Jazz Guitarist / Electronica Producer
I'm just speechless at this fantastic news..I have been awarded an Arts Council Music Bursary! The award will support me to develop my solo project. I will be spending a good portion of 2021 working on improvisation for guitar and electronics. As well as this, I will collaborate with two of Ireland's finest proponents of … Continue reading Arts Council Bursary for solo project
Fantastic news - I have been awarded the MISP Recording Grant! Very chuffed about this. This will support me to make an album next year with the Aengus Hackett Trio, with some of my favourite musicians; Matthew Jacobson and Derek Whyte. Huge thanks to First Music Contact and Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport … Continue reading MISP Recording Grant awarded for trio album
I'm really excited to share my new EP with you!‘Shimmer’ is out today, available to buy and stream at these links: https://aengushackett.bandcamp.com/album/shimmerhttps://soundcloud.com/aengushackett/sets/shimmer The musical moments which happen during free improv have always been the most exciting to me. This series of six pieces is my effort to capture that in the compositional process.Created with support … Continue reading ‘Shimmer’ out today!
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
Here is 'A Life Lived', the second video of my new series of compositions.I don't usually share personal matters on my website, but this needs an introduction. The pandemic and lockdown have been tough on everyone, and I had the added sorrow of my father passing away last April. I composed these pieces mostly during … Continue reading ‘A Life Lived’ – second video of new series
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
Very much looking forward to next week as I will be working with one of Ireland’s leading ensembles, the ConTempo Quartet! This wonderful project is put together by Galway Music Residency. The concept is to combine the classical string group with a jazz ensemble featuring myself and three of the finest exponents of jazz coming … Continue reading ‘JazzTempo’ project with Contempo Quartet
I have been invited by Sligo Jazz Project to record a solo set from home, as part of their online festival this year! This is a huge honour for me, as I attended the summer school and festival as a teenager and it was a very formative time for me. It will stream on Fri … Continue reading Sligo Jazz Project 2020
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