Huinka by The Chair
The Chair is an 8-piece riot of fiddles, banjo, accordion, bass and drums. Their debut album is the original blueprint for their self-styled 'Orkney Stomp Music'. The album features flat-out traditional reels and jigs alongside a handful of originals, a slap of Country and a tickle of Klezmer, plus a couple of live tracks from the 2007 Shetland Folk Festival. Sing along to Cluck Old Hen with your best chicken impression, conga round the room to the Folky Gibbon, and dance if you can to Rhythm Impossible. This is Huinka.
Tracklist
| 1. | The Folky Gibbon | 4:21 |
| 2. | Planet Ork | 4:59 |
| 3. | Rhythm Impossible | 5:29 |
| 4. | Lily & Diana's | 6:01 |
| 5. | Cluck Old Hen | 2:46 |
| 6. | The Biscuit Set | 4:03 |
| 7. | The Jigs | 5:01 |
| 8. | Et Dodium | 5:20 |
| 9. | Slow Reels | 4:01 |
| 10. | The Muillean Dubh | 3:13 |
| 11. | Beef | 4:10 |
| 12. | The Lazy Boy Chant (Live) | 2:43 |
| 13. | The Folky Gibbon (Live) | 4:10 |
Credits
All tracks arranged by The Chair.
Recorded at Stormsound Studios, Inganess Road, Kirkwall, Orkney.
Engineered by Philip Anderson.
Mixed by The Chair and Philip Anderson.
Mastered by David Shearer at Norwick Mastering.
Tracks 12 & 13 recorded live at Shetland Folk Festival 2007.
License
All rights reserved.
Combining a benignly hedonistic version of Viking berserker spirit with a formidable breadth of musicianship, Orcadian eight-piece The Chair deliver a turbocharged mash-up of folk, blues, rock, dub, klezmer and more. Collectively the sound bursts with the energy of a heavy rock gig—a rampant ruckus of fiddles, banjos, accordions and drums—yet remains acoustic at heart.