Treacherous Orchestra CDEP

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(April 2010) 6 tracks (32 mins): March Of The Troutsmen * Sheepskins Beeswax / Taybank Shenanigans / Superfly * Easter Island * Ben Williams Of Tiree * Phit Dae A Dae * Maverick Angels.

A turbo-charged thirteen-piece supergroup comprising some of Scotland's finest young instrumentalists.

Featuring members past and present of Croft No 5, Peatbog Faeries, Salsa Celtica, Session A9, Old Blind Dogs, Box Club and Back Of The Moon, The Treacherous Orchestra are influenced by pioneers such as Martyn Bennett, Shooglenifty, Wolfstone, Gordon Duncan... and Led Zeppelin.

John Somerville (accordion), Ali Hutton (pipes), Ross Ainslie (pipes), Innes Watson (fiddle), Adam Sutherland (fiddle), Eamonn Coyne (banjo), Bo Jingham (flute), Kevin O'Neill (flute), Spad Reid (guitar), Michael Bryan (guitar), Duncan Lyall (bass), Fraser Stone (percussion) and Martin O'Neill (bodhran).

"The best new act at Cambridge Festival 2009, Invited to close the main stage when they didn't even have a CD release to their name, their thrilling dance and take on Scottish roots music proved one of the highlights of the weekend." (Eddie Barcan - Artist Director, Cambridge Folk Festival)

"Hell for-leather the sound might be, fusing exultant dance melodies with cutting-edge rhythmic attack, but it's tempered by impressive ensemble discipline, and thus as musical as it's exciting." (Hi- Arts Journal)