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The Blackheart Orchestra are multi-award winning, multi-instrumentalists Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Plkington. They comprise a two person ?orchestra? playing up to 13 instruments in their unique live show. From their onstage ?musical space station? they create highly emotional music featuring a multitude of sounds from vintage synthesisers, acoustic and electric guitars, bass and bowed guitar to piano, organ, omnichord, melodica and electric percussion.
They have been described as a modern day Pink Floyd combining their folk and rock roots with electronica and modern classical influences with Genesis founder Steve Hackett calling their music ?Powerful and inspiring? and Motorhead?s Phil Campbell declaring it ?F****** beautiful?. Their last two albums have both achieved Top 20 positions with latest album Hotel Utopia charting at #13 in the Official UK Rock Chart and winning Best British Album and Best Song in the USA Progressive Rock Awards where singer Chrissy Mostyn was awarded Best Female Vocalist. The album currently sits on six Best Albums of 2022 lists in the UK.
?Epic? (Uncut).
?Ethereal? (Daily Express).
?A life-enhancing listening experience? (Louder Than War).
?Reaches areas of your head and heart you never knew existed? (Metal Planet).
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March 17th 2024
Loved the show the support act was fantastic can,t wait to see them again
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The Blackheart Orchestra Biography
The Blackheart Orchestra are a British singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist duo comprising long term collaborators Chrissy Mostyn and Richard Pilkington.
The band blend musical styles in a non-conformist way seamlessly sidestepping boundaries to create their unique classically driven, emotion-drenched music.
One moment their sound is minimalist and fragile weaving melodies and atmospherics with silence to create ethereal musical landscapes that leave audiences and critics describing their work as haunting, enchanting and captivating. Other times the pair create a mountain-like wall of sound using ancient synthesisers, electronic drums, acoustic, electric and bowed guitars and bass to create vast energetic symphonic climaxes. The band have drawn comparisons to Kate Bush, Ellie Goulding, London Grammar, Pink Floyd, Steve Reich and Ludovico Einaudi.
The pair have toured extensively in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and are touring with 60s legend Melanie Safka and Canadian songstress Jane Siberry before embarking on a headline tour of Europe in November.
“A great band”
Aled Jones BBC Radio 2
“Beautiful and powerful. their music is inspiring.”
Steve Hackett, Genesis
"Their music gives me the chills! So beautiful."
Melanie Safka
"Utterly magical"
John Gilmore, BBC
“Absolutely beautiful”
Good Morning TV (New Zealand)
“They take their audience from heartbreaking to uplifting in a single song”
Western Star (Australia)
“The Blackheart Orchestra remind us why music lifts us up”
Dalton Delan, American Public Television (USA)
"The pair sound like an 8 piece band, incredible"
Sally Naden, BBC Radio
"Supremely gifted" Nottingham Post
"Stunningly beautiful, this duo are on the fringe of true greatness"Kensington and Chelsea Today, London
www.theblackheartorchestra.com
Read MoreThe band blend musical styles in a non-conformist way seamlessly sidestepping boundaries to create their unique classically driven, emotion-drenched music.
One moment their sound is minimalist and fragile weaving melodies and atmospherics with silence to create ethereal musical landscapes that leave audiences and critics describing their work as haunting, enchanting and captivating. Other times the pair create a mountain-like wall of sound using ancient synthesisers, electronic drums, acoustic, electric and bowed guitars and bass to create vast energetic symphonic climaxes. The band have drawn comparisons to Kate Bush, Ellie Goulding, London Grammar, Pink Floyd, Steve Reich and Ludovico Einaudi.
The pair have toured extensively in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and are touring with 60s legend Melanie Safka and Canadian songstress Jane Siberry before embarking on a headline tour of Europe in November.
“A great band”
Aled Jones BBC Radio 2
“Beautiful and powerful. their music is inspiring.”
Steve Hackett, Genesis
"Their music gives me the chills! So beautiful."
Melanie Safka
"Utterly magical"
John Gilmore, BBC
“Absolutely beautiful”
Good Morning TV (New Zealand)
“They take their audience from heartbreaking to uplifting in a single song”
Western Star (Australia)
“The Blackheart Orchestra remind us why music lifts us up”
Dalton Delan, American Public Television (USA)
"The pair sound like an 8 piece band, incredible"
Sally Naden, BBC Radio
"Supremely gifted" Nottingham Post
"Stunningly beautiful, this duo are on the fringe of true greatness"Kensington and Chelsea Today, London
www.theblackheartorchestra.com
Contemporary Folk
Dream Pop
Indie . Alternative . Electrónica
Minimalism
Progressive Rock
Ethereal Downtempo Folk-rock
Post-rock
Progressive Alternative
Psychedelic Rock
Alternative
New Wave
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