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In de tag staat folk en dat snap ik, maar voor de old-school folkies is dit wel even slikken. Het lijkt wel of ze door Avicii geproduceerd zijn, maar dat kan niet meer. En ze komen van Skye, dus dan is mijn interesse al snel gewekt. Gewoon even luisteren. Folk-electronica eigenlijk. Ik vind het fraai. 

Anyone nervous in anticipation of this, the third full length release from the intrepid Skye fusioneers can now relax. As one undoubtedly in said camp, the angst was whether they could build on the traction of the 2015’s eponymous debut and 2018’s Air Fàir an Là, and still remain at the forefront of where Scottish trad and dance music have collided so joyously. With the undoubted answer being a triumphant aye, they somehow managing to be both more electronic and more trad folkie, with quite how remaining a conundrum I can’t quite fathom. But it is, the opposites never more strikingly drawn together, presented as if the most natural pairing in the world. My guess is this may be down to the choice of producer, with Andrea Gobbi now taking the hot seat. Having self-produced the first and then enrolled techno lynchpin Alex Smoke, Gobbi has the broadness of experience; he has produced for the likes of Treacherous Orchestra, and many of the players involved therein, Rura, Inyal and Imar, well appreciating and experienced in how the nuances of traditional styles can be updated for the 21st century.

But that shouldn’t diminish the efforts of the four band members in progressing their sound and widening their influences, with a palette encompassing new sounds and ideas.

Tracks:
1. Each-Uisge
2. Gura mise tha fo Èislein (feat. Ellen MacDonald)
3. Gloomy Winter (feat. Hannah Rarity)
4. Guns of Ajaccio
5. John Riley (feat. Beth Malcolm)
6. Old Ghost's Waltz
7. Thèid mi lem Dheòin (feat. Alasdair Whyte)
8. Bumpth
9. Teannaibh Dlùth (feat. Sian)
10. A' Ghrian (feat. Kathleen MacInnes)

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbRwQIboqoI