Marconi Union are an English ambient music band formed in Manchester in 2003 by Richard Talbot and Jamie Crossley.
They have a reputation for being somewhat elusive as they frequently refuse interview requests and show little interest in promoting themselves despite having attracted considerable critical acclaim.
[3] The follow-up, A Lost Connection, was originally slated for release on All Saints, but the band became victims of label politics following its takeover by Warner Bros.
Frustrated by the delays and with two full-length albums recorded and awaiting release, Talbot and Crossley launched their own digital label, MU Transmissions, which started to sell their music through their website.
This time, the focus was on tightly structured arrangements, assimilating ideas from jazz and soundtrack composers like Bernard Herrmann with the intention of producing a more soulful sound.
Over a period of two years, predating the arrival of Meadows, Talbot and Crossley also collaborated with Jah Wobble; the results being released as the album Anomic in June 2013.
[7] On 16 October 2011, Marconi Union released "Weightless", an 8-minute track in collaboration with Lyz Cooper, of the British Academy of Sound Therapy, and Radox Spa.
[12] In November 2011, Marconi Union were featured in Time magazine's list of Inventors of the Year for recording "Weightless", describing it as "the world's most relaxing song".
Later that same year, they provided the soundtrack to "A Distant Light", a large-scale installation shown in Oxford Street, London in association with the Selfridges department store.