The One Ensemble And Nalle
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Wed 8 November 2006 // 20:00
(Wed 8th / 8pm / £5 adv)
A flowering of the strange and the beautiful from two bands who make deep multifarious music and dazzle the spectator. Songs and sound pattens that weave esoteric narratives around their joyous centres, bands that are chameleon like in their ability to change without losing shape. Two tight-knit ensembles from Britain's hidden heritage, a tradition that extends from Robert Wyatt to Current 93, Richard Youngs and Volcano The Bear…get giddy.
The One Ensemble are in fact four - Daniel Padden (guitar and vocals ), Chris Hladowski (bouzouki), Peter Nicholson (cello) and Aby Vulliamy (viola). Daniel is one quarter of Volcano The Bear, while Chris and Aby are members of Nalle and Glaswegian jazz-folk big band Scatter. Fusing Eastern European traditions, classical chamber music, mystical minimalism and free jazz into a heady brew, their music is otherworldly, magical and unmistakably beautiful.
Nalle are a Glasgow-based three piece featuring Hanna Tuulikki (vocals, kantele, flutes), Aby Vulliamy (viola) and Chris Hladowski (bouzouki, clarinet). The sound is one blissed out, expansive drone, comparable to Tuulikki's Finnish compatriots Lau Nau or Islaja, but with a distinctly Anglo-Scottish twist. Spellbinding beauty and childlike wonder from a band who have toured with A Hawk and A Hacksaw and have a well-received album entitled 'By Chance Upon Waking' out on Pickled Egg Records.
A flowering of the strange and the beautiful from two bands who make deep multifarious music and dazzle the spectator. Songs and sound pattens that weave esoteric narratives around their joyous centres, bands that are chameleon like in their ability to change without losing shape. Two tight-knit ensembles from Britain's hidden heritage, a tradition that extends from Robert Wyatt to Current 93, Richard Youngs and Volcano The Bear…get giddy.
The One Ensemble are in fact four - Daniel Padden (guitar and vocals ), Chris Hladowski (bouzouki), Peter Nicholson (cello) and Aby Vulliamy (viola). Daniel is one quarter of Volcano The Bear, while Chris and Aby are members of Nalle and Glaswegian jazz-folk big band Scatter. Fusing Eastern European traditions, classical chamber music, mystical minimalism and free jazz into a heady brew, their music is otherworldly, magical and unmistakably beautiful.
Nalle are a Glasgow-based three piece featuring Hanna Tuulikki (vocals, kantele, flutes), Aby Vulliamy (viola) and Chris Hladowski (bouzouki, clarinet). The sound is one blissed out, expansive drone, comparable to Tuulikki's Finnish compatriots Lau Nau or Islaja, but with a distinctly Anglo-Scottish twist. Spellbinding beauty and childlike wonder from a band who have toured with A Hawk and A Hacksaw and have a well-received album entitled 'By Chance Upon Waking' out on Pickled Egg Records.