The Cults Percussion Ensemble was a Scottish group formed by percussion teaching
legend Ron Forbes in the mid 1970s. Played by a group of 11 girls with an average age of 14, the group
included Evelyn Glennie, who was destined to become one of the world’s
greatest percussionist. This is her first ever record. They came from a few of the
schools in the area, including the Cults Academy, Ellon Academy, Aboyne
Academy, Inverurie Academy and Powis.
The music here is really quite unique, with a celestial swirling
hypnotic quality. The blend of glockenspiels, xylophones, vibraphones,
marimba and timpani drums is quite intoxicating and can recall the
shimmering warmth of the desert sun one minutenor freezing
glacial icecaps the next. The Ensemble perform with an
effortless tightness and deftness of touch, building textured layers
with recurring percussive motives which appear simultaneously dense and
yet sparse, almost sounding like modern sampling.
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