Max Richter has written a new landmark recording: SLEEP is 8 hours long – the equivalent of a night’s rest – and is actually and genuinely intended to send the listener to sleep. "It’s an eight-hour lullaby," says Max. The ground-breaking new work is scored for piano, strings, electronics and vocals – but no words. "It’s my personal lullaby for a frenetic world," he says. "A manifesto for a slower pace of existence."
Documentary telling the story of Queen as it follows their journey from a band gigging at pubs and colleges to the moment they captured the UK's hearts with Bohemian Rhapsody.
4 years after the release of their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, Furor Gallico have finally announced the new chapter in their fast rising career, ‘The Songs From The Earth’, out February 17th, 2015 on Scarlet Records. The new album sees the band exploring many different musical landscapes, being rooted in the evocative folk metal they are known for but going way beyond it. After having toured the world with renowned acts such as Stratovarius, Haggard, Folk Stone, Elvenking, Exploited, Crucified Barbara, Eluveitie, Arkona and many others, Furor Gallico are now ready to unleash their full potential as a band, delivering 9 brand new songs infused with passion and sweat, recorded at Metropolis Studio (Depeche Mode, PFM) in Milan, Italy and mixed/mastered by Alex Azzali at Alpha Omega Studio (Behemoth, Carcass). The cover artwork has been made by Kris Verwimp (Absu, Arch Enemy, Marduk).
A real-life love story set against the backdrop of one of history's darkest chapters. Welshman Ron Jones takes an emotional journey back to Auschwitz, where he was held as a British prisoner of war. Now almost 100 years old, Ron shares his wartime experiences with presenter Joe Crowley. He talks about his friendship with a Jewish man called Joseph and his horror when he discovered that he'd been killed in the notorious gas chambers. And he remembers the regular home nations' football matches that took place alongside the Auschwitz prison camp. Even though the war had ripped them apart, it was the love of his childhood sweetheart Gwladys that kept Ron going. He wrote regular letters home to tell her how he longed to be back in her arms. Gwladys kept the letters in an old chocolate box. Reading them now, they tell a remarkable story of the couple's enduring love for each other as Europe descended into chaos.