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““Yoko Pwno are doing something really fascinating and enjoyable. Entwined into the traditions of Scottish folk music, are the synths and percussion that bring Scottish folk-music to a new route. To repeat …. if you have any interest in the lineage of folk music give this listen.””
““A marriage made in heaven… Dripping with references to techno, drum and bass and Chicago house, this is traditional music given a new and infectious energy.”
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““What we’ve got here is a disc which fizzes, bubbles, explodes and generally bursts with more energy than a well shaken bottle of champagne,...
Yoko Pwno are trippy and pleasingly eclectic… more power to them.’”
““A glittering strand of Celtic tradition is twisted in among the bleeps, the loops, the transforms of technology... Superbly creative and skillfully executed, Part Machine has opened my ears to Yoko Pwno””
First things first – Yoko Pwno is pronounced yoe – koe – poe – noe. It rhymes with Yoko Ono, or Loco Bono, if you prefer.
Not everyone calls us that though. The BBC called us ‘one of Scotland’s most loved live acts’. Spiral Earth called us ‘trippy and pleasingly eclectic’. The National even said that we gave traditional music ‘a new and infectious energy’.
To our friends and family, we are called Helen, Lewis, Lissa, Calum, Dan, Gary and Sam – seven friends on a mission to blow you away with a fusion of self penned folk tunes, songs, and the kind of banging, wonky dance beats that soundtrack Edinburgh’s underground club scene.
Since 2019 we’ve released two albums, toured all over the UK, and started making forays into Europe. Recent highlights include massive events like the 2024 edition of Boomtown Fair, a trip to Austria’s Wackelstein Festival, and more happy, dancing festival crowds than we care to remember. We even got to open up for Hot Chip at a massive outdoor gig at Glasgow’s Junction 1 in 2023. Not many traditional musicians can say they’ve done that!
If you need to get a crowd of discerning music fans dancing, please contact our agent Ian at ian@frusion.co.uk.
upcoming gigs
Saturday December 6th - Cobalt Studios - Ouseburn - Newcastle - Click HERE for tickets
Saturday January 25th - New Galloway Town Hall - Bodega Social Club’s Wonky Burns Night