{"id":1668,"date":"2015-10-01T11:51:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T10:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2015-11-02T23:56:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T23:56:08","slug":"mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-the-untied-knot-by-shooglenifty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-the-untied-knot-by-shooglenifty\/","title":{"rendered":"MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards: The Untied Knot by Shooglenifty"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Untied-Knot-Cover\"Congratulations to Shooglenifty who’s album The Untied Knot<\/strong> has been nominated in Album of the Year (sponsored by Birnam CD<\/a>) in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2015. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

We asked Shooglenifty about their album The Untied Knot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is Shooglenifty\u2019s seventh studio album, and the first to feature a collection of songs. The breathtaking \u2018puirt a beul\u2019 (mouth music) of Gaelic vocalist Kaela Rowan brings a captivating and energising new element to the band\u2019s sound, and further confounds any attempt to categorise them.<\/p>\n

The Untied Knot drops additional pins in the Shoogles\u2019 map of international influences, this time hitting the road from Scotland to Rajasthan. Watch out for James Mackintosh and Kaela Rowan\u2019s The High Road To Jodhpur, a tune that makes that connection explicit, whilst Burns\u2019s Tam o\u2019Shanter is the \u2018closer to home\u2019 inspiration for the title track by Quee MacArthur.<\/p>\n

Former band member Luke Plumb\u2019s fresh compositions \u2013 the psychedelic Arms of Sleep and The Highway Carpark, a \u2018hurry up and wait\u2019 classic \u2013 are included, whilst new mandolin player Ewan MacPherson makes his mark with three tunes. His Somebody\u2019s Welcome To Somewhere, features the princely pipes of a guesting Ross Ainslie. Ewan also contributes a dark nautical romp The Devil\u2019s Breath Hornpipe, and speedy pair of reels clearly spawned by the Shoogle dance gene: Samhla Reel\/Scolpaig.<\/p>\n

A dazzling contribution by Garry \u2018Banjo\u2019 Finlayson, The Scorpian (sic) is a fascinating and enigmatic creature, whilst Fitzroy\u2019s Crossing, the striking Antipodean closing track by Shooglenifty front man Angus R Grant, is proof positive that there is no musical journey this band can\u2019t take.<\/p>\n

About Shooglenifty<\/em>
\nShooglenifty were one of the taste-makers and boundary-breakers of the Scottish trad music scene of the 90s and were one of the acts that helped give Scotland a powerful voice on the world music scene, from the early days right up to the present day. Venus in Tweeds remains one of my all-time classic albums and it always delights me to know that the legendary Grant fiddlers \u2013 Aonghas and Angus R. \u2013 can count one of Gaeldom\u2019s ultimate tradition bearers and one of the Shoogle creators of \u2018acid croft\u2019 as father-and-son. Just as it should be \u2013 roots and futures as one.<\/p>\n

Mary Ann Kennedy
\nMusician and broadcaster<\/p>\n

Shooglenifty invented a totally new and spellbinding way of playing ultimately Highland music as a modern groove-based entity. Along with Martyn Bennett they transformed this ancient music with respect and vision. 25 years on they continue to blaze a trail of \u2018acid-croft\u2019 that no others can touch.<\/p>\n

Aidan O\u2019Rourke
\nLau
\nShooglenifty\u2019s sound springs from traditional Scottish dance music, energised by the beats and bass line of something altogether more contemporary. It is not a sit-down kind of music, it\u2019s a join-in, and get on your feet kind of vibe. Attempts to describe this almost uncatagorisable band include: \u2018hypno-folkadelic-ambient-trad\u2019 and \u2018Acid-Croft\u2019, which derives from late 1980s club music \u2018Acid House\u2019, a croft being a traditional Scottish rural dwelling.<\/p>\n

This pioneering band is in demand all over the world and the guys have entertained at festivals and venues in Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Russia, the United States and, of course, Europe. Previous career highlights include performing for Nelson Mandela and Emperor Akihito of Japan (not both at once), performing with dhol drummers of Rajasthan at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, inciting the crowd to a stage invasion at Sydney Opera House, and collaborating with Lebanese musicians in Beirut.<\/p>\n

Shooglenifty was formed in Edinburgh 25 years ago at the height of the late 80s\/early 90s electronic dance music scene, and the vibe of that time is a key influence on their sound. Their latest album The Untied Knot , released in 2015 is the first to feature song, for the most part supplied \u2018puirt a beul\u2019 vocalist Kaela Rowan, but watch out for other members of the band showing off their vocal abilities.<\/p>\n

Shooglenifty website: http:\/\/www.shooglenifty.com<\/a><\/p>\n

You can listen to The Untied Knot here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Buy a ticket<\/a> for the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards on Saturday 5th December in Dundee Caird Hall, start time 7pm. You’ll have a great time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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