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MacUmbaUK
Style: World
Joined: September 16, 2006
Last Sign In: 8 months ago
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Exciting Fusion of Afro-Brazilian Rhythms with Scottish Bagpipes.
MacUmba are a group of musicians based in Scotland who take a unique approach by mixing the traditional sounds of Scottish bagpipes with the rhythms of Brazilian percussion.

MacUmba began as a batucada (or drumming group) in the early 90's which grew out of a series of drumming workshops held at the Glasgow School of Art. Later they added various combinations of flutes, guitars, bass, voices etc. to the batucada, and performed at many events throughout Scotland.

The inception of the current MacUmba formation was created when they were asked to play at a major football (soccer) cup final. MacUmba decided to add bagpipes to the batucada to be more in line with the football tradition of pipe bands.

This combination proved hugely popular and since then MacUmba have played at many events and festivals all over the World.

The normal instrumentation of the band is three pipers and five percussionists, although they may also be augmented by the addition of Scottish and/or Brazilian dancers.

Record Label: Umba Records
Label Type: Independent
City: Glasgow
Hometown: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
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Website URL: http://www.macumba.com
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MacUmba - Damp Carpet
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[TRANSLATED] MacUmba - Damp Carpet
[TRANSLATED] MacUmba - Damp Carpet
MacUmba performing original track 'Damp Carpet'. MacUmba is a unique fusion of Sc...
2 years ago 8,779 views MacUmbaUK
MacUmba Live in Skye
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[TRANSLATED] MacUmba Live in Skye
[TRANSLATED] MacUmba Live in Skye
A short clip of MacUmba performing Asa Branca, live at a festival in Skye.
2 years ago 3,444 views MacUmbaUK
Channel Comments (5)
neilandfi (1 week ago)
Been loving what you do since I first came across " Don't hold your breath", which included a reel my dad used to play..he's a piper, and I play samba.
Please keep doing what you do, and get some more stuff uploaded.
Muito bem
ZukaRashid (3 weeks ago)
For when some more videos? :)
prbock (4 months ago)
You're absolutely fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When are you coming to Brazil?
Gonan13 (5 months ago)
voces são maluco
cosinbrother (5 months ago)
awesome!