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''The North Sea Scrolls'' is a collaborative project from Luke Haines, Cathal Coughlan, and Andrew Mueller which was performed live in 2011, with an album following in 2012. ==Background== An alternative musical history of the British Isles, ''The North Sea Scrolls'' was originally performed at the Edge Festival in Edinburgh in August 2011.〔Graham, Ben (2012) "(North Sea Scrolls: Coughlan, Haines, Mueller Present New History )", The Quietus, 17 August 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2012〕 The premise behind the show is that historical documents showing a different version of history were passed to Haines and Coughlan by the actor Tony Allen.〔 The show featured songs based on this alternative history performed by Haines and Coughlan, with narration from Mueller.〔〔Nissim, Mayer (2012) "(Luke Haines 'North Sea Scrolls' tour dates announced )", Digital Spy, 21 September 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012〕 Haines described his motivation for the project: "It occurred to me that we understand everything now. I wanted to do something that made people go, 'What the fuck is this?' There comes a time in a man's life, when he must make the ultimate concept album."〔Rogers, Jude (2012) "(Luke Haines: 'I've been lucky all the way through' )", ''The Guardian'', 18 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012〕 An album of the show was released on the Fantastic Plastic label on 19 November 2012.〔Price, Simon (2012) "(Album: The North Sea Scrolls, The North Sea Scrolls )", ''The Independent'', 18 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012〕 A limited edition two-disc version featured a full performance of the show on a second disc.〔Tuffrey, Laurie (2012) "(The North Sea Scrolls Album & Lecture Due )", The Quietus, 10 September 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012〕 The album was described by Simon Price in ''The Independent'' as "deeply engrossing" and ringing "resoundingly with cultural and historical truth".〔 Will Hodgkinson, Writing in ''The Times'' gave the album a four star review.〔Hodgkinson, Will (2012) "(The North Sea Scrolls: The North Sea Scrolls )", ''The Times'', 24 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012〕 Jude Rogers, writing in ''The Guardian'', described it as "a discombulating listen, but also a daft, enjoyable one".〔 A series of live performances was announced for November and December 2012.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The North Sea Scrolls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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