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Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton: Symbiosis
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Symbiosis Great White Records GWR004CD (CD, UK, 14 August 2016) |
Produced by Andrea Gobbi, Ali Hutton and Ross Ainslie;
Recorded by Andrea Gobbi at Carrier Waves Studio;
Additional recording by Ross Ainslie at Great White Studio;
Mixed by Andrea Gobbi, Ali Hutton and Ross Ainslie at Cumbernauld College;
Mastered by Barry Reid at La Chunky Studio;
Design by Somhairle Macdonald at Schmo Towers
Musicians
Ali Hutton: Highland pipes, whistles, guitar, tenor guitar, harmonium;
Ross Ainslie: border pipes, whistles, cittern, banjo, harmonium;
Duncan Lyall: double bass, electric bass, moog;
Martin O’Neill: bodhrán;
Gus Sicard: pipe band snare drum
Tracks
- Sisters: Evas's / Aliyah's (5.20)
- Smiler: Fraser and Rachael’s Wedding Waltz / Ud the Doudouk / Smiler (5.14)
- Grans: Mrs Jane Kennedy of St.Anne’s, Methven / India’s (7.46)
- Fourth: Sam I Am / Fourth Floor (2.34)
- Pongu: Chris Grace’s Joy / Mairi’s Tune (4.45)
- Loch: Love at the Loch / Gibbo’s Number 1 (4.18)
- Wan: The Long Count / Gobbi Wan (4.14)
- Ruby: Sheila and Rick’s Ruby Wedding / Happy Harry (4.24)
- Gaelic: Elizabeth’s Trip to Perthshire / Hug Oiridh Hiridh Hairidh (5.47)
Tracks 1ab, 2ac, 3ab, 7ab, 9a Ali Hutton;
Track 2b Martyn Bennett;
Track 4a Ross Ainslie, Ali Hutton;
Track 4b Gordon Duncan;
Tracks 5ab, 6a, 8ab Ross Ainslie;
Track 6b Tom Gibbs;
Track 9b trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton: Symbiosis II
Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton: Symbiosis II
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Symbiosis II Symbiosis Records SYMCD001 (CD, UK, 20 April 2018) |
Produced by Andrea Gobbi, Ali Hutton and Ross Ainslie;
Recorded by Andrea Gobbi at GloWorm Recordings and Carrier Waves;
Mixed by Andrea Gobbi at GloWorm Recordings and Carrier Waves;
Additional engineering by Barry Reid and Keir Long;
String arrangements by Patsy Reid;
String recordings by Jamie Pryke;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Design and Thunder by Somhairle Macdonald
Musicians
Ross Ainslie: Highland pipes, whistles, cittern, and banjo;
Ali Hutton: Highland pipes, whistles, acoustic, electric and tenor guitar;
Duncan Lyall: moog, synth;
Martin O’Neill: bodhrán, drums;
Steven Byrnes: drums;
Patsy Reid: all strings;
Gus Sicard: pipe band snare drum
Tracks
- Kings: Dine Like Kings / King of the Mountain (6.29)
- Birds: The Freedom of Birds (4.38)
- Doc's: Dr Merryweather’s / Mintil Murray (4.46)
- Goretree: Beautiful Goretree (5.01)
- Action: Action Junkie Extraordinaire / Take Control (4.10)
- Love: Meerkat Love (6.33)
- Mick's: The Robertson Lasses / Mad Mick’s (5.01)
- Mink: Clan Wallace / Sophie the Mink / Gibbo’s Guffaw (5.18)
- Grandad's: Mr Alistair Kennedy of St Anne’s, Methven / The Trust (8.40)
Tracks 1ab, 3b, 5ab, 7b, 8ab Ross Ainslie;
Tracks 2, 3a, 6, 7a, 8c, 9ab Ali Hutton;
Track 4 Tommy Peoples
> Folk Music > Records > Ross Ainslie, Ali Hutton, Jenn Butterworth: Symbiosis III
Ross Ainslie, Ali Hutton, Jenn Butterworth: Symbiosis III
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Symbiosis III Symbiosis Records (DL, UK, 2 October 2020) |
Recorded at home;
Mixed and mastered by Chris Waite at Gran's House Studio
Musicians
Ross Ainslie: pipes, whistles, cittern;
Ali Hutton: pipes, whistles, tenor guitar;
Jenn Butterworth: guitar, vocals
Tracks
- Kings 2.0: Dine Like Kings / King of the Mountain (5.54)
- Smiler 2.0: Fraser and Rachael’s Wedding Waltz / Ud the Doudouk / Smiler (6.27)
- Goretree 2.0: Beautiful Goretree (4.05)
- Pongu 2.0: Chris Grace’s Joy / Mairi Ferrigan’s (5.08)
- Hard Is the Fortune: Wagoner's Lad (Roud 414) (5.02)
- 42nd: Wha Saw the 42nd / Unknown / Unknown / Haugh's of Cromdale (3.42)
- Grans 2.0: Mrs Jane Kennedy of St.Anne’s, Methven / India’s (7.45)
- Sisters 2.0: Evas's / Aliyah's (5.27)
- Lucy: Lucy Farr's / Rocking the Boat / Mad Mick's (7.31)
- Freedom: Freedom Come All Ye / Bloody Fields of Flanders (5.43)
Tracks 1ab, 4abm, 9c Ross Ainslie;
Tracks 2ac, 7ab, 8ab Ali Hutton;
Track 2b Martyn Bennett;
Track 3 Tommy Peoples;
Tracks 5, 6ad, 9a trad.;
Track 9b Mairtin O'Connor;
Track 10a Hamish Henderson;
Track 10b John McLellan
> Folk Music > Records > Ross Ainslie: Vana
Ross Ainslie: Vana
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Vana Great White Records GWR006CD (CD, UK, 30 October 2020) |
Produced by Ross Ainslie, Andrea Gobbi and Steve Byrnes;
Recoerdeds by Andrea Gobbi at GloWorm Studios;
Mixed by Andrea Gobbi, Ross Ainslie and Steve Byrnes at GloWorm Studios;
Additional recording by Ross Ainslie at Great White Studios;
Design by Somhairle Macdonald at Schmo Towers;
Photography by Mark Harris
Musicians
Ross Ainslie: whistles, cittern, Highland pipes, small pipes, bansuri;
Greg Lawson: fiddle;
Paul Towndrow: sax;
Steve Byrnes: acoustic guitar, drums;
Hamish Napier: piano, harmonium;
James Lindsay: bass
with guests
Malcom Jones: electric guitar [9-10];
Duncan Chisholm: fiddle [8];
Steve Cooney: acoustic guitars and bass [8];
Damien O’Kane: banjo [1, 6-7];
Graeme Stephen: electric guitar [4];
Shahbaz Hussain: tabla [11-12];
Matthew Noone: sarod [11-12];
Jock Urqhuart: words [13];
Cormac Bynre: percussion;
Eric Alfonso: congas
Tracks
- Science of Life (5.20)
- Wounded Forest (4.16)
- Rapa Nui (4.11)
- Absinthe in Aranya (5.07)
- Emergency Operation (3.42)
- Cross of Threads (4.18)
- Happy Hideaway (2.42)
- Gift of Gods (4.39)
- Wisdom in the Chaos (3.48)
- Hope in the Chaos (4.15)
- Vanavasa (3.46)
- Concrete Jungle (3.41)
- Maybe Another Time (7.48)
- Tune for Everyone (4.02)
All tracks by Ross Ainslie except
Track 3 Ross Ainslie, Jamie Maclean
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Other records with Ross Ainslie
Hamish Napier,
The Woods,
CD, Strathspey SPRCD04, 2020