Bothy Culture

Bothy Culture is the second studio album by the Scottish Celtic fusion artist Martyn Bennett, released in October 1997 on the Rykodisc label. After winning critical acclaim for his debut album Martyn Bennett, Bothy Culture builds upon that album's mixing of Scottish Celtic music with farther, international folk music styles and contemporary electronic music. The album celebrates and draws upon the music of Bennett's native Gaeldom as well as the music of Islam and Scandinavia, with Bennett finding and emotionally connecting to the similarities between the geographically dispersed styles. It mixes the styles with contemporary electronic music such as breakbeat and drum and bass. Named for the traditional party culture of Highland bothies, which Bennett related to modern club music subcultures, Bothy Culture was released to critical acclaim, with critics praising the effectiveness of the album's unique blend of disparate styles. Bennett formed the band Cuillin, consisting of himself, his wife and two other musicians, to tour in promotion of the album. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothy_C...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)