A unique gypsy jazz quartet made up from four of Ayrshire's top musicians, The Cafeorchestra are an acoustically electrifying band playing traditional gypsy and folk music with some originals and jazz standards in their own unique style. John Duffy leads the band and is a brilliant bouzouki player and singer. Ian Newlands on guitar is heavily influenced by Django Reinhardt, his solos are brilliant. Karen Henderson on fiddle is recognised as one of the finest fiddlers in the country with her husband Martin an excellent musician in his own right completing the quartet on bass guitar.

The intention in the music produced by the Drunken Monk is to support awareness and to connect with the reality of now. To dance and to feel free in the movement of the body. Or to rest in stillness with the gentle and soothing sounds that calm the mind and still the heart.

Most of the music is produced in the natural tuning frequency of 432 Hertz, often using the authentic sounds of the surrounding nature, Celtic melodies and shamanic rhythms.

The recording studio is situated in the Pre Alps of Northern Italy. In this peaceful environment there is little to distract from the process of producing sounds and music. It is intended that this calm is embedded into the music and sensed by the listener.

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