Tunng Critically reviewing a birthday party seems a bit off, but that's essentially what I'm about to do here. At heart this evening wasn't so much about the bands on stage, but the history behind how they came to be put up there.


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Tunng Tunng as a group are something of a paradox, mixing traditional-sounding acoustic folk with the beeps, whirs and buzzes of ambient electronica and a palette of makeshift percussive instruments. This usually makes any gig of theirs an intriguingly eclectic affair. So I was even more intrigued to hear about their new collaboration with African 'desert blues' group Tinariwen. As I watched the rag-tag groups of vaguely hippy-ish, vaguely 'alternative' punters enter the graffiti-plastered warehouse, I thought, would this be an eclecticism too far?


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