Scatter (band)

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Scatter
Origin	Glasgow, Scotland
Genre(s)	Improvisational music
Label(s)	Pickled Egg Records Cenotaph Blank Tapes
Website	Cenotaph records

Scatter are an improvisational collective, based in Glasgow. Their music is heavily influenced by jazz and folk (releases have included versions of folk standards).

The membership of the group is fluid, and Scatter has contained up to nine musicians at points, featuring cornet, flute, megaphone, drums, bouzouki, guitar, trombone, saxophone, upright bass, and harmonium, among the instrument used. Members have included Rebecca Ashton, Martin Beer, Kenneth Broom, Matt Cairns, Chris Hladowski, Nick McCarthy, Alexander Neilson, Stephanie Hladowski, Oliver Neilson, Morag Wilson, Aby Vulliamy, George Murray and Hanna Tuulikki.

Scatter have released music on the Pickled Egg Records, Cenotaph, and Blank Tapes record labels.

[edit] Collaborations and other projects

Aby Vulliamy, Chris Hladowski, and Hanna Tuulikki are also sole members of Nalle, a psych folk trio.
Aby Vulliamy and Chris Hladowski are also member of The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden.
Alexander Neilson has toured extensively as a member of Will Oldham's band, has played with Jandek, and is also a member of Tight Meat Duo and MV & EE
Martin Beer is a member of The Pendulums