Tuu was an
ambient
Ambient or Ambiance or Ambience may refer to:
Music and sound
* Ambience (sound recording), also known as atmospheres or backgrounds
* Ambient music, a genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere
* ''Ambient'' (album), by Moby
* ...
group from the late 1980s to 1999. Led by Martin Franklin, the band emerged from the post
acid house
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chill out scene of the early 1990s in the UK, blending electronica and the emerging sampling technology with traditional and invented global instrumentation.
Personnel
* Martin Franklin – clay pot
drums
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, bowl
gongs, water drums, Tibetan bells,
samples, and
percussion
* Richard Clare –
flute
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s and
pan pipes
* Mykl O'Dempsey –
synthesizer
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s and
samples
* Rebecca Lublinski – ''
bansuri
A bansuri is an ancient side blown flute originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is an aerophone produced from bamboo and metal like material used in Hindustani classical music. It is referred to as ''nadi'' and ''tunava'' in the ''Ri ...
'' and
Chinese flutes
Discography
* 1993: ''One Thousand Years'' – SDV Tontrager, released by
Waveform in the U.S.
* 1994: ''An Opening of the Earth'' – SDV Tontrager. Side project by Martin Franklin collaborating with sound artist Michael Northam
* 1995: ''Invocation'' – Hic Sunt Leones
* 1995: ''All Our Ancestors'' – Beyond Records (UK),
Waveform (US)
* 1996: ''Maps Without Edges'' – Beyond Records (UK), City of Tribes Records (US). Side project by Martin Franklin collaborating with Eddy Sayer under the name Stillpoint.
* 1997: ''Mesh'' – Fathom/
Hearts of Space Records
* 1998: ''Terma'' – Fathom/
Hearts of Space Records (Collaboration with Nick Parkin)
* 1999: ''The Frozen Lands'' –
3-inch compact disc, Amplexus
*There are various compilation CD appearances that haven't been listed, notably, Planet Dog's ''Feed Your Head'', ''Whirl-Y-Waves Vol #2'', ''Excursions in Ambience'', and Talvin Singh's ''Back to Mine''.
References
* Martin Franklin
"Tuu"(band history by its leader)
External links
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Codetrip.net– official site of Martin Franklin (including a Tuu page)
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British electronic music groups