TrevorR Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Anyone else catch the performance by Public Service Broadcasting of their Race For Space album live from the Royal Albery Hall at the Proms. OK, so I love that album already but the addition of a choir, orchestra, horn section and visuals was nothing short of stunning. For those who don't know the album it's inspired by the race between the Soviet Union and USA throughout the 60s to conquer space and reach the moon. The music is accompanied by lots of voice over recordings from cosmonauts, contemporary news reports and mission control recordings. It makes for an absorbing piece of music ranging from ambient to full on funk. Some pretty cool bass sounds from J F Abraham. It's still on iPlayer for the moment... https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00071mr/bbc-proms-2019-public-service-broadcasting 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 7 minutes ago, TrevorR said: Anyone else catch the performance by Public Service Broadcasting of their Race For Space album live from the Royal Albery Hall at the Proms. OK, so I love that album already but the addition of a choir, orchestra, horn section and visuals was nothing short of stunning. For those who don't know the album it's inspired by the race between the Soviet Union and USA throughout the 60s to conquer space and reach the moon. The music is accompanied by lots of voice over recordings from cosmonauts, contemporary news reports and mission control recordings. It makes for an absorbing piece of music ranging from ambient to full on funk. Some pretty cool bass sounds from J F Abraham. It's still on iPlayer for the moment... https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00071mr/bbc-proms-2019-public-service-broadcasting Cheers for the heads up, I'll be giving that a listen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxyFuze Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 From seeing them in a Birmingham pub venue back in 2013, they've come a long way! Their performance at Brixton academy in 2015 (I think) was one of the most stunning shows I've ever seen; it still makes my hair stand on end when I hear the second album. There's a DVD of the performance - worth a watch if you're into that sort of thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Where did you hear about this, Trevor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, TrevorR said: Anyone else catch the performance by Public Service Broadcasting of their Race For Space album live from the Royal Albery Hall at the Proms. OK, so I love that album already but the addition of a choir, orchestra, horn section and visuals was nothing short of stunning. For those who don't know the album it's inspired by the race between the Soviet Union and USA throughout the 60s to conquer space and reach the moon. The music is accompanied by lots of voice over recordings from cosmonauts, contemporary news reports and mission control recordings. It makes for an absorbing piece of music ranging from ambient to full on funk. Some pretty cool bass sounds from J F Abraham. It's still on iPlayer for the moment... https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00071mr/bbc-proms-2019-public-service-broadcasting I heard some of it on Radio 6 last week, I think. Very good. Some cracking bass sounds indeed. Edited July 29, 2019 by ahpook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said: Where did you hear about this, Trevor? Popped up on BookFace I think and then some likeminded music lover chums also spotted it and shared. And when I opened iPlayer to check it out, there it was on my “Recommend for you” bit... Plus, with all the space and Apollo stuff I’ve been watching and podcasting and watching on iPlayer this last month it was also a dead cert for the algorithms! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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