Verdant Le Coq

From 'Other Thunders' by The One Ensemble Orchestra (No-Fi 2009)
Musicians on this album: Giles Bailey, Becky Milne (Smith), Peter Nicholson, Daniel Padden, Alex South, Aby Vulliamy and Thom Walker.

The Vapour

The Syntax

From The One Ensemble's album 'Wayward The Fourth' (Secret Eye 2007)
Musicians on this album: Chris Hladowski, Peter Nicholson, Daniel Padden, Aby Vulliamy.


Resonant Kings

From The One Ensemble's album 'Wayward The Fourth' (Secret Eye 2007)
Musicians on this album: Chris Hladowski, Peter Nicholson, Daniel Padden, Aby Vulliamy.

Joker Burlesque

From 'Dummy Jim' by The One Ensemble & Sarah Kenchington (Unshaped Led 2010)
Follow Dummy Jim's story here: www.dummyjim.com
Musicians on this album: Shane Connolly, Peter Nicholson, Daniel Padden, Aby Vulliamy and Sarah Kenchington.


The Crab Instructs Her Young

Khaki Knickers

From 'Dummy Jim' by The One Ensemble & Sarah Kenchington (Unshaped Led 2010)
Follow Dummy Jim's story here: www.dummyjim.com
Musicians on this album: Shane Connolly, Peter Nicholson, Daniel Padden, Aby Vulliamy and Sarah Kenchington.

Better To Wear Out Shoes Than Sheets

From "Live At VPRO Radio' by The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden (Brainwashed 2005)
Musicians on this album: Chris Hladowski, Alex Neilson, Peter Nicholson, Daniel Padden, and Aby Vulliamy.

Baltic Antiquarian

Shapes Disguised as Sizes

An excerpt from The One Ensemble's new album 'Saint Seven'. A through-composed 40 minute piece of post-punk orchestral folk, featuring accordions, bass clarinets, cello, percussion, guitar and voices.

Saint Seven is available as LP and download, from our Bandcamp site and elsewhere.

Next performance 19 January 2018 as part of Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival, at the Glad Cafe.

Saint Seven excerpt

Un-mastered version of The One Ensemble's 'Oriole' from the forthcoming album.

Oriole

The One Ensemble are a quartet based in Scotland, consisting of Shane Connolly, Peter Nicholson, Daniel Padden and Alex South.  
'Saint Seven' is now available on LP and download.

“a delightfully non-uptight contemporary music ensemble, albeit one with a Lewis Carroll tinge... improvisatory, playful yet meditative.”
The Wire

For the first two albums by 'The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden' go to Daniel Padden's profile.

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