Shooglenifty

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Shooglenifty
Background information
Origin	Edinburgh, Scotland
Genre(s)	Celtic Fusion Folk Rock
Years active	circa 1990 – present
Label(s)	Greentrax Womad Compass Shoogle
Website	www.shoogle.com
Members
Angus R. Grant Malcolm Crosbie Garry Finlayson Luke Plumb Quee MacArthur James Mackintosh
Former members
Iain MacLeod Conrad Ivitsky

Shooglenifty are an Edinburgh-based six-piece band with a wide international fan base. They are credited with having successfully fused Scottish traditional music with a variety of other styles, making it more suitable for the contemporary dance scene. Their wide range in influences, from blues to alternative rock, has resulted in their music being labelled as "hypno-folkedelic ambient trance" or "acid croft" at times. (see the article on Celtic Fusion for information on similar groups). They also contributed to Afro Celt Sound System's 1996 album Volume 1: Sound Magic.

The band have toured extensively, performing in Mexico, Denmark, Spain, Belgium, France, Norway, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, India, the United States, Australia, Cuba, Japan, Canada, and the Netherlands. They have also performed in front of Prince Charles, Tony Blair, Nelson Mandela and Emperor Akihito of Japan.