I'm a musician, composer and producer focusing on cinematic and ambient music. Currently based in Bristol, England.

Using a unique combination of analogue and digital instruments as tools with which to obsessively and mercilessly experiment with sound, I try to make compositions that are dramatic, emotive and human.

I  released my debut album, 'Different Connections' in October 2022. For the most part, the album was created at my previous studio - Coach House Studio in Bristol. This was where, years before I took custody of the sacred space, Massive Attack and Portishead recorded Blue Lines and Dummy, respectively. When that studio was swept away by the latest wave of Bristol's unrelenting tide of gentrification, I salvaged much of the interior of the historical space and used it to build a new studio beneath my house in Bristol. This is where I made the final touches to 'Different Connections'. 

I chose to craft this album mainly alone, finding a desirable escapism in the exploration of new sounds, however occasional input from collaborators offers an additional layer atop these swirling soundscapes - for example the delightfully intricate playing of Washington D.C.- based woodwind maestro Matthew Cha of Disqo Volante.

Flyby

Texan Whip

Granular Sighting

Stallion

Eight

Featherfall

Thought Of Calling

Slingshot Manoeuvre by Tom Hackwell.

Recorded at Bristol's famous Coach House Studio (Massive Attack, Portishead) using mostly:

Moog Subsequent 37 analogue synthesiser
Kemble upright piano
National Bobbie Thomas archtop guitar
Two ears
Sometimes 1/2 a brain

Tom Hackwell. 2020. Deaf Endling Records

Artwork by Rob Eden.

Slingshot Manoeuvre, Pt.1

Musician / Producer / Mix Engineer / Recording Engineer. Bristol, UK.

Tom Hackwell

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