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  Friday 23 March 2012 9.30pm Booking No. 19 $32/$26 Phoenix Public House Doors Open: 9.00pm SHOOGLENFITY When Shooglenifty hit the Scottish folk scene with their first album Venus in Tweeds, they literally tore the place apart. 'Shoogles' cranked it up in a major way; the resulting sound marries original traditionally based tunes - primarily Scottish in style, but featuring a wealth of other world-music flavours - with rhythmic energy, inventiveness and sophistication. Most traditional music is dance music and the band's own unique take has bred many attempts at contemporary branding including include "hypno-folkedelic ambient trance" and "acid croft". However it is described, their music is adventurous, inventive, tight and fast; two outstanding melody players interlocking and playing off against each other, backed up by four hot rhythm players featuring electric as well as acoustic guitar, samples and programming as well as "real" percussion, regular banjo and their customised hi-tech 'banjax'. The band return to Australia this year with latest double album Murmichan - Luke Plumb (the Tasmanian in the group) described it thus "With Murmichan we were trying to fully explore the two aspects of the band….the first disc captures the energy of what we do in a 'live' performance and the second disc allowed us to take advantage of total creative freedom in the studio." > Find out more: Website | Facebook THE STRING CONTINGENT Instrumental trio The String Contingent compose and perform music of sparkling beauty and originality that explores the full spectrum of musical expression. Australians Chris Stone (violin) and Holly Downes (double bass) with Scotsman Graham McLeod (guitar) integrate disparate musical styles through their own refined acoustic sensibilities. Drawing from genres including celtic, classical, jazz and bluegrass, their multi-faceted approach results in highly accessible yet sophisticated music that captivates audiences from any genre, while retaining their own unique style. The band brought in the New Year with a fabulous new album titled TSC 11. > Find out more: Website | Facebook | YouTube | MySpace Check out one of our other concerts:
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