Posts tagged as "uk"

Isobel Waller-Bridge Interview – Music, Fashion, and Film

June 4, 2020

Isobel Waller-Bridge can’t wait to lock herself away. The celebrated composer – whose recent credits include Emma, Black Mirror and Vanity Fair – has recently finished building a brand new recording studio. The first project to be produced there will be Isobel’s debut album for Mercury KX, slated for release in 2021. The crown in […]

Aurora Orchestra – Music of the Spheres

May 29, 2020

Deutsche Grammophon has announced the 12 June 2020 release of Music of the Spheres, a new album by UK ensemble Aurora Orchestra. The album is based on the ancient Greek concept of celestial harmony – the belief that the movement of the planets follows precise mathematical models that generate “music” inaudible to the human ear. […]

GoGo Penguin – Electro-Acoustic Innovators

April 30, 2020

GoGo Penguin are an instrumental trio from Manchester, England comprised of Chris Illingworth (piano), Rob Turner (drums) and Nick Blacka (bass). Fusing jazz, classical and electronic influences with a thirst for innovation, the trio have enjoyed success and rave reviews matched by few other contemporary instrumental groups. Channeling the golden age of electronica GoGo Penguin […]

MJ Cole Presents Madrugada – Reimagination

April 7, 2020

MJ Cole Presents Madrugada is the first album in 17 years from UK producer and artist MJ Cole. MJ Cole made his name in the 90s as a central figure in the UK’s vibrant electronic music scene. While producing and DJ’ing in clubs throughout London, MJ drew on his classical music upbringing and university training […]

Roger Eno & Brian Eno Interview with Víkingur Ólafsson

March 30, 2020

Brothers Roger Eno & Brian Eno have been making music together since 1983. The brothers first joined forces, in collaboration with Daniel Lanois, to write and record For All Mankind, the soundtrack to Al Reinert’s epic documentary about the Apollo moon missions. Music from this soundtrack was released as the critically acclaimed and hugely popular […]

Simon Armitage, UK's poet laureate, forms post-rock band LYR

February 10, 2020

Genre-blending post-rock supergroup LYR is comprised of current UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, musician Richard Walters, and producer and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Pearson. Having signed an exclusive record deal with Mercury KX, the band have released their debut single, ‘Never Good With Horses’, accompanied by a cinematic music video directed by Australian Matthew Thorne. Thorne recently […]

A Winged Victory For The Sullen 'Making The Undivided Five'

November 7, 2019

Purveyors of contemporary ambient and electronic inspired music, A Winged Victory for the Sullen make a bold return on new album “The Undivided Five”. The pair, made up of Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie, have created iconic film scores and forward-thinking ambient groups, releasing a series of game-changing records for Erased Tapes and Kranky. On […]

Guy Sigsworth and Imogen Heap – 'Shurayo'

October 31, 2019

Guy Sigsworth and Imogen Heap have released a stricking new video for the song ‘Shurayo’, taken from Guy’s debut solo album stet. Guy Sigsworth and Imogen Heap are longtime collaborators, originally working together in the group Frou Frou. In this song, Imogen sings in the Uchinaaguchi language, with lyrics by Okinawan musician Mika Uchizato. ‘Shurayo’ […]