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- Date Released: June 10, 2003
- Genre: International
- Style: Celtic/British Isles, Fusion
- Label: Compass Records
Country music with its soul in tradition, but its head quite firmly in the present.
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We Say...
When they started out, Shooglenifty called their music "hypnofolkedelicambienttrance" or "acidcroft." Both remain fair descriptions for their revved-up ceilidh sound, updated country dance music with its soul in tradition, but its head quite firmly in the present. They can play up a storm — not so much for the feet as the head, although they can certainly get toes tapping wildly — as on the title cut, which turns on the afterburners half way through, or the mandolin-powered "Scraping the Barrel." Although much of their inspiration derives from the Scots past, they also look outside their own borders: "The Nordal Rumba," for instance, starts out influenced by Congolese rumba before heading across the Atlantic to a warped Celtic-Latin party, complete with horn punctuations. But they can be delicate, too, as "Tune for Bartley" or the neo-cowboy soundtrack "Heading West" show. Sweeping, brilliant and occasionally mad, they make glorious music.
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They Say...
Fans of Afro Celt Sound System and Mouth Music will immediately recognize Shooglenifty as something of a kindred spirit to those bands, mixing Celtic roots music with a kaleidoscopic array of rhythmic influences both ancient and modern and from points all across the globe. The Arms Dealer's Daughter basically picks up where Solar Shears left off in 2001, delivering a mixed bag of tunes and rhythms that hits the spot more than it misses. Things get off to a pleasant, but not really compelling, start with four sets of original tunes, mostly written by fiddler Angus R. Grant and mandolin/banjo/bouzouki player Luke Plumb. Of these, the most exciting is the set that includes the title track and the raucously joyful "Aye Right." Then things really pick up and get interesting: the "Nordal Rumba," with its percolating combination of fiddle, Afro-Cuban drumbeats, and rollicking horns, is some of the most fun music recorded in this century; on "Maxine's Polka," the band dips into electronica textures and produces what may be the first junglist polka in the history of recorded Celtic music; "Fistful of Euro" is a dense and trip-hoppy fusion of Celtic and North African elements. "Carboni's Farewell" gets a bit too long-winded for its own good, but the energetic reel set "Scraping the Barrel" puts things back on solid footing again. Anyone with both a love of Celtic music and at least moderately adventurous ears will find much to enjoy on this album.
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| 01. |  |
Glenuig Hall |
5:00 |
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| 02. | |
The Arms Dealer's Daughter |
6:52 |
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| 03. | |
Heading West |
5:10 |
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| 04. | |
The Reid St. Sofa |
5:22 |
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| 05. | |
The Nordal Rumba |
5:12 |
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| 06. | |
Maxine's Polka |
4:33 |
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| 07. | |
A Fistful Of Euro |
6:23 |
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| 08. | |
Carboni's Farewell |
7:02 |
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| 09. | |
Scraping The Barrel |
5:36 |
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| 10. | |
Tune For Bartley |
6:36 |
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10 Total Tracks, 57:46 Total Length
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Credits
- Randy LeRoy - Mastering // James MacKintosh - Percussion // James MacKintosh - Drums // James MacKintosh - Programming // James MacKintosh - Engineer // James MacKintosh - Sampling // Quee MacArthur - Guitar (Bass) // Quee MacArthur - Programming // Quee MacArthur - Engineer // Quee MacArthur - Double Bass // Shooglenifty - Producer // Shooglenifty - Engineer // Michael McGoldrick - Uillean Pipes // Michael McGoldrick - Uillean Pipes // Malcolm Crosbie - Guitar (Acoustic) // Malcolm Crosbie - Guitar (Electric) // Gary Finlayson - Banjo // Gary Finlayson - Sampling // Gary Finlayson - Slide Guitar // Gary Finlayson - 5-string Banjo // Gary Finlayson - Fretless Banjo // Toby Shippey - Trumpet // Angus R. Grant - Fiddle // Fraser Fifield - Sax (Soprano) // Otar Imerlishvili - Cover Painting // Luke Plumb - Bouzouki
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