Experimental Folk collective Folkatron Sessions return with a mesmerising live arrangement of the classic Irish folk song Flower of Magherally. The new cut sees ambient electronica meet folk orthodoxy in a gorgeous, meditative rendition.

Watch the live video here:  youtu.be/VnTWBGzke2c

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About Folkatron Sessions

Folkatron Sessions are a collective of 8 folk, jazz and electronic musicians from England, Ireland and France who bonded over a love of ‘genre-bending’ [Folk Radio UK] folk music. Their ‘unique soundscape’ [Songlines Mag] refracts trad folk through electronic, jazz, ambient, sound art and prog rock lenses.

They met in 2017 at an Upcycled Sounds experimental folk residency, spending an intense week arranging, performing and recording their debut EP Mais C’est Quoi Maman. Enthusiastic reviews from Folk Radio, Eliza Carthy and Ian Stephenson spurred them on to create their debut album Skiver in this same residency format.

In just 6 days they wrote and recorded a ‘pioneering’ [Songlines Mag] album. Its 2020 release on Upcycled Sounds Records saw Folkatron Sessions featured in Songlines Magazine, on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 2, 6 Music and Folk Radio UK.

Credits

From Home No More.

Arranged by Folkatron Sessions.
Performed by Folkatron Sessions.
Produced by Upcycled Sounds.
Edited and mixed by Upcycled Sounds.
Video by Ross Harrison.
Artwork by Upcycled Sounds.

Folkatron Sessions are:
Rémi Allain - double bass and vocals. Normandie, France.
Philippe Boudot - drums and percussion. Normandie, France.
Hannah Jacobs - piano, synth and vocals. Suffolk, England.
Nicholas O’Brien - sound design and clarinet. Paris, France.
Jack Ó hAonghusa - flute, bodhrán and vocals. Ballymore, Ireland.
Lauren Spiceley - fiddle and vocals from Oxford, England.
Martha Wiltshire - cello and vocals from Oxford, England.
Joe Woods - guitar and vocals. Suffolk, England.

Folkatron Sessions - Flower Of Magherally (live)

Track number 8 from the ‘transatlantic quarantaine sessions”.
From 1998 to 2019 Boo Boo Davis used to tour in Europe several times each year and a lot of music was written and recorded during these tours.  The worldwide Covid pandemic put that on hold . However with the help of the internet and mutual friend Chris Brown in St Louis, we started to exchange idea's and demo's with Boo Boo. The result of these 'sessions' is released as a string of single tracks and they are available on all the stream and download platforms.

Covid can stop live shows for a while but it can not stop the creation of new music.

Bye Baby Bye Bye

Bye Baby Bye Bye (feat Boo Boo Davis)

When I Leave - Single

When I Leave

Scrubbing up all day to make this place
A happy home
A dream like space it would be a shame
To love alone
Unholy dust, the shape of us
I never knew
Lost my way but I can say
It's my living room

I live here with you 
I live here with you 

Windowsills we come to fill
With bits of your art, of my heart
Elbow grease brings sweet release
To what was messed up and pent up
Spring so clean brings what we need

Back to our living room
Back to our living room

DIY, you're satisfied
When the vibe is your own, it's our home
Plants breath life, treat them right
Seeds are sewn, it's love home grown
Plants breath life, treat them right
Seeds are sewn, it's love home grown
Plants breath life, treat them right
Seeds are sewn, it's love home grown

I live here with you (plants breath life, treat them right) 
I live here with you (plants breath life, treat them right)

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Written & Arranged: Ruth Mac
Produced: Ruth Mac & Mark Glaister
Engineered: Sarah Kranz & Mark Glaister
Mixed: Jonny Zoum
Mastered: Katie Tavini
Art: Naomi Phillips

Living Room

Written by: Express Office Portico
Produced/Mixed by: Joshua Rumble
Mastered by: Fluid Mastering
Artwork by: Antonio Pacelli

Cosmic Joke

Lucky Shiner

PT80 Solo

Happy to be Here (I might die tomorrow)

Masters of TC & The Groove Family's 'First Home'. 

Debut album on Worm Discs.

02 Bossfight Ft. Pariss Elektra

Time - Ross K x Noé Solange

Buy /Stream the album here: https://orcd.co/childrenofthesun

Selected by British DJ and vinyl hunter Paul Hillery, new BBE Music compilation ‘We Are The Children Of The Sun’ showcases a shimmering collection of rare folk funk and AOR with a distinctly Balearic feel.

Former tour DJ for Polyphonic Spree and the man behind YouTube channel and mix series ‘Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadours’, Paul Hillery’s lovingly handpicked musical assembly takes in strummed soft rock, blissful beach beats, the soft fizz of electronica, all carried to your ears by a gentle summer breeze.

The music on ‘We Are The Children Of The Sun’ ranges from hazy, long-forgotten early 70s tapes, right through to digital compositions recorded during lockdown in 2020.

“Tune in” says Paul, “and ruminate while consciousness is awoken with transmissions dropping out from the fringes of psyche tranquillity, holding hands with folk-funk that runs deep and hazy, as the bejewelled turquoise waters lap gently at the ocean’s shore.”

Living Room

Ruth Mac

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