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GaelicFusion

Bringing Ancient Gaelic Songs Into The Present

About Me

GaelicFusion is a new project from Iain Macleod which takes ancient Gaelic laments, ballads, waulking songs even psalms and brings them up to date by fusing them with modern dance beats and synths.Paul Mounsey is a major influence in this rare genre of Scottish music.

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Member Since: 2/1/2007
Band Members: Iain Macleod
Influences: CELTIC: Paul Mounsey, Capercaillie, Runrig, Wolfstone, Flora MacNeill, Karen Matheson, Talitha MacKenzie, Alyth McCormack, Mairi MacInnes, Mary Jane Lamond, Ishbel MacAskill, Anna Murray, Rachel Walker, Phil Cunningham, John Cunningham, Alasdair Fraser, Duncan Chisholm, Eileen Ivers, Natalie MacMaster, Liz Carroll, Blazin' Fiddles, La Bottine Souriante etc.ELECTRONIC: IML Tropixx, Bellini, ATB, SASH!, Garbage, Delerium, Chicane, Faithless, Ferry Corsten, Fonzerelli, Goldfrapp, Ian Van Dahl, Jean Michel Jarre, Lost Witness, Mylo, N-Trance etc.MISC: Pipe bands, Ceilidh Groups, Gaelic Song Choirs, Samples, Recorded Collections etc.
Sounds Like: Paul Mounsey, Capercaillie, Runrig
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Tolastadh a Chaolais

Tolastadh a Chaolais (Tolsta Chaolais) Every year my family go up to the Isle Of Lewis to see what's left of the family and to just generally be "home". We used to stay in my uncle's house in Callanai...
Posted by GaelicFusion on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:13:00 PST

Folk 'n Hell

Folk 'n Hell Apologies for the title of this track! I had roughly completed a mix and had no idea what to name it, and it just came to me so I thought I'd use it! This track is made up of a Scottish o...
Posted by GaelicFusion on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:04:00 PST

Dè Tha Dol

Dè Tha Dol (At A Glance) This is the second track from the GaelicFusion project. A couple of years ago, I attempted a Gaelic project called "Hold Fast" and this was one of the piano pieces I wrote for...
Posted by GaelicFusion on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:55:00 PST

Sabbath

Sabbath This is going to serve as the introduction to the project. It opens up with Flora MacNeill's "Och, a Theàrlaich Òig Stiùbhairt" and breaks into a more up-tempo breakbeat soundscape with p...
Posted by GaelicFusion on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:45:00 PST