Stunning new album from Yoko Pwno!
"The difficult 1st Album" - recorded and mixed on the Isle Of Skye, check out
the info below.
Fronted by the twin fiddles of whisky-fueled folk maestro
Lewis and classically trained RCS graduate Lissa, Yoko Pwno deliver a joyful
fusion of original folk tunes, show-stopping vocals and quirky electronic
beats.
At the back of the stage, drummer Ali and producer Calum are
equally at home referencing dance crossover acts like Disclosure and Red Snapper
as they are producers like Bonobo, Matthew Herbert and Neil
Landstrumm.
Formed by Lewis and Calum in 2013, the band honed their craft
with a residency at legendary Edinburgh club Studio 24. Lissa and Ali joined in
2016, and the band quickly became a fixture on Scotland’s festival
circuit.
In early 2018 they started work on their debut album with
producer Iain Copeland (Peatbog Faeries, Sketch). Working from Iain’s studio on
the shores of Skye’s Loch Dunvegan, the band have developed their sound to meet
the demands of an album release.
The emergence of Lissa as the lead
vocalist has been a key development. Her powerful, soulful voice features on
more than half of the tracks on ‘Artefacts’. The band have also expanded their
musical pallet to incorporate elements of hip-hop, jazz, breakbeats and drum and
bass, while still referencing the house and techno beats which defined their
earlier output. The result is an album which pays as much respect to the
conventions of dance music as it does to the performances of the musicians,
taking in a wonderful variety of genres and styles, while keeping one eye firmly
fixed on the dancefloor.
Artefacts:
Produced by Iain
Copeland
Additional Treatments by Calum Cummins
Engineered by
Cabana and The Captain
Recorded at Skye Records - Isle of
Skye
Mastered by Denis Blackham (Skye Mastering)
‘Artefact’
sculpture by Morvern Odling - morvernodling.co.uk
Layout and design by
Joni Langdale - jonilangdale.com
Photography by Aliza Razell -
flickr.com/photos/ummatiddle
