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BT Releases His Double-Disc Sixth Studio Album, These Hopeful Machines, as Two Individual Tracks on iTunes and Amazon

January 27, 2010, NEW YORK, NY - Internationally renowned artist, visionary producer, film composer and technologist BT has always been known for being unpredictably groundbreaking. From his artist albums to his film compositions to his production for superstars such as Sting, Madonna, and Britney Spears, platinum-selling artist BT is consistently looked to in the music community as an innovator and pioneer, constantly pushing the envelope of what is possible in both music production and innovation around the modality of his music.  In an unprecedented move, BT has chosen to release his new album, THESE HOPEFUL MACHINES (February 2, Nettwerk), as two individual tracks on iTunes: Disc 1 and Disc 2.

“I have always believed in the album experience,” recounts BT. “So much is lost by picking and choosing tracks and shuffling them together randomly. I strive to create an active, rather than a passive, listening experience. I am always opting to engage listeners in a meaningful way. The experience of music should be just that: an experience. Not a passive or secondary activity. These are my fondest memories of music, listening as an activity, and this is the experience that I wish to share with my audience.”

These Hopeful Machines is a double-disc opus that carries listeners through 2 hours of sweeping orchestral arrangements, pulsating electronic beats, heartfelt vocal melodies and even simple acoustic guitar. These Hopeful Machines embodies BT’s ability to weave both his technical prowess and compositional mastery that reminds listeners why he is the composer that all other composers and producers study.

This album is the follow up to 2006’s This Binary Universe, an album that created an entirely new genre of evocative electro-acoustic music. Keyboard Magazine wrote in a review, “In a hundred years, it could well be studied as the first major work of the new millennium. It’s that good.”  These Hopeful Machines continues to evolve BT’s distinct technical, lyrical and compositional vision and execution, but his usual melodic complexity and bleeding-edge electronic techniques permeate the album from start to finish.

From an early age, BT, born Brian Transeau, demonstrated a remarkable aptitude for playing and understanding classical music. He was heavily influenced by avant-garde and romantic composers such as Stravinsky, Bartok, Debussy and Rachmaninov. His biggest influences, however, were from everyday sounds that most would take for granted, from noticing the meter of the grandfather clock in the foyer to the micro-rhythms of crickets and cicadas to the ambience of passing trains at night.

“When examining my creation process, it makes perfect sense why I am a forced technologist,” he explains. ”I frequently face the fact that the tools I need to compose music simply don’t exist. It is like being an architect without bricks or mortar. I routinely create my own bricks and connective tissue as the diving off point to the compositional process.”  The drive to actualize the tools BT envisions has led to his evolution as one of the most cutting-edge programmers and technologists in music today. He has expanded this reach into a visionary software venture, Sonik Architects, which launched its critically- and commercially-acclaimed iPhone application, Sonifi™, last fall.

Says BT, “My ultimate goal is to keep the emotional counterpoint and the integrity of the song intact, even when pushing the envelope with style and technique. The faster things get, the less people are willing to take in a body of creative work. There are so few things now that will engage us. The intent of consuming music is usually to have an awareness or a feeling, to have a truly, empathic connection to others. My hope is to create something that makes people feel that they have consumed something that completes a void. I want to create something lasting.”

These Hopeful Machines track listing:

Disc 1

1. Suddenly

2. The Emergency

3. Every Other Way

4. The Light Of Things

5. Rose Of Jericho

6. Forget Me

Disc 2

1. A Million Stars

2. Love Can Kill You

3. Always

4. Le Nocturne De Lumiere

5. The Unbreakable

6. The Ghost In You

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blakelewisofficial:

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 That’s amazing! I love the fact that it make it on that list!-Melissa

leenirama:

is engaged to Jonah Martin! :)

leenirama, Congrats to you and Jonah!-Melissa

Finally after all this time I am going to be putting my review Blake Lewis’ new CD on here.

Heartbreak On Vinyl  was released on October 6th of this year and I got it the day after it came out. I love it and it is one of my favorite CD’s of all time.

The album/CD starts off with the title track which by the way is the second single off of the wonderful collection of music. Heartbreak has an 80’s feel to it and I love it…haha.  Next up is “Binary Love” which is also amazing dance/techno song and it will get u up and dancing in no time.  Then comes the one of the most sexiest songs on the album “Freak” I will definitely be moving my body like a freak   after that song. It is so full of energy. Next up is the first single off of the album “Sad Song” it is amazing dance song and anthem that will leave you feeling good and singing along as you go..the music video is outstanding and awesome. “Rhythm Of My Heart” is also an amazing song.. “Afraid” is one of my favorite songs that Rodney Jerkins aka Darkchild  produced and the only song Blake didn’t write. I would love to see that song become a single. “I Left My Baby For You” shows off Blake’s vocal range and I love it. “Rebel Without A Cause” is so catchy and fresh and freaky..Superscratchavocalisticturntablicious is now the longest word I believe and one of the best beatbox songs ever. “Our Rapture Of Love” is the first song he wrote for this masterpiece. I love this song because it will take you to another place. “The Point” is a beautifully written song that was written by Blake and Peter Zizzo, who has written songs for Celine Dion and others. I love this ballad and you will be singing along with it as well as the whole CD. “The Remedy” is a beautiful dance ballad anthem that will get u up and out of your seat. I am so glad the next song and final track off the album made it. “Love Or Torture(Please Don’t Stop) is a feel good dance song that was written back in 2007 I believe, and left off “Audio DayDream” and was written by Blake and Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic. I love every song and it is always a delight listening to because it takes me to another world.

Melissa Kay Norman- HeartBreak On Vinyl Review

I love everyone of the pics that he(blakelewisofficial) posted on here! Amazingly handsome pics!

leenirama:

I need a poster of Jason Priestly. Anyone got one by any chance? Otherwise, I’m heading to Kinkos.

 I got several..I am from Alabama though..