Dovul--Roy Marchbank and The Registan Group

Clip of the track 'Dovul' from the forthcoming DVD with The Registan Group

In 2002 The British Council made it possible for Scottish Contemporary traditional act ‘The Iron Horse’ to come together with the twenty piece Uzbekistan chamber orchestra –Sogdiana, in a memorable musical fusion. Roy Marchbank (then guitarist and co composer with the The Iron Horse) had reworked a traditional Uzbekistan piece fusing it with traditional Scottish rhythm and tuning. On flying to Tashkent an intense ten days of rehearsals and recording culminated in live concerts in Samarkand and Tashkent ( the latter televised live to millions)

Now, after staying in close contact for twenty years, Zulkhorbek Turapov (and Komiljon Shermatov , originally of Sogdiana) are reunited with Roy Marchbank as The Registan Group. The collaboration, has created a new and exciting World Fusion, incorporating ancient and original playing techniques with with Jazz, Flamenco, Classical and Traditional influences “To say this meeting of musical minds and cultures has produced something wonderfully unique is an understatement" says Roy “We all look forward to performing this together live in concert”