Welcome to Dun Vegas
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Welcome To Dun Vegas is the third album by Scottish Celtic fusion
group Peatbog Faeries
, recorded in a cottage on the banks of Pool Roag, near Dunvegan, on the Isle of Skye, and released in 2003 on the band's own Peatbog Records label. The album was seen as an experimental work, like their previous album Faerie Stories
.
The song "Wacko King Hako" was often played live at the band's 2008 live shows.
The album also saw the first appearance of vocals on a Peatbog Faeries album, although a small amount is featured.
The opening page of the booklet gives the album an alternative name, More Faerie Stories.
The album was recorded in a cottage on the banks of Pool Roag near Dunvegan
, Isle of Skye, Scotland
. The band installed a studio in the cottage and recorded the album over three months.
The vocal band The Veganites make guest appearances on the songs "Skeaboast Monsoon" and "A Taste of Rum".
The album has been well received. Jane Brace of Living Tradition reviewed the album, noting "This album from the Isle of Skye sextet (their third after Mellowish [Mellowosity
] and Faerie Stories) fuses their own brand of Hebridean music magic with the sounds of Africa - and is the first Peatbog album to feature vocal tracks, albeit in an inimitable way! The Faeries openly admit the album was recorded during a whiskey-enhanced protracted stay in a Skye cottage near Dunvegan. They set up a recording studio there for three months and Welcome to Dun Vegas - a play on Dunvegan - is the stimulating result".
Tafetta Punk reviewed the album for www.rootsreview.co.uk. "Personally I adore this album. It reeks openly of that fun and even smacks of a little whiskey (shh!). A good time was apparently had by all in this recording, and it comes highly recommended by me. It's fabulous."
Celtic Fusion
Celtic fusion is an umbrella term for modern music which incorporates influences considered "Celtic," or Celtic music which incorporates modern music. It is a syncretic musical tradition which borrows freely from the perceived "Celtic" musical traditions of all the Celtic nations, as well as from...
group Peatbog Faeries
Peatbog Faeries
The Peatbog Faeries are a largely instrumental Celtic fusion band. Formed in 1991, they are based in Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.Their music embodies many styles and influences, including folk, electronica, rock and jazz, - but their main influence is traditional celtic music...
, recorded in a cottage on the banks of Pool Roag, near Dunvegan, on the Isle of Skye, and released in 2003 on the band's own Peatbog Records label. The album was seen as an experimental work, like their previous album Faerie Stories
Faerie Stories
Faerie Stories is the second album by Scottish Celtic fusion group Peatbog Faeries, released in 2001 on Greentrax Recordings. The album was reissued in 2008 as a digipack.-Background:...
.
The song "Wacko King Hako" was often played live at the band's 2008 live shows.
The album also saw the first appearance of vocals on a Peatbog Faeries album, although a small amount is featured.
The opening page of the booklet gives the album an alternative name, More Faerie Stories.
Release, background and reception
The album was released in 2003 by Peatbog Faerie's own label Peatbog Recordings as the first album on the label.The album was recorded in a cottage on the banks of Pool Roag near Dunvegan
Dunvegan
Dunvegan is a town on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is famous for Dunvegan Castle, seat of the chief of Clan MacLeod...
, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The band installed a studio in the cottage and recorded the album over three months.
The vocal band The Veganites make guest appearances on the songs "Skeaboast Monsoon" and "A Taste of Rum".
The album has been well received. Jane Brace of Living Tradition reviewed the album, noting "This album from the Isle of Skye sextet (their third after Mellowish [Mellowosity
Mellowosity
Mellowosity is the debut recording by Scottish Celtic fusion group Peatbog Faeries, released in 1996 on Greentrax Recordings.-Background and release:This was the Peatbog Faeries' debut album, and was released in December 1996 on Greentrax Recordings....
] and Faerie Stories) fuses their own brand of Hebridean music magic with the sounds of Africa - and is the first Peatbog album to feature vocal tracks, albeit in an inimitable way! The Faeries openly admit the album was recorded during a whiskey-enhanced protracted stay in a Skye cottage near Dunvegan. They set up a recording studio there for three months and Welcome to Dun Vegas - a play on Dunvegan - is the stimulating result".
Tafetta Punk reviewed the album for www.rootsreview.co.uk. "Personally I adore this album. It reeks openly of that fun and even smacks of a little whiskey (shh!). A good time was apparently had by all in this recording, and it comes highly recommended by me. It's fabulous."
Track listing
- Wacko King Hako (5:52)
- Fear Eile (4:32)
- Phat Controller / The Red Bee (4:53)
- Ironing Maiden (4:22)
- Welcome To Dun Vegas (5:34)
- Shifting Peat and Feet (3:55)
- Gibbering Smit (4:34)
- Morning Dew (5:47)
- Teuchstar (5:11)
- Skeabost Monsoon (4:13)
- A Taste Of Rum (4:31)