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PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – ” Gagarin “

Posted: January 30, 2015 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Public Service Broadcasting - Gagarin

I heard the new track from PSB “Gagarin” this morning while listening to the All Songs Considered podcast. The duo Public Service Broadcasting attempts to “teach the lessons of the past through the music of the future” by mixing sounds from old propaganda films with electronic sounds. It works surprisingly well having seen the band last summer six times especially to the packed marquee at End of the Road festival. Below is the new video for “Gagarin” off the band’s forthcoming album. If you’ve ever wanted to watch two astronauts (or cosmonauts?) dancing while you listen to some real funky horns mixed with old sound clips about Yuri Gagarin, you have weirdly specific wishes, but also you can satisfy those desires with the video below:

The band’s full-length album “The Race For Space” is due out February 24th 2015 . I love the artwork for the album too.they have two shows scheduled for the Space Museum at Leicester, Also they will be at the Rough Trade store in Nottingham soon

If you want to hear more from Public Service Broadcasting , they have the 2013 album titled “Inform – Educate – Entertain” along with a great video  featuring some of the classic tracks from this talented and entertaining band.

PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICES – ” Gagarin “

Posted: November 20, 2014 in MUSIC
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Public Service Broadcasting is a London-based pseudonymous musical duo consisting of J. Willgoose, Esq. on guitar, banjo, other stringed instruments, samplings and electronic instruments; and Wrigglesworth on drums, piano and electronic instruments . They take samples from old public information films, archive footage and propaganda material,

In a new video for their song, “Gagarin,” J. Willgoose, Esq. and Wrigglesworth, the two unassuming guys behind the band Public Service Broadcasting, don matching spacesuits and bust out a synchronized dance routine that’ll make your heart leap out of your chest with pure joy.

It’s kind of hard to believe they have these kind of mad skills. And maybe they don’t. Once Willgoose and Wrigglesworth plop on their space helmets it’s impossible to make out their faces. But it’s a lot more fun to suspend your disbelief and assume these otherwise geeky guys are getting down to an insanely catchy groove.

“Gagarin” is an ode to the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, the first man to journey into outer space and orbit the earth, in 1961. In a joint statement, Willgoose and Wrigglesworth tell us, “We wanted to do something that reflected the sheer, triumphant exuberance of the time, and the fame, mystique and myth that instantly grew around the first man in space. But we were also keen to surprise people with the music by writing what’s turned out to be a kind of brassy, funk-tinged, Doobie-Brothers-meets-Michael-Jackson odyssey in homage to Gagarin’s achievement and trying to create a similarly joyful video.”

“Gagarin” is from Public Service Broadcasting’s upcoming new album, The Race For Space, due out Feb. 24 on Test Card Recordings. the band have also sold out two shows at the Leicester Space Museum with a showcase for the new album.