Some of the biggest and most influential names in modern literature, art, music and performance share their stories, thoughts and ideas.

Listen to the people shaping arts and culture today in podcasts which reflect our richly diverse events, exhibitions and festivals programme from the Southbank Centre and Hayward Gallery.

Klassik und Jazz erfreuen sich immer größerer Beliebtheit. UNIVERSAL MUSIC Stars wie etwa Anna Netrebko oder Till Brönner unterstreichen diesen Trend und sind beste Beispiele für den Erfolg des umfassenden Engagements auf diesem Gebiet. 

Neben der intensiven Arbeit sowohl mit jungen Talenten als auch mit etablierten Künstlern entwickelt UNIVERSAL MUSIC CLASSICS & JAZZ als Marktführer in den jeweiligen Genres kontinuierlich neue, innovative Marketing- und Promotion-Strategien, um alternative und zeitgemäße Zugänge zur facettenreichen und spannenden Welt von Klassik und Jazz anzubieten. Die Unit baut hierfür nicht nur junge Künstlerinnen und Künstler auf und begleitet sorgfältig und verantwortungsvoll ihre musikalische Entwicklung, sondern sorgt vor allem auch kontinuierlich für die Erschließung und Pflege neuer Zielgruppen. Mit grenzüberschreitenden Projekten wie der „Yellow Lounge“, die Klassik an ungewöhnlichen Orten präsentiert, oder auch dem „Verve Club“, der die ganze Vielfalt des Jazz präsentiert, leistet UNIVERSAL MUSIC CLASSICS & JAZZ hier und auf manch anderem Gebiet seit langem wertvolle Pionierarbeit. Diese und weitere Aktivitäten bringen die unendliche Vielfalt der Genres einem stetig wachsenden Publikum näher, das musikalische Entdeckungen als Bereicherung seines Lebens zu schätzen weiß.

I am a former Death Metal musician turned Ambient Producer and film score composer. Hailing from Glasgow , I hope to channel the spirit of Dark sound into my work. I'm also available to compose scores for film or TV. I also Run Xenomorph records, a netlabel for dark music of all genres. My 6th Album Available NOW!!!

https://hearthis.at/qtvfrnyc/

I Love a wide variety of sounds ranging from pure piano work to death metal, but have a real passion for dark ambient, dub-techno, techno, trance, experimental ambient/electronica.

Most of what I listen to is instrumental. I always like to listen to new sounds. My mixes comprise my favourite tracks and are all available to download.

If you enjoy them follow the links and listen to the albums the works are taken from - the majority are available for free and the artists have much more to offer. I hope you enjoy these top tunes :)

I also have a Mixcloud account. I use Soundcloud for mixes that can be downloaded. When I have used more commercial copyrighted music those mixes go on Mixcloud. They are quite different from what is posted here. http://www.mixcloud.com/markblood10/

Cellist, composer, procrastinator.
I work with my other half, @dan-cullen writing music for sync libraries, film, TV and for the consumption of those who love a bit of cello in the mix.

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Flowers for Bodysnatchers - Fall The Night (EP).

Available from BandCamp. Released 
November 14, 2016.

https://flowersforbodysnatchers.bandcamp.com/album/fall-the-night

Fall The Night is an EP Inspired by Nathan Hassall's illustrated poetry chapbook, The Flesh and Mortar Prophecy. Nathan Hassall leads the way where few are willing to go, deep into the mind's Dark Sanctuary. All-knowing doctors, schizophrenic demons and apocalyptic visions are all part of the process within the confines of flesh. Once entered, there is no way to unlearn the awakened chimeras of the self.

Nathan Hassall http://www.nathanhassall.co.uk

You can purchase The Flesh and Mortar Prophecy from Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1326730193

Written, Produced, Mastered by Duncan Ritchie.

Artwork by Duncan Ritchie.

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Flowers for Bodysnatchers - Love Like Blood.

Available from Cryo Chamber. Released 
August 30, 2016.

https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/love-like-blood

Love Like Blood serves as a companion piece to Flowers for Bodysnatchers seminal Dark Ambient album Aokigahara. In this album we explore the haunted tale of despair of love lost, found and lost again. Our protagonists journey from the previous album is a shadowy narrative walking hand in hand with the fatal attraction that is Aokigahara. 

The album revisits the lonely intricate piano movements, soundscapes and field recordings compiled while exploring the underworld that is Tokyo. Exploring a metropolis and an individual constantly in a state of decay and rebirth. As is Love Like Blood.

Written, Produced, Mastered by Duncan Ritchie.

Artwork by Simon Heath & Duncan Ritchie.

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Flowers for Bodysnatchers - Aokigahara.

Available from Cryo Chamber. Released 
November 3, 2015.

https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/aokigahara

Aokigahara (青木ヶ原), known as the Suicide Forest is a 35-square-kilometre forest that lies at the northwest base of Mount Fuji in Japan. Aokigahara forest is dense, shutting out all but the natural sounds of the forest itself. The forest has an historic association with demons in Japanese mythology, and it is a notoriously common suicide site.

Flowers for Bodysnatchers explores the long journey to Aokigahara through soundscapes ripe with lonely pianos on textural backdrops. Countless hours have been spent field recording on the voyage between Tokyo to Aokigahara which creates the perfect atmospheric companion to the intricate instrumental approach. This is a beautiful dark ambient soundtrack culminating in the final choice between life and death.

Written, Produced, Mastered by Duncan Ritchie.

Artwork by Simon Heath.

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Flowers for Bodysnatchers - S O L A R I S.

Available from BandCamp. Released 
April 30, 2014.

https://flowersforbodysnatchers.bandcamp.com/album/s-o-l-a-r-i-s

Solaris is an album based on the 1961 Polish philosophical science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem. The book centers upon the themes of the nature of human memory, experience and the ultimate inadequacy of communication between human and non-human species. 

Solaris is one of Lem’s philosophic explorations of man’s anthropomorphic limitations. First published in Warsaw in 1961. 

Written, Produced, Mastered by Duncan Ritchie.

Artwork by Duncan Ritchie.

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Flowers for Bodysnatchers - Automne.

Available from BandCamp. Released 
March 1, 2013.

http://flowersforbodysnatchers.bandcamp.com/album/automne

Automne explores the emotional impact of the fall of humanity and the effect it has on an individual. Personal, social and environment decay are ripe themes in this album. We trace the path of our protagonist through the fall and explore the delirium associated with no longer being able to tell one season from another. Where every day feels like the approaching winter. 

Written, Produced, Mastered by Duncan Ritchie.

Artwork by Thymournia & Duncan Ritchie.

http://thymournia.com

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