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The Blackheart Orchestra

Fri 11 Aug 2017

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8pm

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The Blackheart Orchestra

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The Blackheart Orchestra 

Award-winning British songwriters, composers and multi-instrumentalists Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Pilkington are The Blackheart Orchestra.

One of the must-see bands of 2017, the pioneering folktronica duo blend musical styles seamlessly sidestepping boundaries to create music huge enough to fill a cathedral. Always producing something beyond all easily marketed genres, their multi-instrumental sonic landscapes have always been too unpredictable and adventurous for the mainstream.

Fusing acoustic fragility and pulsing electronica, The Blackheart Orchestra bring together stringed instrument dexterity with 80’s synthesisers and clear classical influences. Often mistaken for an 8-piece band on first listen, they are found on stage continuously changing from electric and acoustic guitars, bowed guitar, piano, organ, bass and electronic percussion to vintage synthesisers, omnichord and melodica in a complex choreographed weave of musical moods and textures. One moment their sound is minimal and molecular, the next a mountain-like wall of sound with vast symphonic climaxes.

Their four critically acclaimed albums and mesmerising live shows have won them obsessive worldwide fans, plaudits from musical giants and placements on TV commercials and films. Chrissy Mostyn’s haunting vocals, the Mike Oldfield-like multi-instrumental playing of Rick Pilkington plus their fearless combination of conventional and unconventional all reflect their self-created universe where art meets sound and words paint pictures that take you with them on their deep musical journey into the human psyche. 

‘A special and singular voice’
HIGHCLOUDS

‘They remind us why music lifts us up’
DALTON DELAN, AMERICAN BROADCASTING (USA)

‘From heartbreaking to uplifting in a single song’
WESTERN STAR (AUSTRALIA)

‘Absolute brilliance’
A JOURNAL OF MUSICAL THINGS (CANADA)

‘Beautiful, powerful and inspiring’
STEVE HACKETT, GENESIS

‘An ethereal musical landscape, an enchanting masterpiece’
PURPLE REVOLVER (UK)

 

Venue: Exeter Phoenix

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