Suns Of Arqa - The Wolf Of Badenoch (2020)
Suns Of Arqa - The Wolf Of Badenoch (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 385 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 152 Mb | 01:02:59
Tribal, Dub, Electronic, Downtempo | Label: Arka Sound
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 385 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 152 Mb | 01:02:59
Tribal, Dub, Electronic, Downtempo | Label: Arka Sound
The legendary SUNS OF ARQA release their 40th album 'The Wolf of Badenoch', an epic masterpiece based on the life of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan who was the third surviving son of King Robert II of Scotland, making him the great-grandson of Robert the Bruce. This album takes you on a deep hypnotic journey through the life of one of Scotland's most notorious historical figures. SUNS OF ARQA formed in 1979, and are veterans of the live circuit, having played Glastonbury, Phoenix, WOMAD and other major festivals many times over the years, as well as collaborating with acts such as 808 State, A Guy Called Gerald, John Leckie, John Cooper Clarke and countless others. 'The Wolf of Badenoch' was performed as a stage show at last year's Belladrum Festival, and at Celtic Connections in Glasgow. "Many bands claim to deal in global fusion music, but few have as firm a claim on the genre as the Suns of Arqa" ? All Music Guide Among the musicians playing on this album are the legendary Highland Bagpipe player John Snelson, and Riverdance and Afro Celt Sound System original Uilleann Piper Ronan Browne, together they weave hypnotic spells over Indian classical ragas courtesy of Johar Ali Khan on Rudra Violin, Bansuri maestro Raghunath Seth and the mesmeric vocals of Sanyogita Kumari.Tracklist:
Behind every album is a story and this one began with a lone piper, the late great John Snelson, playing his deeply haunting bagpipe tunes, not beside some misty loch in the Highlands of Scotland but in a rundown shopping precinct in Salford, it seems great music often comes from hardship.
John, was a self-taught musician and street busker from Eccles, and in time became a regular player with SUNS OF ARQA, since the early 90’s after Wadada hired him to play the pipes at his mother’s funeral and instantly heard the power of the Pibroch aligned with his very own global world dub movement.
Sadly, John Snelson met an untimely death while still only in his 40’s, it was a terrible loss but being a great collector and composer of tunes, he had recorded a live street session on cassette tape which Wadada found by accident one day while sorting through his archives.
By some strange twist of fate, and possibly a longing to escape to the Highlands, more than twenty years later, Wadada and I were living on the banks of the River Spey, making music, looking at the stars, and mostly escaping from life on the road.
Now as most of you will know, the Highlands of Scotland are filled with many myths and ancient castles. And, on one fine day, while wandering through it’s local hills and valleys Wadada accidently discovered the Wolf’s lair.
Coincidently, it seems we were The Wolf of Badenoch’s neighbours, separated by time, by more than six hundred years. So began a quest of research and discovery… while immersing ourselves in history, visiting the atmospheric and beautiful Lochindorb, it appeared the Wolf had many castles having once owned much of the land.
Yet, it seemed whenever the Wolf of Badenoch’s name was mentioned the Highland folk's faces would become serious and shadowed, this was not a popular man. His reputation followed the rhetoric of a brutal dark force for ill, of which the church at the time promoted.
The fight between the Church and the Monarchy would be an ongoing battle, while each sought power and dominion over all. Undoubtedly the story of The Wolf of Badenoch is an extravagantly theatrical and histrionic tale. It was through working with gifted Irish musician and composer Brian Hyphen who took the tunes then arranged and mixed the music, that the album began to unfold.
While each artist on the album is an essential and significant part of the emerging soundscape, it is exceptional Scottish poet Alan McLeod whose lyrics explore the love story and songs of the Wolf; Classical Indian vocalist Sanyogita Kumari who adds depth and mysticism, Ronan Browne who adds the magic of the Uilleann Pipes, and finally you, the listener, who by your very act of listening and absorbing the music allow the story to be told…
To all of you we say thank you for your love and support.
Enjoy the music
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1. Nema (feat. Brian Hyphen) (02:36)
2. The Wolf of Badenoch (06:53)
3. Mór Mac an Rígh (feat. Brian Hyphen) (04:49)
4. La Via Caledonia (feat. Brian Hyphen) (05:49)
5. Lochindorb (feat. Brian Hyphen) (05:37)
6. The Web the Witches Spun (feat. Brian Hyphen) (06:12)
7. This is Stolen Land (feat. Brian Hyphen) (05:29)
8. Bad Blood (feat. Brian Hyphen) (05:51)
9. Omnia Vincit Amor (feat. Brian Hyphen & sanyogita kumari) (06:23)
10. Requiem Dunkeld (feat. Brian Hyphen & sanyogita kumari) (04:21)
11. Throughout All Time (feat. Brian Hyphen) (03:19)
12. The Wolf of Badenoch (Reprise) [feat. Brian Hyphen] (05:32)
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Suns Of Arqa / The Wolf Of Badenoch
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