We met Randan Discotheque three months ago to record this session. Due to some scheduling problems and technical difficulties it’s taken us till now to get it on the site. Forgive us. It’s been worth the wait though.

We met singer and guitarist Craig, percussionist Doug and mandolin/guitar player Olly at the Edinburgh College of Art, where by some miracle we got access to a couple of places we really shouldn’t have. We got two songs, both stripped down to bare bones folk songs, completely changing the tone from their electric versions which the band play at gigs.

The first song, “Heather The Weather” was recorded on a balcony near the top of the new Art School Building, giving us a lovely view of Edinburgh Castle from an angle which most people don’t get to see. We were told a story about shady businessmen and buildings changing hands, but we won’t go into it here. “Heather…” is tribute to cheery Heather Reid who presents weather reports on BBC Scotland. Fittingly, the Scottish weather showed its true colours, with rain looming and wind causing us to worry about the recordings. Poor Doug looked a little crestfallen as his percussion setup was stripped down to the quietest possible to avoid it drowning out everything else.

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