Why the Number 20 Club?

The purpose of this website is simply to give an outlet to some of the music that we are making now and have made over the past few years as a group of friends and musicians. As we don't have a fixed band line-up or a band name we informally refer to our collective efforts as the number 20 club, after our location. New writers, players and collborators are always welcome.

Everything here is "house music" in the purest sense as it was all recorded at our house, number 20, in the music room. The fact that we are not tied to a single band line-up or sound has meant that we have been able to be shamelessly self-indulgent and play the types of music we like - and they are many. The hub players on most of our songs are Alan Dale with Neil and Euan McIlvanney. For different projects we have benefitted from the input, musicality and playing talents of a lot of people over the past few years. Particular mention goes to Fiona Shannon, Ian Murray, Martin Waugh, Larry Primrose, Stevie Robson and Gregor Keachie.

In what seems like a previous life, we were based in a room at Shabby Road Studios in Kilmarnock, Scotland - then home of the fabulous Trashcan Sinatras. After Shabby Road closed, it was only right that one of the first projects when we moved in to number 20 was The Trashcan Sinatras rehearsing and demoing their Weightlifting album. A very good start indeed to life at Number 20.