Jazz Articles about TUU

TUU: One Thousand Years

by AAJ Staff
December 1, 2001

The British group “TUU" has been creating its stylish form of ambient for quite a few years now. Their personnel varies among a pool of players, including Martin Franklin on percussion, Mykl O'Dempsey on synthesizers, and Nik Parkin on flute. On this album, Richard Clare plays the winds rather than Parkin. The TUU style is easily recognizable – a notable feat in a field where much Southeast-Asian-inspired ambient sounds alike. TUU's Oriental- melodic line is carried by flutes, sometimes played ...