Simon Thacker's Ritmata is the musical laboratory of one of Scotland's most distinctive & compelling musical figures. Distilling a musical lifetime defined by unstoppable forward momentum, Simon creates primal & multi-layered sound worlds.  The first ensemble Simon founded as a vehicle to explore other possibilities and inspirations beyond those of a classical guitarist, the evolution of Simon Thacker's Ritmata has been a very public manifestation of his own journey as a musician, culminating in the new Tàradh album. The epic centrepiece of the album, Quadriga in 5, was nominated for The Ivors Composer Awards. Drawing on inspirations from Native America, Indian music and philosophy, medieval alchemy, Sephardic music, flamenco, Moroccan traditions & Ancient Roman mythology, each piece has its own distinct soundworld, its own methods of circumventing boundaries & its own emotional quintessence.  Tàradh is a term from Gaelic witchcraft which describes the premonitory sound caused by an absent person’s shadow, in the place of their imagination. Simon considers the way that music suddenly appears in his mind or externally through his fingers to be his tàradh, a portent of where he wishes to and should go. Tàradh also features special guest Ángeles Toledano, one of Spain’s greatest young cantaoras (flamenco singers) on Simon's stunning reimagining of a long forgotten Sephardic song. Simon Thacker’s Ritmata invites you & your Tàradh on a journey of musical revelation.