Released 1 April 2022
“A glittering strand of Celtic tradition is
twisted in among the bleeps, the loops, the transforms of technology... Superbly creative
and skillfully executed, Part Machine has opened my ears to Yoko Pwno”
– Alex
Monaghan
“Yoko Pwno are doing something
really fascinating and enjoyable. Entwined into the traditions of Scottish folk music,
are the synths and percussion that bring Scottish folk-music to a new route. To repeat
…. if you have any interest in the lineage of folk music give this a listen.”
– Folking.com
“What we've got here is a disc which
fizzes, bubbles, explodes and generally bursts with more energy than a well shaken
bottle of champagne”
–
Simon Jones, Spiral Earth
“Comprehensively banging”
–
Anonymous
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Reviews
...Yoko Pwno are doing
something very inspiring; if you have any interest in the lineage of folk music at all
you should listen to this album.
— Folking.com
'Superbly
creative and skilfully executed, Part Machine has certainly opened my ears to Yoko Pwno.
I even understand their name now.'
- Alex Monaghan - Living Tradition
The album was recorded remotely by
the band members over 2 years, with work taking place in locations from
Edinburgh to the Orkneys via the small Norwegian island of Fedje and of course
the Isle Of Skye.
‘Part Machine’ explores subjects from reliance on technology and psychiatric
meds to burned-out Hollywood stars, ground-breaking female swimmers, and bars in
Leith, Edinburgh and New Orleans.
Musically, the band take their Trad music leanings to a new level without losing
any of the irreverent genre mashing and dance music flavours that characterised
their debut album ‘Artefacts’.
Yoko Pwno’s twisted, irreverent take on
Scottish folk music brings joyful, louder-than-life energy to the party whenever
they play. Formed in Edinburgh in 2013, the band performed at raves in the
caverns beneath the city’s historic Old Town before graduating to a residency at
legendary venue Studio 24, opening for world famous trad acts like Shooglenifty
and The Treacherous Orchestra.
Since then Yoko Pwno have become regulars on Scotland’s festival circuit,
releasing debut album ‘Artefacts’ in 2019.
Part Machine:
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)
Layout and design
by Jonathan Henderson