
{"id":5589,"date":"2022-01-18T14:49:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/?p=5589"},"modified":"2022-01-18T14:49:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:49:56","slug":"the-fastest-zebra-by-tom-oakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/the-fastest-zebra-by-tom-oakes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fastest Zebra by Tom Oakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-5590\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2022\/01\/Tom-Oakes-Front-Cover-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2022\/01\/Tom-Oakes-Front-Cover-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2022\/01\/Tom-Oakes-Front-Cover-1024x930.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2022\/01\/Tom-Oakes-Front-Cover-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2022\/01\/Tom-Oakes-Front-Cover-1536x1395.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2022\/01\/Tom-Oakes-Front-Cover.jpg 1594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A waltz composed for my daughters first birthday and the lightest and brightest interlude on the album. This track (and indeed the album) was recorded in different rooms in the 16c merchants house &#8216;Lambs House&#8217; in Leith Edinburgh. All acoustic sounds are the rooms themselves and the different acoustic spaces chosen to compliment the instruments on the recording. On this case an old flute (Rudall and Rose 1845) and a three course Greek Bouzouki (Trichordo) The album itself features a lot more of these sonic ideas with 9 more tracks of traditional much and longer form &#8216;semi improvised&#8217; compositions and sound design.<\/p>\n<p>2019 Scots Trad Awards \u2018Musican of the Year\u2019 nominee, Tom is regarded as one of the UK\u2019s top Flautists and Multi instrumentalists. Edinburgh based, he has spent the last two decades ploughing many different furrows as a traditional\/contemporary musician, composer, producer and sound designer. Known widely for his work with Shetland fiddler Ross Couper (\u2018Exquisite\u2019 The Guardian **** ) Genre bending pan Finnish act \u2018The Auvo Quartet\u2019 and new Scottish powerhouse OBT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artist website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomoakesmusic.com\">http:\/\/www.tomoakesmusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Single title:<\/strong> The Fastest Zebra<br \/>\n<strong>Album title:<\/strong> Water Street<br \/>\n<strong>Release Date:<\/strong> 07\/12\/2022<br \/>\n<strong>Single artist:<\/strong> Tom Oakes<br \/>\n<strong>Single duration:<\/strong> 2.43<br \/>\n<strong>Record Label:<\/strong> Window Weather Records<br \/>\n<strong>Catalogue No:<\/strong> UKUED2100008<br \/>\n<strong>Writers:<\/strong> Tom Oakes<br \/>\n<strong>Publishers:<\/strong> MCPS\/PRS<br \/>\n<strong>Explicit?: No<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Search Terms:<\/strong> {Search terms:18}<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"follow-cat-feed\"> Follow these topics: <a  href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/category\/featured-release\/feed\/\">Featured release<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/category\/member-releases\/miscellaneous\/feed\/\">miscellaneous<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/category\/newsletter\/feed\/\">Newsletter<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/category\/member-releases\/feed\/\">Releases<\/a><\/p><div id=\"downloadinfo-panel\" style=\"display: block;max-height: 200px;overflow: scroll;width: 100%;margin-bottom:15px\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A waltz composed for my daughters first birthday and the lightest and brightest interlude on the album. This track (and indeed the album) was recorded in different rooms in the 16c merchants house &#8216;Lambs House&#8217; in Leith Edinburgh. 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