WHAT THE FOLK COMPILATIONS

Folk music at its very root is essentially a way of stripping away the unneccessary layers of gloss and letting the music and artist bare themselves fresh from the source with minimal dressings and embelishments. As with the dogma film movement we give ourselves a few loose “breakable” rules to govern the music Butterfly will release.

1. To be predominantly acoustic in instrumentation.
2. To be predominantly English in origin. (even if influenced by other sources)
3. To record the artists in their own intimate environment as much as possible.

 

The music itself could be from any number of acoustic genres – traditional English folk, pscheadelia, folk/rock, avant-garde, electronica to modern interpretations of country, bluegrass, Americana and other varieties of “post-folk” off shoots.

We took to sourcing, recording and compiling material with the idea of capturing the artists, their music and stories, in their own environments with the tradition of Alan Lomax and the Smithsonian recordings very much as a reference point. From bed sits of Brixton to Weslian chapels of rural Yorkshire, transcendental meditation communities of Lancashire to the university campuses of Exeter. The “What the flok!” compilation presents a “musical road trip” of the burgeoning contempary English folk art movement in the 21st century.

 

What The Folk - Butterfly Acoustic Recordings Vol. I BRCDLP01. released: February 2007 £?? inc p&p

Crawled Out Loose - Duke Garwood and Paul May OK Without You - Indigo Moss Blacksmith - Lisa Knapp Spinnin' Wheel - The Sand Band Dance Around The World - Damian Katkhuda Strolling on a Knife Edge Whistling Dixie - The Dilettantes Butterfly Song - Jai James Blink of an Eye - Green Peppers Treasure - Oli Don Wooden Floor - Attic (Featuring Petra Jean Phillipson) In The Light of Events - Daniel Orcese Stormy Weather - The Circus of Dr Lao 91 bpm - The Spheres Ordinary Man - Samantha Marais Music for Dogs - Music for Dogs