The Hosepipe Band was formed in mid-1993 as an electro-acoustic dance band mixing British and European music and dances. The current band line-up is:
The band plays a mixture of traditional and composed material and their stage sound attempts to move away from the folk-rock sound of 80s dance bands with its reliance on a rock-drum-kit-dominated rhythm section. The bands sound is lighter and brisker with more emphasis on melody. The material is a blend of British - English Irish and Scottish - and European influences - so Breton, East European, Greek, and Scandinavian tunes pop up from time to time among the more familiar material. Simon Haines, kan83@dial.pipex.com, 1997/04/29
Hosepipe Band 1994, KM666/4, Cassette only.
Hosepipe Band 1998, KMCD666/5 from kan83@dial.pipex.com
New English country music from East Anglia, Hosepipe Band from kan83@dial.pipex.com
Hosepipe Band 2003, GOB067
Harkelees 2000.
Bass Instincts 2001.