BT These Hopeful Machines (2010 UK 12-track 2-CD album set - Internationally renowned artist, visionary producer, film composer and technologist BT [Brian Transeau] is back with his 6th artist album. 'These Hopeful Machines' is a twelve-track opus that carries listeners through sweeping orchestral arrangements, pulsating electronic beats, heartfelt vocal melodies and acoustic guitar. The album 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. Album opener 'Suddenly' showcases of glitchy breakbeats produced using BT's own software, Breaktweaker, and morps into a big guitar-driven anthem that is among the albums many highlights. The album even features BT's first cover, a reinterpretation of 'The Ghost In You' by The Psychedelic Furs. The song was recorded on tape, giving it a familiar and sentimental feeling while maintaining BT's own distinctive style. There are also multiple collaborations on the album, with Rob Dickinson providing vocals on 'Always and The Unbreakable'. Whilst acclaimed vocalist JES, famed for her work with Tiësto, appears on 'Every Other Way' and 'The Light In Things').