The Highland
Swing
Released 14th July 2018
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Released on 14th July
2018
"Levy is happy to plough his own furrow. And, with Sketch remixed,
that singular vision is set to be unleashed on a whole new audience"
Jonny
Jobson - The National
It was in Knoydart, in the
blurry aftermath of Hogmanay 2017 that Iain Copeland and I first started
talking about this album.
I can’t remember whether we were still
drinking or carefully nursing our hangovers but I know we were ridiculously
happy to be there, and that we felt incredibly lucky to have been part of
the celebrations (People who know Iain may be shocked at the idea of him
admitting to feelings of joy but this actually happened).
It had been
a proper Highland Hoolie/Tribal Gathering with folk coming from all over and
we were waxing liquoural about playing to an appreciative audience and being
paid fairly for our efforts. Our only complaint was that this kind of gig
came up so rarely and that neither of us could afford to live the kind of
extravagant lifestyles that we so obviously deserved.
We resolved to join
forces and rectify this absurd, monstrous, injustish.. (..Yeah, we were
still drinking).
For the previous few years Iain had been producing
and touring his band, Sketch, and running Skye Records but was suffering
from a lack of decently paid gigs and the general public's recent reluctance
to pay for music.
I had been producing sample-heavy, bootleg-style
music that was fine in that it I could play a unique DJ set and was able to
make bespoke tunes for birthdays,
weddings, divorce parties etc. but I
had nothing that I could legitimately sell to anyone.
We decided that
he would send me the recordings from the previous two Sketch albums
(Highland Time and Shed Life) and that I would recycle them in my own
mysterious way. This album is the result of our faintly but fondly
remembered conversation.
Apologies for any liberties taken, musically or
otherwise.
Andy Dolphin