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Tribe Of One is the solo music project of Ian Tothill. To hear more tracks and buy CDs RIPPLE and LIGHT go to Night Cafe. A third cd has been released early in 2008. Its called "Rock" and feaures the track Zoom which you can hear above. You can get this by contacting tribe of one via this site.
I have played fiddle in cajun, country and western swing bands for many years. I love accompanying the haunting bittersweet songs of Iry Lejeune, Hank Williams, Bob Wills and more heroes of a golden age of American music. I have often wanted to make my own music but don’t want to attempt to just recreate the music of the 1940s and 1950s . Plus I’m no lyricist or singer. A way forward came with the discovery of Late Junction and Mixing It, BBC Radio 3 evening shows, in 2004. There I found an eclectic collection of wonderful ancient and new sounds from all continents. The contemplative and interesting music inspired me to set about finding my own direction.
I experimented with new ways of playing the fiddle and added in a bit of guitar, timple (a Canarian 5-string thing), a dulcimer, melodica, saw and more. Aided by a sequencer for a few beats and bleeps to add colour and texture to the music, I started to capture sounds from inside my head. Liberated from conventional song structures, the pieces flowed in unexpected directions. I am a lifelong lover of dub and reggae and incorporated some of the techniques of Jamaican studios into the production, striving to strip the music down to its essential core.
Playing fiddle on sessions for the Rootsman - Third Eye Music - and unsung genius Tantric Dove (aka Graham Wright) connected me to kindred spirits and spurred me on to keep making music. It was primarily for my own pleasure, a means of self expression. Friends who heard extracts suggested finding a wider audience, so the first collection of 10 tracks became the album "Ripple". The tracks "Away" and "The Wind Blew" are taken from this CD.
Music is like water or love, it..s unstoppable, and the next set of pieces were devised fairly quickly. They have been released as the CD "Light". Hear "Maiden’s Prayer" (a mashed up Bob Wills tune) and "Remedy" on this site and get hold of the rest of it from www.nightcafe.co.uk
What started as introspective self entertainment is developing into something more collaborative. Rob Walsh takes evocative photos which are a perfect backdrop for the shimmering sounds of Tribe of One. See more on Rob-Walsh.net Friends have added percussion, bass and vocals to some tracks. There are no plans to turn this into a live show yet, but none of us know our future.See upcoming shows for gigs involving the Tribe in swing, country and cajun gigs The latest development is collaboration with film maker and visual artist Jean McEwan. See and hear the plans and results on myspace site "Of Dreaming Faces"
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