{"product_id":"quinie-forefowk-mind-me-lp","title":"Quinie - Forefowk, Mind Me LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe record is largely sung in Scots language, one of Scotland’s three official languages along with Gaelic and English. “Scots gives me a way of expressing myself which is connected directly with the landscapes I love. It brings the songs alive and it is a fascinating language. The name of the record is in Scots - Forefowk means the people who came before, or ancestors. When we say ‘mind me,’ we can mean a few things- remind, remember, watch over or care for me. The record explores how tradition needs to be constantly reconnected with, built upon, looked after, and shared.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuinie sings with a style inspired by Scottish Traveller singers. “I began singing unaccompanied Scots Song in 2015 after hearing Scots Traveller singer Sheila Stewart on the radio. Initially I felt like I shouldn't sing these songs because I'm not a Traveller, and I saw people around me doing that in a way that made me uncomfortable. But on the other hand this music made sense to me and I felt driven to learn. Over the years I have met Traveller friends who taught me that settled people sharing these songs could contribute to raising awareness. Scottish Travellers are marginalised and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ediscriminated against in modern Scotland, despite being custodians of so many of our important traditions. So I started to perform them and tell this story. From there I built on my repertoire and started writing my own songs”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo develop this record, Quinie travelled across Argyll with her Horse. They went on a pilgrimage of sorts through the ancient landscapes of the West of Scotland to explore the interconnected relationships between people, ancestors, animals, and place. The album’s vinyl release is accompanied by a book and film, documenting this unusual research process. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e““Travelling with my horse Maisie opens up a whole new way of moving through the landscape. You pay attention to all your senses, have different conversations with people and connect to older ways of doing things. It’s very slow and it can be quite complicated, but it clears your mind in a unique way. I really wanted to share this with people as part of the record. Journeying with the horses is a way I collect songs - but my approach is more like collecting berries than collecting precious stones. I find them, eat them up, let myself digest them for a while, and then see what comes out the other end. I dont polish them and lock them away somewhere, unchanged and with a little label attached to them. In that way I think I’m unusual because I’m very playful with the tradition- but in a very serious way, I think about it a lot.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Upset The Rhythm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 472px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3211586339\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com\/album\/forefowk-mind-me\"\u003eForefowk, Mind Me by Quinie\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upset The Rhythm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45008552362166,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/9119\/8390\/files\/a3586962545_10.jpg?v=1774575570","url":"https:\/\/repressedrecords.com\/products\/quinie-forefowk-mind-me-lp","provider":"Repressed Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}