Award-winning duo record an album for B&W
Justin Adams (Robert Plant, Jah Wobble) has been described by the Guardian as “one of the most intriguing, enthusiastic musicians in Britain” and together with Gambian griot and master of… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 10 Mar 2009
Categories: New music
Tags: Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara, World music
Dub Colossus No.1 in World Music Charts
B&W Music Club artists Dub Colossus are currently no.1 in the World Music Chart Europe with A Town Called Addis which was our August album. Recorded originally in a shed… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 25 Feb 2009
Categories: New music
Tags: Dub Colossus, Songlines., World Music Charts
Exclusive new Portico Quartet album for Music Club Members
Nominated for the Mercury Music Prize Best Album of 2008, Portico Quartet have gone from cult secret to broadsheet double-spreads in very little time. Their distinctive sound comes in part… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 21 Jan 2009
Categories: New music
Tags: B&W, Portico Quartet
New exclusive music – plus 24-bit FLAC option
This month, on top of the regular Society of Sound album – Dabe Touré and Skip McDonald’s In Session – we have exclusive lossless versions of 4 tracks from musical… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 14 Jan 2009
Categories: New music
Tags: 24-bit FLAC, Daby Toure and Skip MacDonald, Dave Stewart, Eurythmics, high quality sound, high-quality downloads, lossless speakers, Real World
Preparing for Skellig – Tod Machover (MIT Professor and Society of Sound Fellow)
I’m in Newcastle-on-Tyne right now, in the final stage of rehearsals for my Skellig opera which premieres here at the Sage Gateshead next Monday and runs from November 24-29. Newcastle… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 19 Nov 2008
Categories: New music
Tags: MIT, new opera, Sage Gateshead, Skellig, Tod Machover
Young Musician of the Year Finalist exclusive recording
We were looking for a classical artist to be represented in our B&W Music Club and a senior engineer at Abbey Road suggested young pianist Benjamin Grosvenor. Having won the… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008
Categories: New music
Tags: Benjamin Grosvenor, Society of Sound albums, Yehudi Menuhin School, Young Musician of the Year
Tod Machover – The Future of Music
Tod Machover: cutting edge composer, a Professor of Music and Media at MIT’s renowned Media Lab and a Fellow of B&W’s Society of Sound. Tod is in the UK in… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 4 Nov 2008
Categories: New music
Tags: MIT, Sage Gateshead, Skellig, Society of Sound albums, Tod Machover
Society of Sound music Presents the New Album From Brett Anderson – Wilderness
Limited edition lossless sound quality released exclusively through Society of Sound Music today! We have partnered with Brett Anderson to release his new album in digital lossless format, three weeks… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 8 Jul 2008
Categories: New music
Tags: Brett Anderson, exclusive high-quality album downloads, high-quality music downloads, lossless music, Society of Sound albums
Music Club June Build Up
After an excellent response to the inaugural B&W Music Club album we’re really excited to see what the reaction will be to June’s album. We’ve chosen an exceptional debut album… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 16 Jun 2008
Categories: New music
Tags: Grindhouse, high-qualty, lossless music, Society of Sound music
Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to The Great Curve
Rafe says: Can we not get these in Vancouver, B.C.?... 1 day 11 hours ago View commentClassic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to New Order’s Age of Consent
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