Black International are a 3-piece group based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The group was formed in late 2006, hastily convened to play a debut gig at Edinburgh College of Art, where they had previously studied. Geographic and philosophical influences include: Glasgow and Edinburgh 1979-81, Manchester 1979-82 and the Pacific Northwest 1988-91, and quite a few others that they may or may not acknowledge in conversation.
ANCIENT HISTORY: Three years have passed since “Black Oni” (Ipecac Records). Four years since “Five Suns”(Cuneiform Records). The new album by Guapo is finally here and thus concludes the recondite triptych they set out to accomplish. Flux is not uncommon here, every record taking on new musical hues and offering disparate ideas and perspectives. However an upheaval in the line-up, which of recent years has been anchored by the trio of Daniel O’Sullivan, Matthew Thompson and David Smith, triggered a change in course when Thompson left the band just prior to the release of Black Oni in 2005.