Big Low
Big Low
Central to Big Low are the semi-autobiographical songs and stories of Australian ex-pat Dan Tuffy, currently resident of the Netherlands. Lying somewhere between atmospheric folk/pop, Irish roots, cabaret, darkly solemn blues and jagged country, the Big Low sound is ornate, cinematic and distinctly Australian, offering some surprising detours down roads less travelled: surprising because the trusty guitar has been relegated to a minor role.
Percussive textures dominate Big Low’s universe instead, forming a shimmering canvas for an array of other instruments to waltz across (singing saw, bandoneon, tape effects, samples, kora, darbuka and a host of other worldly self-designed instruments including the velefoon and the bizarre sounding banjobass).
Armed with a battery of songs about rodeo’s, surfing, lost love, rites of passage, cowgirls and snakes, and a live reputation that is beginning to spread like wildfire, Big Low looks set to do some serious trail blazing. But first some history… He now lives in Holland with his wife and two kids but has he really settled down? Certainly long enough to have found & recruited two astonishing multi-instrumentalist virtuosos for Big Low, establish the Smoked Recordings label and get a studio up and running. Also long enough to have produced two Big Low albums, both of which have received critical praise bordering on hysterical in the Benelux. He has also produced albums for several other artists and is the manager of a Balkan music outfit who have just signed a European deal with Rough Trade.