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/
Tag: Composition
Successfully awarded the Crisis Response Award (Arts Council)
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! 🎶
http://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Arts-Council-COVID-19-Crisis-Response-Award/
#newmusic #artscouncil
Penji featured in Connacht Tribune
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/
Penji EP out May 21st on all platforms
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
Debut Electronic EP ‘Penji’ to be released in May 2020
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 describe it as ‘dreamy, wonky, future-nostalgic hip-hop’…
Entirely recorded, produced and mixed by myself,
‘Penji’ has just been mastered in one of the finest mastering studios in the UK (who have worked with such artists as Om Unit), and I will be releasing it this spring.
Stay tuned for an exact release date in May!
Launching new trio Sat 28 Sept @ Black Gate
Super excited to be launching a new band on Sept 28th, playing brand-new compositions of mine!
Featuring two of Ireland’s finest musicians; Derek Whyte (bass) and Matthew Jacobson (drums)
Sat Sept 28, 9pm
JAZZGate: The Music of Aengus Hackett!
The Black Gate
Tickets €10 – https://bit.ly/2kpoUgT
DINOSAUR album out October 23rd
The day has finally come! I am super excited to finally be releasing my debut album with DINOSAUR.
Here is our wonderful album cover, commissioned by Galway artist Black Tongue.
Stay tuned for more info about the release, which will be available digitally and on CD from Bandcamp.
Zinc album out now
I have released a debut album with Zinc! You can stream and buy the album here:
Here’s a little teaser of the album. Video by http://www.afghaniscan.com
Introspect – Aengus Hackett
A friend of mine AKA Black Tongue Visual Media, made a beautiful video about me recently. It was the first in a series of featurettes on creative people in Galway and further afield.
Check it out below.