Album: Up North in the Coalshed

Artist: Louis Oak Anderson

FMCDA005
songs written by Louis Oak Anderson
arranged and produed by Drongomala

louis oak anderson - voice and guitar, Ian Dixon - flute and clarinet, Drongomala - voice and percussion

genre: true folk
sounds a bit like: Incredible String Band, Nick Drake
check it: Ian Dixon has played with Primal Scream and turned down Van Morrison and is featured on another release we have coming up in the summer 2008 - 12000 Miles as the White Crane Flies

Drongomala on Louis 'Oak' Anderson and Up North in the Coalshed

At a stag party up on the Scottish island of Jura a friend of mine played me some tracks by Louis 'Oak' Anderson that he wanted me to hear.

I really liked it and I ended up producing an EP for him. I was lucky enough to get Iain Dixon on flute. Ians Flute ran from Macbeth to Puck. I sang harmony to Louis and played gypsy percussion on pizza boxes and Oxo canisters.

Louis' answering machine message often says he's moving into a new caravan soon.

This was in 2006 and then the master tapes were stolen. In March 2008 I finally manged to recover the sessions and mix it. a couple of years later and I'm glad I managed it

That island of Jura was where the KLF burned a million dollars. Louis' voice has the sound of loss and anger and tenderness and his metronomic guitar plucking pushes the music forward yet it feels relaxed. I think he sings the gentle songs the best.

Louis has tons of songs and these are just the ones I wanted him to record. I hope you like it
It's was done Up North In the Coalshed

Available at Gigs Now - in iTunes in May 2008'ish.