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Catalogue Number:
WILD CD 19806
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Format:
CD
UK Mail order price: £12.00 inc P & P
(includes P & P)
Chouchenn One For You
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Chouchenn (lit: chou = cabbage, chêne = oak)
Chouchenn is also the name of a type of mead brewed in Brittany (also called Hydromel). Formed in 1997, Chouchenn are based in Lancaster in the North West of England. We play traditional music from several European countries for concerts and dance festivals. Given our varied musical backgrounds, the music is a fusion of styles but is always strongly based on the traditional. Increasingly, members of Chouchenn are writing original material in traditional styles, drawing from and adding to the rich repertoire of European music. The music is strongly associated with the dance styles of each country and has a wide variety of rhythmic and melodic structures. It can range from a hauntingly beautiful melody for a slow waltz, to a fluid yet powerful rhythm for a polka or a bourrée.
Reviews:
Chouchenn is a fairly new young band from the LANCASTER AREA. They play good and strong, while always producing a sound that is genuinely beautiful to listen to.
The line up consists of Nick Reay and Jane Lawrence, (fiddles) Ben farmer, (Diatonic Accordion and melodeon) Cathy Goss (Flue and Whistles, with backing provided by Maurice Pennance and Paul Beevers. On first play the album seemed almost too much of a good thing, an embarrassment of riches indeed, occasionally a more polite version of Banoffi, but more careful listening revealed the accomplishment in the interactive instrumental contributions. The band have obviously taken their sources seriously, and their approach, while thoughtful, is suitably vibrant. Fast and slow tunes are handled with equal skill, and they cope extremely well with those awkward time signatures.
David Kidman.
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