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Contender into the
multi-ethnic roots/dance floor fusion
arena is
this former
Edinburgh street busker,
weaving sundry
varieties of bagpipe
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Highland, Lowland,
Border, Arabic and electronic -
through a succession of layered
electro-acoustic soundscapes.
Apart from one funked-up version
of a 400-year-old Donald MacCrimmon
tune,
all the work is original,
ranging from the opening Electric Lassieland,
pitting squally
electric guitars against a hectic pipe reel
over a dub beat,
through the sinuously sultry,
Oriental sounding Belly Dancer Fae Fife
to the moody,
disco-tinged Highland Trance.
Electric fiddle, electric cello, bouzouki, bass and percussion
all feature in
the mix,
along with
multi-textured synth effects and drum loops and are
sharply
defined by both strong melodies
and dextrous rhythm work.
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