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A celebration of the power of radio written in recognition of the centenary of the BBC,This New Noisesaw the band joining forces with the 88 piece BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jules Buckley. A standout performance from 2022s BBC Proms, it received 5*s in The Telegraph who called it a resonant, timely and ultimately touching show. Founder member J. Willgoose, Esq. remixed the concert from scratch, bringing out even more depth and texture from a multi-layered performance and showing it in a new light.
This New Noiseis the second time Public Service Broadcasting have been commissioned for the BBC Proms. In 2019 the band performed an orchestral arrangement of their 2015 studio albumTheRace for Spacewith The Multi-Story Orchestra to mark the 50th anniversary of the first manned mission to the Moon.
Public Service Broadcasting have been teaching the lessons of the past through the music of the future for more than a decade now. 2013s debut albumInform – Educate – Entertainused archival samples from the British Film Institute as audio-portals to the Battle Of Britain, the summit of Everest and beyond. Two years later,The Race For Spaceused similar methods to laud the superpowers rivalry and heroism in orbit and on the Moon. An indie DIY phenomenon the album has remarkably since achieved gold disc status having sold over 100,000 copies in the UK alone. In 2017, joined by voices including Manic Street Preachers James Dean Bradfield,Every Valleywas a moving exploration of community and memory via the rise and fall of the British coal industry.
Their most ambitious undertaking yet,Bright Magicbrought the listener to Europes heart and de facto capital, the cultural and political metropolis that is the Hauptstadt of the Federal Republic of Germany Berlin. Released in late 2021, and debuting at No 2 in the UK album chart, the bands fourth album was described by Electronic Sound as their most ambitious, leftfield and majestic work to date, their glorious creative peak, their magnum opus, DIY said it flourished at its most calm and erupted at its most fervent and Clash said it cemented PSB’s reputation as a vital act right at the top of their game. The album also featured multiple BBC Radio 6 Music A-Listed singles, including People, Lets Dance [ft. EERA] and Blue Heaven [ft. Andreya Casablanca].
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