consort |ˈkänˌsôrt|
noun
a small group of musicians performing together, typically playing instrumental music of the Renaissance period: a consort of viols.
ORIGIN late 16th cent.: earlier form of “concert”.
electric consort |iˈlektrik ˈkänˌsôrt|
noun
Four musicians often, but not exlusively, performing with electric guitars, typically re-interpreting, re-arraranging or improvising music that sometimes sounds like that of the English Renaissance period.
ORIGIN early 21st cent.
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In Nomine, Consort Song, Melancholia, Semper Dowland Semper Dolens, Folk Song, The Cryers song of Cheapside
People:
John Taverner, William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Christopher Tye, Thomas Ravenscroft, John Dowland
credits
released 28 April 2015
Recorded during the Alba Nova Festival 2014 and the MA Festival 2014.
Recorded and mastered by Johan Vandermaelen.