Recordings

Unavoidable

Released: 2009
For an artist, a compilation of a body of work is Unavoidable. Since 2002, Tartanic is on a mission to “make bagpipes cool” to a vast cross-section of people, and not just to those with Scottish heritage, but to many diverse ethnicities and peoples who, in turn, embrace this union and pass it forward as our music transcends generational barriers now ...

Unleashed

Released: 2008
Live. tribBal. rAw. junGle. Punk. CeltIc. Power. scrEam. Sexy. krunk. drive. thunDer. dirRty. loUd. booM. faSt. hot. rock. world. 

Headlining the 159th Highland Games at Historic Greenmead in Livonia, Michigan; Tartanic does it again! Bringing you techno-rave-punked-out-rock-and-roll-tribal bagpipes with humour, dance, and a severely theatrical presentation; Tartanic finally provides a live recording that takes you into the the action ... the spectactle ... the experience is nothing short of ... Tartanic.

Uncivilized

Released: 2008
Tartanic's 2008 studio release, "Uncivilized", captures the true range of all Tartanic’s musicians and then some. New expressions in dance, tribal, swing and even hip-hop fusions of Great Highland bagpipes and world percussion flow through solid engineering to bring an audio landscape full of uncharted terrain. Tartanic sails strongly with the wind at their back, and the music always at high tide ...

Uncensored

Released: 2007
For an artist, a compilation of a body of work is Unavoidable. Since 2002, Tartanic is on a mission to “make bagpipes cool” to a vast cross-section of people, and not just to those with Scottish heritage, but to many diverse ethnicities and peoples who, in turn, embrace this union and pass it forward as our music transcends generational barriers now ...

Unstoppable

Released: 2007
With "UNSTOPPABLE" Tartanic goes "outside of the bag" and takes the bagpipes into more of the modern realm of music. This time they have mixed in Punk, Funk, Techno, Hip Hop and some New Orleans Second Line parade grooves into their music, as well as added spoken word from poetic greats like Robert Burns and Yeats ...

Unmistakeable

Released: 2005
"I first saw these guys 2 years ago at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. I sas them again last year and just had to get a CD. I bought one of the CDs that they were selling at the Festival, and while it was good, it had a more new-age sound than what they were playing at the Festival. When I found this CD on CD Baby I was estatic and as soon as it was available again, I snatched up a copy for myself. This CD was exactly what I was looking for and truly is the next best thing to seeing these guys live."

Unthinkable

Released: 2004
Tartanic marries music from two of the most prominent folk traditions in Western Europe—Scotland and Brittany—and sets it to world drumming. While staying true to our roots in the Highland bagpipe tradition, with the inclusion of traditional competition sets, we add some progressive hits that'll have you dancing in your seats ...