Sep 29th, 2021
‘Blowback’, the second single from Marconi Union’s new album, Signals, (5th November ‘21) sees them continue their return to rhythm with another driving electronic track.
It sets the stall out for what was to become a body of work that combines their trademark ambient hazy synths, melodic compositional structures, unparalleled sound designs and atmospherics, with driving energetic rhythms and irresistible beats.
“Blowback has a certain attitude that we’ve not dealt with before,” Duncan Meadows explains. “It was the first track we finished and it marked a big moment in us making Signals: things came much more into focus and we were able to look at the remaining unfinished tracks in a new and different light.”
“Imagine the aftermath of the hippy movement,” suggests Jamie Crossley. “The party’s over and you’re left with the dark underbelly of Hells Angels and drug casualties, any notion of peace and love is long gone. It’s another one of those moments where idealistic notions go wrong, which is a story that repeats itself again and again. Blowback feels like the perfect musical backdrop to this and despite the drug reference of the title it’s more a reference to an unintended negative effect.”
Richard Talbot adds: “Blowback is an unusual track in that it’s quite cinematic with power and momentum but at the same time it’s tinted with nostalgia and an underlying sense of loss or disappointment.”
Signals | Marconi Union | New Album
Marconi UnionSep 1st, 2021
We are delighted to announce that Marconi Union return with their new album, Signals, to be released digitally and on CD on 5th November via our sister label Just Music, with vinyl LPs released 10th December.
We are delighted to announce that Marconi Union return with their new album, Signals, to be released digitally and on CD on 5th November via our sister label Just Music, with vinyl LPs released 10th December.
The End Is Just The Beginning | New Digitonal Single & Video
DigitonalOct 16th, 2020
The End Is Just The Beginning is the fourth and final single from the forthcoming album, Set The Weather Fair.
The End Is Just The Beginning is the fourth and final single from the forthcoming album, Set The Weather Fair.
Orion | New Digitonal Single and Video
DigitonalOct 9th, 2020
‘Orion’ is the new single from Digitonal’s upcoming new album, Set The Weather Fair, due for release on 23rd October 2020
‘Orion’ is the new single from Digitonal’s upcoming new album, Set The Weather Fair, due for release on 23rd October 2020
Sentences | New Digitonal Single + Video
DigitonalSep 11th, 2020
The second single from Digitonal’s much anticipated third studio album, ‘Set the Weather Fair’.
The second single from Digitonal’s much anticipated third studio album, ‘Set the Weather Fair’.
Set The Weather Fair | New Digitonal Album
DigitonalAug 7th, 2020
“Set The Weather Fair is wordless music, but a narrative remains. It reflects the swell at Sizewell beach on a cold January morning, the landscape of North-Eastern Slovenia, the hope in new beginnings and seeking perspective within the vastness of the night sky. It is a record about changeability, permanence and the importance of creating things, big and small, artistic and human.” Andrew Dobson
“Set The Weather Fair is wordless music, but a narrative remains. It reflects the swell at Sizewell beach on a cold January morning, the landscape of North-Eastern Slovenia, the hope in new beginnings and seeking perspective within the vastness of the night sky. It is a record about changeability, permanence and the importance of creating things, big and small, artistic and human.” Andrew Dobson
The Dance’s Pattern | New Digitonal Single
DigitonalAug 6th, 2020
“The Dance’s Pattern is titled after a line from Auden. It reflects both the intricate unfolding of the polyrhythmic patterns in the tune but also the emotional corkscrew that the creative process often is. This was about Dom and I working around each other’s creative process, but more importantly how we felt about the act of creation which was vastly different and a complex emotional landscape to navigate.”
“The Dance’s Pattern is titled after a line from Auden. It reflects both the intricate unfolding of the polyrhythmic patterns in the tune but also the emotional corkscrew that the creative process often is. This was about Dom and I working around each other’s creative process, but more importantly how we felt about the act of creation which was vastly different and a complex emotional landscape to navigate.”
Our thoughts and our music
Mar 28th, 2020
Against the backdrop of COVID-19 it seems to us that the only appropriate response we as Just Music & The Ambient Zone can make is to continue to let our music do the talking.
Against the backdrop of COVID-19 it seems to us that the only appropriate response we as Just Music & The Ambient Zone can make is to continue to let our music do the talking.