Editorial Reviews Combining Scottish & Irish bagpipes, Irish tin whistles (see TITANIC), guitar, bass, drums, African percussion and vocals, ARK is the first full-length CD from the wildly imaginative group, BAD HAGGIS. With strong elements of Celtic, Jazz, Fusion, Rock, Alternative and World Beat genres, ARK weaves a sound and vibe that takes the listener on a voyage from start to finish. Starting with the Celtic-meets-Cool Jazz bagpipe piece, "Walking The Plank", the band sets up the listener's journey that visits Spain & West Africa ("La Gallega"), Ireland ("Paddy's), the '70's (Seals & Crofts' "Summer Breeze"), the future ("Get Out Reel"), and a Rock club ("October" & "His Tomb") -- all with a Celtic flavor. Containing both instrumental and vocal pieces, ARK mixes energy levels of flat-out jamming to slip-back-in-your-chair atmospheric melodies with serious vibe.
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"...Rigler and his unisonant mates traverse and merge styles as gleefully as kids set loose in a musical Disneyland."
About the Artist
Familiar with the movies TITANIC, BRAVEHEART, DEATH TO SMOOCHY or AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME? or the latest CD’s by PHIL COLLINS, ROD STEWART, BARBRA STREISAND or TRACY CHAPMAN? Then you’re familiar with the sounds of Eric Rigler. Described as "the most recorded piper of all time" Eric is constantly in demand in studios from Hollywood to Nashville to Abbey Road, bringing the timeless, haunting sonorities of the uilleann pipes, the Great Highland Bagpipe and the low... read more
Album Description
BAD HAGGIS delivers some truly incredible sonorities, fusing the most cutting-edge of Celtic with vocal and instrumental soundscapes, often-transcending stylistic boundaries. Always taking a different path than one might expect, BAD HAGGIS has created its own vocabulary and new hybrid of sound.