“Marconi Union remain a riveting voice in British electronic music…Playfully melancholic, it’s an immersive, cinematic track, one that plays with aspects of the ‘ambient’ while still exploring fresh, riveting creative pastures.” – Clash Magazine
Richard Talbot, Jamie Crossley and Duncan Meadows are Marconi Union – an experimental electronic trio based in Manchester. Ahead of the release of their tenth studio album Dead Air on 29th November 2019 the group release the stunning new single A.M.I.D. (Edit). Ebbing and flowing through four minutes of ethereal electronics, the track’s bittersweet atmosphere is a taster for the new record.
A.M.I.D., which stands for ‘Ambient Music Is Dead’, feels like a deliberate statement of sorts: “Going in to record that one, the discussions we were having were very much about how the term ‘ambient music’ has largely become meaningless,” Talbot explains. “There are all sorts of ways in which it’s a problematic idea in 2019. Anything seems to get called ambient these days. If it’s a bit quieter than Metallica, it’s ambient music!”
“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
We’re over the moon to introduce Marconi Union’s Weightless and Beyond – an ad free 24/7 livestream on YouTube featuring Weightless, Slow Motion, Dead Air and other ambient songs in the band’s catalogue.
Marconi Union play their first headline London date since 2018’s sold out St Pancras show.