one of Scotland's best folk groups have revealed a surprising dream - to work with top producer Brian Eno.

Three-piece band Lau released a stunning third album, Race The Loser, last month, and play Oran Mor on Saturday.

And the group's love for experimenting means they have an unlikely wish list to work with.

"In my dreams it would be Brian Eno, Bjork, and David Byrne for us to work with," says accordionist and pianist Martin Green.

"There are a few records that never leave my iPod and Eno's Music For Airports is one – it is a necessity for my wellbeing!

"He has an amazing understanding of where beauty lies with electronic music and I don't think you can learn that, he's just got it."

Anyone who doesn't know anything about Lau might be wondering why there is a focus on electronic music, but the group, who also include Kris Drever on vocals and Aidan O'Rourke on the fiddle, are more unusual than your average band. Race The Loser takes various electronic elements and weaves them into the guitar, fiddle and accordion set-up.

"We have all been interested in electronic music for a long time and I was surprised at how far we were able to take it without it sounding incongruous," he explains.

Martin believes there is nothing wrong with trad music mixing with electronics, or other genres of music, and feels that music just now can be exciting because of those clashes of styles taking place.

"I think everyone is exposed to so much different music now," says Martin. "When I was at school, people were exposed to one genre and I don't think that is true any more.

"It is also cheap to start dabbling in electronica because if you own a computer you can start free. So a lot of people I know have dabbled and then carried on, regardless of whether electronic music is their primary interest."

Lau recently put on a mini festival in London, dubbed Lauland, and the event was enough of a hit that Martin intends to bring it to Scotland next year.

"It's a dream job, putting on an event like that," he enthuses. "You get to find some people whose music you love, then swan around for a week watching them! It was a much more warm, fuzzy feeling than I expected and I can see why people put on gigs.

"I think Lauland has another event planned for next May in London, and then, really, Scotland is our home so there will be a Lauland Scotland before long. It's going to happen."

l Lau, Oran Mor, Saturday, £14, 7pm.