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Back in 1992 with the release of the album Splitting the Night they pioneered the use of Jazz-influenced Brass and Woodwind over the more traditional fiddle and melodeon sound, underpinned by a driving bass. Florida don't use and don't need percussion in order to keep the tight rhythm necessary for dancers.
The band members are all dancers, and it shows.
Untitled [2005] (FLP005CD)
| 1. | Temperley / Off to California | trad. / trad. | 5:25 |
| 2. | Sweet Briar / The Rose Tree | trad. / trad. | 4:01 |
| 3. | Morgan Rattler / Cock of the North | trad. / trad. | 3:46 |
| 4. | The Mill Mill O / Durham rangers | trad. / trad. | 3:44 |
| 5. | Paddy Carey's | trad. | 4:05 |
| 6. | The Queer Fella's Shot-ese / The Cliff / The Road to Alvechurch | trad. / trad. / Atkin | 5:19 |
| 7. | The Cape John Waltz / Bonny George Campbell | trad. / Tattrie | 5:05 |
| 8. | Seven stars / Smash the Windows | trad. / trad. | 3:19 |
| 9. | Sausage / Colonel Mike | Honeyman / trad. | 5:07 |
| 10. | Trip to Highgate / Elsie Marley | trad. / trad. | 3:40 |
| 11. | Marquis of Huntley's Reel / Love Laughs at Locksmiths | Marshall / trad. | 3:48 |
| 12. | The Fortune / Untitled | trad. / trad. | 6:17 |
| 13. | Coleraine / The Quarryman | trad. / Sherritt | 4:05 |
| Total Running Time: | 58:21 |
Danse Macabre [1999] (FLP004CD / FLP004MC)
| 1. | The Kirkgate Hornpipe / Gilderoy | trad. / trad. | 5:10 |
| 2. | Frittenden Brass Band / Top House | Atkin / Atkin | 4:27 |
| 3. | Buttered Peas / Jacob or Enrico | trad. / trad. | 3:45 |
| 4. | The Flying Coach / Chief O'Neill's Favourite / The Random | trad. / trad. / trad. | 6:29 |
| 5. | Hops & Steps / Petticoats Loose | trad. / trad. | 3:12 |
| 6. | Danse Macabre | Saint-Saens | 2:22 |
| 7. | Absent Friends | Atkin | 3:47 |
| 8. | Untitled / More Shed | trad. / Atkin | 3:19 |
| 9. | Pembury / Quick & Merry | Atkin / trad. | 3:53 |
| 10. | Molly Oxford / Young Collins / Morning Star | trad. / trad. / trad. | 4:25 |
| 11. | (The weary man's) Farewell to Work / Bonny Dundee | Atkin / trad. | 5:30 |
| 12. | The Portobello Hornpipe / Barbara Allen | trad. / trad. | 6:29 |
| 13. | Swedish Hymn / lars' Last Rites | Unknown / Florida | 6:29 |
| Total Running Time: | 59:23 |
BrassRoots [1995] (FLP003CD / FLP003MC)
| 1. | The Oyster wife's rant / Bonny Lad | trad. English / trad. English | 3:22 |
| 2. | Dory Boat / Mallard / Dory Boat | all trad. English | 3:37 |
| 3. | The White Hare | attrib. Joseph Taylor | 3:51 |
| 4. | The Home Brew / The Lads like Beer | Atkin / attrib. James Hill | 3:18 |
| 5. | The Alexandra | trad. English | 2:37 |
| 6. | Sportsman's Hornpipe / Champion's Hornpipe | Kershaw / Honeyman's | 5:13 |
| 7. | The Peacock followed the Hen / Drops of Brandy | trad. English / trad. Irish | 3:23 |
| 8. | Church on Sunday | trad. English | 3:33 |
| 9. | Pride of Portravor / Wm. Taylor's Tabletop Hornpipe | trad. Irish/ Dave Shepherd | 3:56 |
| 10. | The Ball / More Power to Ye | Wm. Mittel / trad. American | 2:39 |
| 11. | Brigg Fair | attrib. Joseph Taylor | 3:25 |
| 12. | Highland Mary / The Bridge of Lodi | trad. English / trad. English | 3:24 |
| 13. | Alexandra park / Charming Fellow | trad. English / Wm. Mittel | 3:36 |
| 14. | Green Bushes | trad. English | 4:50 |
| 15. | The Duke of Riff's Reel / Dick Richards' | Thos. Hardy / Dick Richards | 3:34 |
| 16. | Judith's Waltz | Jody Kruskal | 3:50 |
| Total Running Time: | 58:15 |
Splitting the Night [1992] (FLP002CD / FLP002MC)
| 1. | Elsie Marley / The Trip to Highgate | trad. English | 2:32 |
| 2. | The leaves of Life | trad. English | 3:13 |
| 3. | Scotland / Bouree | Bill Monroe / trad. French | 2:49 |
| 4. | Bernard in the Cafe / Dark Girl dressed in Blue | unknown / trad. Irish | 2:42 |
| 5. | Down by the Tanyard side / Pierrot's waltz / Amsterdam | trad. Irish / Pierre Nicholas / Jacques Brel | 9:05 |
| 6. | Moscow Nights / Malin Plaisir | Solovev-Sedoj / Patrick Couton | 4:10 |
| 7. | The Trip to Lincoln / Tweedly Park | trad. English / attrib. James Hill | 2:36 |
| 8. | Rambling Sailor / Will's Way | trad. English / Will Ward | 3:09 |
| 9. | The Stockton Hornpipe / Marquis of Waterford's | trad. English / attrib. James Hill | 4:22 |
| 10. | Serptentiner och Konfetti / Engelese | Mats Eden / trad. Swedish | 4:07 |
| 11. | The Rope Dance / Dance for 1811 | trad. English / trad. English | 2:34 |
| 12. | Dudley Boys | trad. English | 4:04 |
| 13. | Faut que ce Brille | Jean Blanchard | 3:14 |
| Total Running Time: | 49:38 |
All four albums are available direct for the band or from ADA Mail Order.
ADA Distribution tel/fax 01773 850000
Prices are £12 for CD's and £8 for cassettes, incl p+p.
Please make cheques payable to "Florida" and send them to:
Florida,
c/o Broad Oak,
Mill Lane,
Frittenden,
Cranbrook,
Kent. TN17 2DR
To obtain information on the band, bookings for dances, concerts, festivals etc., contact Florida at the above address or call Tim Bull on (+44) 1580 852317 or alternatively Mail Us!