Ingenious German multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Martyn Heyne has announced the much anticipated follow-up to 2020’s Open Lines. Entitled Eight Reflections in Darkness, his new record of solo electric guitar compositions will see the light of day on April 14th through Tonal Institute / AWAL Sony.
With simplicity and honesty at the heart of his new compositions, Heyne chose to record the album in his studio with merely his guitar and a couple of amps, “leaving in the breaths, foot taps, and finger-picked sounds that come with a live performance”, as the press release describes. “In this form, Heyne taps into the music’s intimacy, encouraging us to look inward as we listen”. Inspired by a series of videos of Picasso drawing on a glass pane, namely one of a bull drawing that was just an outline, Heyne “set out to make music that felt like a line drawing, sketching out the contours of the sound, but not coloring in every piece”.

The delicate and beautiful ‘Ludwig’s Wonder’ is the first single to emerge from the upcoming album.  Conveying a depth of emotion, the track brings a sense of radiant peacefulness. Take a listen now.