''The One Ensemble'' is a British musical group, based in

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. The project was initially conceived by

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member Daniel Padden as a vehicle for his solo work, and their first three albums were released under the name ''The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden''. Two studio albums in this mould were released, an eponymous debut on the Catsup Plate label in 2003 and ''The Owl Of Fives'' on Textile Records in 2004. Although mostly recorded by Padden on his own, these albums featured contributions from other musicians including Jeremy Barnes,

Alex Neilson Alex Neilson (born 22 September 1982) is an English drummer, percussionist and singer who is based in Glasgow but grew up in Leeds. He is a founding member and main songwriter of folk-rock group Trembling Bells (2008-2018). He is also known fo ...

and

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. After this, the project expanded to a quintet featuring Aby Vulliamy, Peter Nicholson, Chris Hladowski and Alex Neilson. This line-up was documented on the ''Live at VPRO Radio'' album released by

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in 2004. In 2005, Neilson left, and the group's name was changed to "The One Ensemble" with Padden now releasing his solo work under his given name. Their fourth album ''Wayward The Fourth'' has been released by the label, Secret Eye in January 2007. In 2009, The One Ensemble composed and released music alongside Sarah Kenchington for Matt Hulse's feature film. The current quartet is Shane Connolly (drums and percussion) attie Toes Peter Nicholson (cello, voice), Daniel Padden (guitar, piano, voice etc.) olcano The Bearand Aby Vulliamy (viola, accordion, voice)

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References

External links

The One Ensemble at brainwashed.com
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