Mouth Music is a literal translation of the Scottish Gaelic 'puirt a beul'(a style of Gaelic vocal music intended for dancing). The band in 2005 fronted by multi-instrumentalist Martin Swan also features vocalist Kaela Rowan amd piper Martin Furey.
Mouthmusic burst onto the roots scene with a striking debut album in 1991, combining Swan's experimental soundscapes with the voice of Gaelic singer Talitha MacKenzie. The dramatic melange of traditional sounds and breakbeats made an immediate impact with world music fans and global dance fusionists alike.
Mouth Music have recorded several CDs including in 2001 the popular Seafaring Man which featured English and Gaelic song in a contemporary instrumental setting with dance and roots influences which drew on-board vocal input from Kaela Rowan and Ishbel Macaskill and Martin Furey (Bohinta) and Martyn Bennett on shehnai.
"Trippy,cool and Gaelic elements all to the fore here with rhythm and voice at the core"
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