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Public Service Broadcasting 'Sputnik / Korolev'
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Test Card Recordings
Public Service Broadcasting 'Sputnik / Korolev'
£3.99
Public Service Broadcasting are pleased to reveal plans for a new EP this November which includes a brand new track - Korolev - whilst lead single, Sputnik - the most dancefloor friendly track on The Race For Space - has been remixed by some leading lights in the dance and electronic world.
While Sputnik'gathers tension as it carefully builds to its euphoric finish of wonder, new cut Korolev'carries a familiar progressive energy with a powerful riff at its core, and quick flashes of a grand brass section.
The EP will be released on 12' vinyl, CD & digital along with 4 stellar remixes from Blond:ish, Petar Dundov, Eagles & Butterflies & Plugger.
Korolev, or 'The Chief Designer' as he was referred to at the time, was the talismanic figure spearheading the Russian Space program and the lead designer of Sputnik. His untimely death in 1966 had a huge impact on the outcome of the Soviet battle with the United States to be the first nation to land a man on the Moon.
Sputnik embarks on a new path with Peter Dundov's relentless beat and tightly executed electronic twists whilst echoed words add a dark touch to Eagles & Butterflies' house-inspired electro flourishes. Canadians Blond:ish take us on a 12-minute voyage through an unpredictable range of textures, adding a spark to the soft, dazzling beat and creating a sense of nostalgia in the process. Plugger complete the EP, ramping up the intensity of Sputnik'as it journeys into an exhilarating groove.Tracklisting:
CD:
1 Sputnik [Radio Edit]
2 Korolev
3 Sputnik [Petar Dundov Remix]
4 Sputnik [Eagles & Butterflies Remix]
5 Sputnik [Blond:Ish Remix]
6 Sputnik [Plugger Remix]
12":
1 Sputnik [Radio Edit]
2 Korolev
3 Sputnik [Petar Dundov Remix]
4 Sputnik [Eagles & Butterflies Remix]
5 Sputnik [Blond:Ish Remix]
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Public Service Broadcasting announce This New Noise, the newly remixed and remastered live recording of their acclaimed 2022 BBC Proms show at London’s Royal Albert Hall, released on 8 September 2023 via Test Card Recordings. A celebration of the power of radio written in recognition of the centenary of the BBC, This New Noise saw the band joining forces with the 88 piece BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jules Buckley.Visit product page →
A standout performance from 2022’s 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 Noise is 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 album The Race for Space with The Multi-Story Orchestra to mark the 50th anniversary of the first manned mission to the Moon. In conjunction with the announcement, the band shares "Broadcasting House". Public Service Broadcasting have been “teaching the lessons of the past through the music of the future” for more than a decade now.
2013’s debut album Inform - Educate - Entertain used 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 Space used 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 Valley was a moving exploration of community and memory via the rise and fall of the British coal industry. Their most ambitious undertaking yet, Bright Magic brought the listener to Europe’s 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 band’s 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, Let’s Dance” [ft. EERA] and “Blue Heaven” [ft. Andreya Casablanca].
Tracklisting:
1. Ripples in the Ether (Towards the Infinite)
2. This New Noise
3. An Unusual Man
4. A Cello Sings in Daventry [ft. Seth Lakeman]
5. Broadcasting House
6. The Microphone (The Fleet is Lit Up)
7. A Candle Which Will Not Be Put Out
8. What of the Future? (In Touch with the Infinite) -
Sold outPublic Service Broadcasting are pleased to reveal the release of a double LP/CD live album of their sold-out performance at Brixton Academy from The Race For Space'Tour, recorded on 29 November 2015. A taster of this release can be viewed here as the band perform their celebration of the moon landings with crowd favourite, Go!'Visit product page →
'We first talked about the possibility of a live album and DVD a long while before Brixton and I have to confess that I ruled it out almost immediately' says frontman J. Willgoose, Esq. 'I was persuaded over a few months, though, by both the reaction on the night - which was overwhelming - and of those who watched the stream as it went out live, that something special had occurred and it truly was worth documenting. Brixton had been a dream of mine ever since seeing the Manics there on their Everything Must Go tour many moons ago. Playing there as Public Service Broadcasting, and selling it out, was something I never even thought of as a possibility. It's my favourite venue in the world and we wanted to make it a show to remember.'
The show features arena-level production crammed onto the Brixton stage with a 13- piece choir, 5-piece string section, expanded brass section, a longer set list, Smoke Fairies guesting on Valentina, a surprise special guest, dancers, pyrotechnics and more as the London-based band wow a hometown crowd with a very special performance. The release will be accompanied by a DVD filmed on the night along with an audio commentary from the band and bonus features.
Tracklisting:
1. The Race For Space
2. Sputnik
3. Signal 30
4. Theme From PSB
5. Night Mail
6. London Can Take It
7. Valentina
8. Korolev
9. E.V.A.
10. If War Should Come
11. Spitfire
12. Lit Up
13. The Other Side
14. Go!'
15. Tomorrow
16. Gagarin
17. Everest -
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Public Service Broadcasting are releasing live favourite The Other Side'on picture disk vinyl - limited to 2000 copies.
J. Willgoose, Esq., the mastermind behind PSB's hit record The Race For Space, describes the track as the "most emotional moment" on the album as it delivers emotive charges of drama, heroism and wonder.
The Race For Space reached #11 in the UK album charts in its first week - with 5 weeks in the top 40 and 14 weeks in the top 100 - selling over 70k records worldwide since its release, making it one of the top 20 best selling independent releases of 2015.
The B-side of the record is a reworking by electronic wizard, Datassette, who stretches out the sound into a six-minute journey, complete with euphoric crescendo.
"This is the pinnacle of what PSB are trying to achieve, by breathing new life into dusty old relics, and it makes for truly magical, exhilarating listening" The 405
'Vividly conveys the triumph, the glamour and the tragedy of the space race' Album Of The Week Time Out
'Rich and evocative, 'The Race For Space' is the sound of two young men gazing heavenwards and dreaming' Uncut
"Vibrates with poignancy and grandeur" Q
'Out of this world' The Observer ****
'Brilliantly executed' The Guardian
'A magnificent record' GQ
'A perfectly realised work of art' The Sun ****
'A rocket-fuelled silver screen roller coaster - ¦ PSB are pushing the boundaries of what rock music can be' DIY -
Sold outVisit product page →Standard LP packaging, LP comes with DL. On the 17th of June, Public Service Broadcasting will release The Race For Space / Remixes, twelve tracks that tell the story of the USA and USSR's battle for supremacy in space, this time remixed by and through the lens of PSB's talented musical contemporaries.
The album includes brand new mixes from Field Music, Boxed In, Vessels, Dutch Uncles, Robert Babicz, Maps and Copy Paste Soul plus Psychemagik, Blond:Ish, Petar Dundov and Kauf.
The Race For Space reached #11 in the UK album charts in its first week - with 5 weeks in the top 40 and 14 weeks in the top 100 - selling over 75k records worldwide since its release, recently achieving Silver status in the UK with 60k chart registered sales and registering it as one of the top 20 best selling independent releases of 2015.
J. Willgoose Esq. points out, "Even back when I was still writing this album, I was imagining the kind of remixes we could get and the artists who we'd ask. I couldn't be happier with how it's turned out; I think this is a really interesting and fresh (and in some cases mildly bonkers, a good thing in my book) reinterpretation of our songs and I'm looking forward to sharing it with our fans."
"This is the pinnacle of what PSB are trying to achieve, by breathing new life into dusty old relics, and it makes for truly magical, exhilarating listening" The 405
'Vividly conveys the triumph, the glamour and the tragedy of the space race' Album Of The Week Time Out
'Rich and evocative, 'The Race For Space' is the sound of two young men gazing heavenwards and dreaming' Uncut
"Vibrates with poignancy and grandeur" Q
'Out of this world' The Observer ****'A magnificent record' GQ
'A rocket-fuelled silver screen roller coaster - ¦ PSB are pushing the boundaries of what rock music can be' DIY
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