Scatter (band)
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Background information | ||
Origin | Glasgow, Scotland | |
Genre(s) | Improvisational music | |
Label(s) | Pickled Egg Records Cenotaph Blank Tapes |
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Website | Cenotaph records |
Scatter are an improvisational collective, based in Glasgow. Their music is heavily influenced by jazz and folk (releases have included versions of folk standards).
The membership of the group is fluid, and Scatter has contained up to nine musicians at points, featuring cornet, flute, megaphone, drums, bouzouki, guitar, saxophone, upright bass, and harmonium, among the instrument used. Members have included Rebecca Ashton, Kenneth Broom, Matt Cairns, Chris Hladowski, Nick McCarthy, Alexander Neilson, Stephanie Hladowski, Oliver Neilson, Morag Wilson, Aby Vulliamy, and Hanna Tuulikki.
Scatter have released music on Pickled Egg Records, Cenotaph, and Blank Tapes.
[edit] Collaborations and other projects
- Aby Vulliamy, Chris Hladowski, and Hanna Tuulikki are also sole members of Nalle, a psych folk trio.
- Aby Vulliamy and Chris Hladowski are also member of The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden.
- Alexander Neilson has toured extensively as a member of Will Oldham's band, has played with Jandek, and is also a member of Tight Meat Duo and MV & EE
[edit] Discography
- Surprising Sing Stupendous Love (2004/Cenotaph)
- The Mountain Announces (2006/Cenotaph)
[edit] External Links
- Cenotaph Records
- Pickled Egg Records
- Blank Tapes Records
- Dusted magazine review of The Mountain Announces