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  • Money

    Featured artist: Money

    Esoteric Manchester band Money wear their hearts on their sleeve with first album The Shadow of Heaven. It’s an ambitious debut that’s halfway between the euphoria of Wu Lyf and the epic magic of Grizzly Bear or Beach House. Proclaiming that ‘Manchester is paradise’, they use the city as their muse, making music to reflect its ‘transvestites, drunken lovers, drug takers and holy fools’. After two singles for smaller indies, Bella Union has just added the band to its impressive roster.

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  • Huw Costin

    30 Seconds interview: Huw Costin

    ‘Yes, I believe that we are doomed’ isn’t the most optimistic of opening lines but captures the heart and grim humour of Huw Costin and his music. His new album Something/Nothing is a collection of songs which offers the perfect introduction to him and his beautiful musical balancing of light and dark. If you like the work of Big Star and previous collaborators Brian Eno and Mark Lanegan, then Huw’s music is for you…

AUDIO

  • Orlando Gough

    Sound Effect: Orlando Gough

    Composer Orlando Gough has built his career around a taste for the unconventional. The former maths teacher has crafted music for battleships, choirs, TV operas, theatre productions, ballet and, most recently, for a lighthouse foghorn. Here, he talks us through the diverse music that soundtracks his life – expect gems from Animal Collective, The Small Faces, Monteverdi, Fairport Convention, Henry Purcell, Joe Zawinul and more….

SESSIONS

  • Tropics

    In session: Tropics

    Somewhere between the rich, percussive instrumentation of Daphni and the layered synth hooks of M83 resides Tropics, aka Southampton artist Chris Ward. His music delivers a tropical warmth garnered from vintage synths, Rhodes piano, guitars, real drums – whatever the 25-year-old multi-instrumentalist can lay his hands on. Watch him perform Home and Consonance on a south London pub organ…

INTERVIEWS

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    Interview: Matthew Halsall

    Mancunian musician Matt Halsall is an accomplish trumpet player who draws on a combined love of Ninja Tunes and John Coltrane to inform his music. M quizzed him on songwriting, recording and the health of the UK’s jazz scene…

  • The Blow Monkeys

    Interview: Dr Robert, The Blow Monkeys

    Songwriter Robert Howard, aka Dr Robert, formed The Blow Monkeys in 1981and has since cultivated a success career spanning 30 years. As a soloist he’s contributed to Paul Weller’s solo debut album and co-written material Dee C Lee, Kym Mazelle and Beth Orton. Here he tells us why songwriting is like casting spells.

  • Ben Watt

    Interview: Ben Watt

    Ben Watt is best known as one half of Everything But The Girl, DJ and head of electronica label Buzzin’ Fly. As he scales back the label, M quizzed him on his musical past, present and what his future might hold…

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    Interview: Kit Downes

    Mercury Music Prize nominated Kit Downes talks about the piano, the cosmos, working with Matthew Herbert and what it means to be a jazz artist in 2013…

MAKE IT HAPPEN

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    Plugged in: make the most of social media

    A year ago Psy was barely known outside South Korea, but 1.6 billion YouTube views of Gangnam Style later and he’s synonymous with that very modern phenomenon – the viral hit driven by social media. Here, Eamonn Forde talks to those in the know about how to build a successful social media presence.

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    Think sync: writing for the small screen

    Adverts for hundreds of products grace our TV screens each day, and a lot of them boast music that’s been written to order. While the sync market may be lucrative for composers, it’s also renowned for being highly competitive. Learn how to make your mark with this top industry advice.

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    Apply for discounted UK Music Jobs membership

    Are you a PRS for Music member looking for a change of career? Apply now for a discounted UK Music Jobs subscription.

  • FX

    Apply now for FX discount on equipment hire

    Calling all PRS for Music members – you can now enjoy 50 percent off the cost of hiring audio equipment from FX.

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