Now I’m off to write some new music! … Continue reading Successfully awarded the Crisis Response Award (Arts Council)
Nice write-up in Connacht Tribune this week! Being in Zinc was a formative time for me, and helped me to have a free approach to writing and producing with the new Penji record. https://connachttribune.ie/pushing-out-the-boundaries-with-jazz-electronica-fusion/
I'm delighted to announce that my debut EP of electronic music is out May 21st on all platforms! I am releasing under the alias Penji, and here is the beautiful artwork by long-time collaborator AMW Visual
Quietly in the background, for the past couple of years I have been slaving away in my home studio..I have been recording guitars, playing synths, programming electronic beats and processing it all through a plethora of guitar pedals. This has resulted in a four-track EP of electronic music, of which I am very proud!I would … Continue reading Debut Electronic EP ‘Penji’ to be released in May 2020
Thanks to everyone who came down to the In Flow shows last week at Galway Jazz Festival! Was an absolute blast performing with the whole ensemble, which featured the wonderful Matthew Jacobson on drums, as well as Andrew Madec, Simon Kenny and Alain Halimi! AMW Visual also did an absolutely amazing job on … Continue reading In Flow – a huge success at GJF 2019!