Dust (Peatbog Faeries album)
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| Studio album by Peatbog Faeries | ||||
| Released | 8 August 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Studio | Orbost and Cumbernauld College, Scotland | |||
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| Length | 60:48 | |||
| Label | Peatbog Records | |||
| Producer | Calum MacLean | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Adrian Denning | (7/10) |
| Financial Times |   |
| The Guardian | |
| The Herald | (mixed) |
| Living Tradition | (positive) |
| The Scotsman | |
Dust is the sixth studio album by the Scottish Celtic fusion band Peatbog Faeries, released on 8 August 2011 on Peatbog Records, although pre-release copies were released on 20 July 2011 through the band's online shop. Following the band's 2008 tour and subsequent live album, the band's fiddle player Adam Sutherland and drummer Iain Copeland left the band, replaced by Peter Tickell and Stu Haikney respectively whose experience helped stir the band in a new direction. The band set to record Dust in 2011 with longtime producer Calum MacLean, beginning work in Orbost and concluding work at Cumbernauld College. Haikney brought experimental fiddle techniques to the band, and similarly experimental production techniques, whilst the entire band experimented with various genres of music including African music, funk, reggae, ambient music and electronic music alongside the band's traditional Celtic fusion sound. The brass sound of previous albums also returned. The album was also an attempt to translate the band's live sound to studio work.
Dust was released to positive reviews from critics, with The Guardian noting "Peatbog Faeries provide another reminder of the strength and variety of the Scottish music scene", The band's supporting tour also earned them a nomination at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for Best Live Act. Producer Calum MacLean later described producing the album as "the best musical experience of [his] life."
Rumours of the band's sixth studio album started to circulate after the release of the band's Live album in 2009, which records performances from two of the band's gigs as part of their summer 2008 tour in support of their previous album What Men Deserve to Lose (2007). The band's drummer Iain Copeland, who also co-produced the band's six albums with Calum MacLean, left the band in 2010, whilst the band's fiddle player Adam Sutherland left around the same time. Their departures left a hole in the band. Nonetheless, prior to Dust, fiddle player Peter Tickell, who "brings his own dynamics and youthful enthusiasm to the band", and drummer Stu Haikney who "brings a vast store of experience" joined the band and made their debut appearance on Dust. Tickell had indeed worked as a dep for Sutherland so his role as successor was seen as natural. Haikney was described by one biography as being "furiously fast".
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