London-based creative studio Artisan were invited by Selfridges’ in-house creative team to collaborate on this year’s Christmas campaign Destination Christmas – Journey to the Stars. The result is A Distant Light, a bespoke installation that now sits above the centre canopy of the Oxford Street flagship.
The soundtrack to A Distant Light has been composed by Marconi Union whose previous projects have been widely acclaimed by Time Magazine among others. The music they created on this occasion, is both atmospheric and abstract and is designed to be listened to on headphones while viewing the installation. To facilitate this, it can be streamed from the Selfridges website or app.
A Distant Light is available to buy now from our Bandcamp store (digital only) and from iTunes.
Read more about A Distant Light.
“Every day I wake up and smile,
Twenty four hours lie ahead of me.
I vow to live each moment fully
And look at all beings with compassionate eyes.”
“I see ambient music as a positive force in our world. It can’t change it but it might be strong enough to inspire people, to help them heal and to spread optimism.”
Today on World Sleep Day 2024 we’re introducing Deep Ambient Sleep – a 24/7 livestream on YouTube featuring ambient tracks in our catalogue, including songs by Jon Hopkins, Marconi Union, Luca Longobardi, Digitonal and many, many more.
“Morality is more important than laws, because law depends on morality.” – Edmund Burke
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