Tuu (group)

Tuu is an ambient-music group, sometimes categorized as new age. The trio emerged from the post Acid House chill-out scene of early 1990s in the UK, blending electronica and the emerging sampling technology with traditional and invented global instrumentation.

Personnel

* Martin Franklin: clay pot drums, bowl gongs, water drums, tibetan bells, samples and percussion
* Richard Clare: flutes and pan pipes
* Mykl O'Dempsey: synthesizers and samples
* Rebecca Lublinski: bansuri, flutes

Discography

* "One Thousand Years"—1993 SDV Tontrager, released by Waveform in the US.
* "An Opening of the Earth"—1994 SDV Tontrager. Side project by Martin Franklin collaborating with sound artist Michael Northam
* "Invocation" - 1995 Hic Sunt Leones
* "All Our Ancestors"—1995 Beyond Records (UK), Waveform (US)
* "Maps Without Edges" - 1996 Beyond Records (UK), City of Tribes Records (US). Side project by Martin Franklin collaborating with Eddy Sayer under the name Stillpoint.
* "Mesh" - 1997 Fathom/Hearts of Space Records
* "Terma" - 1998 Fathom/Hearts of Space Records (Collaboration with Nick Parkin)
* "The Frozen Lands" 3-inch compact disc - 1999 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".

External links

* [http://www.codetrip.net/ Official Web Site]
* [http://www.waveformhq.com/waveform.html Waveform Web Site] —the record company that released two of this group’s albums.