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All tunes written by Tomas Callister, arranged by Mec Lir.<\/p>\nAll tunes written by Tomas Callister, arranged by Mec Lir.<\/p>\n
Recorded and Mixed by Andrea Gobbi at Carrier Waves Studio, Glasgow – http:\/\/www.andreagobbi.co.uk\/<\/p>\n
Mastered by Guy Davie at Electric Mastering – http:\/\/www.electricmastering.com\/<\/p>\n
Formed in 2014, Mec Lir have had audiences up on their feet from their home turf of Scotland and the Isle of Man, to places like Cape Breton and Brittany with their infectious brand of \u2018trad pop\u2018. The perfect blend of fiddle tunes with modern backing, with the melody still playing the key role.<\/p>\n
The band consists of virtuosic Manx fiddle player Tomas Callister (Barrule, \u00cdmar), along with Adam Rhodes on bouzouki (Barrule, \u00cdmar, King Chiaullee), David Kilgallon on keyboard (Chronicles, King Chiaullee) and Greg Barry on drums (The Elephant Sessions).<\/p>\n
They released their debut CD \u2018Not An EP\u2018 in 2015, and have since recorded two new singles, released early in 2016 – the epic reels set \u2018Chase The Ace\u2019 and pumping polkas \u2018The Ram\u2019.<\/p>\n
2015 was a busy year for the band, including going viral on Facebook with a video reaching nearly 2 million views, playing at festivals such as the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany and Cape Breton\u2019s Celtic Colours. They started off 2016 in style playing to a sold out Oran Mor at Glasgow\u2019s Celtic Connections. Plans are now afoot to record their debut album in 2016. So keep your ears to the ground and your feet tapping – Mec Lir will make you move!<\/p>\n
Artist website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.meclir.com<\/a><\/p>\n Single title:<\/strong> Chase The Ace Search Terms:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Follow these topics: contemporary<\/a>, electronic<\/a>, Featured release<\/a>, fiddle<\/a>, folk band<\/a>, folk funk<\/a>, folk rock<\/a>, Releases<\/a><\/p> All tunes written by Tomas Callister, arranged by Mec Lir. Recorded and Mixed by Andrea Gobbi at Carrier Waves Studio, Glasgow – http:\/\/www.andreagobbi.co.uk\/ Mastered by Guy Davie at Electric Mastering – http:\/\/www.electricmastering.com\/ Formed in 2014, Mec Lir have had audiences up on their feet from their home turf of Scotland and the Isle of Man, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":2460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57,58,7,12,44,45,22,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-contemporary","8":"category-electronic","9":"category-featured-release","10":"category-fiddle","11":"category-folk-band","12":"category-folk-funk","13":"category-folk-rock","14":"category-member-releases","15":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2016\/03\/cta1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2459"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2466,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459\/revisions\/2466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAlbum title:<\/strong>
\nRelease Date:<\/strong> 05\/01\/2016
\nSingle artist:<\/strong> Mec Lir
\nSingle duration:<\/strong> 6:54
\nRecord Label:<\/strong> Big Mann Records
\nCatalogue No:<\/strong> BMANN002
\nWriters:<\/strong> Tom\u00e0s Callister
\nPublishers:<\/strong> Mec Lir
\nExplicit?: No<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"