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North Sea Radio Orchestra
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Member Since12/27/2006
Band Websitensro.co.uk
Band MembersCraig Fortnam (composer, arranger, conductor, guitar and voice) Sharron Fortnam (solo voice) Dug Parker (solo voice) Luke Albery (voice and guitar) James Larcombe (chamber organ, piano, monosynth) Ben Davies (piano, chamber organ) Hugh Wilkinson (percussion) Jez Wiles (percussion) Harry Escott (cello) Brian Wright (violin) Sara Longe (violin) Luke Crookes (bassoon) Nicola Baigent (clarinet) Geri Peach (oboe)
NORTH SEA CHORUS:
Bill Drake Suzi Kirby Melanie Woods Louise Harrison Gideon Miller Kavus Torabi

CONTACT: info@nsro.co.uk
PRESS: www.mutante.co.uk
InfluencesSwallows, swifts, the roman road and the Mighty Thames,the Monument and the Pool.

PRESS FOR NSRO's 2nd album 'BIRDS':

'...like a heavenly daydream'
Daily Telegraph,

It's a strange thing that a Fairport Convention influenced chamber orchestra could sound so contemporary, or even interesting, but there is a definite pop element to the songs presented in 'Birds'.
Clash Magazine 8.5 out of 10

'A truely lovel, soothing, joyous combination of folk and chamber music'
ALBUM OF THE FORTNIGHT - Leeds Guide

'Utterly bewitching'
Losing Today

'Beauteous and sinister, like the dance of the maidens before the Wicker Man goes up in flames....bewitching'
Q Magazine

'To call them a modern chamber ensemble gives you no idea of the strange beauty of their music as they take the transcendent power of Vaughan Williams, marry it to the intricate shapes of Nyman and Glass, throw in the cheery playfulness of Vernon Elliott's soundtrack music for Oliver Postgate's short films'.
Yorkshire Evening Post - 4/5

'"Birds" is a unique 40 minutes - captivating, beautiful, peaceful and thoughtful. It’s seemingly so far removed from most people’s experience of everyday life that it can’t but help transport you elsewhere - it floods your mind eye with a pollution-free rolling green world and entirely resets the rhythm of your day. How could that not be worth exposing yourself to?'
The Quietus
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Record Labeloof! records
Type of LabelIndie


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   About North Sea Radio Orchestra


North Sea Radio Orchestra is a unique chamber group who perform music of beauty and originality that has, at its heart, lyricism and melodic richness. Featuring wind, strings, percussion, guitars, organs and voices, theirs is a world in which melody and harmony abound.

Here's how it all began...

In the October of 2002, composer and guitarist Craig Fortnam found himself walking through the City of London with a sackful of tunes slung over his shoulder; tied to a stick (Dick Whittington style). Now, as all music comes from the air, the sack was all that stopped Craig's tunes from escaping and following the Thames out to sea. Needing a substance with the weight of history behind it, Craig bent down and began to scoop up handfuls of London clay, folding and kneeding it into the melodies and chords from his sack. As this was such hard work, he got his wife, Sharron, to help. As she folded and kneeded, she began to sing, so her beautiful voice found it's way into the expanding mixture.

When the music was almost ready, Craig called together twenty musicians and singers (North Sea Chorus) from all over the Metropolis and they all ducked into St. Martin's-within-Ludgate where the North Sea Radio Orchestra was born. As the clay music was still wet, and therefore somewhat fragile, the NSRO only performed in the City of London for the first while. So, their growing audience had to travel to the strange and magical streets of old Londinium to hear the beautiful sounds.

Finally, the music was ready and the NSRO ventured forth into the wider world where they have attracted many glowing reviews for their live and recorded performances. Their first release, 'The Flower' (oof!records 7" single) has been broadcast on BBC Radio 1, 2, 3 and 6music. They have been regular favorites on the Chiller Cabinet on Chill FM and have featured in many regional stations' playlists. The success of the single can be attrubuted to the truly unique sound of the NSRO - an alliance of various influences and elements: Benjamin Britten, Vernon Elliot, Incredible String Band, London Clay, Vaughan Williams, Water from the Thames and shingle from Bankside.

In October 2006, NSRO released their debut self-titled album (oof006) to sparkling reviews in print and online media from the world's music press. WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE NSRO MAILING LIST? Send a message to: info@nsro.co.uk

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Nov 3 2009 1:02 PM

Hi!

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Oct 8 2009 12:53 PM

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Sep 8 2009 8:23 AM


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Aug 8 2009 3:29 PM

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Thanks for your lovely music!
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Jul 26 2009 5:41 PM

hi from Fruits de Mer Records - and thanks for the add.
Hope you like our latest single - new versions of classic Caravan + Zombies tracks by The Flaming Gnomes ( playing now at www.myspace.com/fdmer2 ) - a lovely 7" slab of UK pop-psych although we say it ourselves! (and on swirly purple vinyl too!)

 

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THE UMANO ORCHESTRA

THE UMANO ORCHESTRA



Jul 20 2009 5:53 PM

Hello to the North Sea Radio Orchestra,

Thanks so much for the Add–and your friendship. We enjoyed your music very much. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. It's a pleasure having you among our friends!

We've just added two new blogs about Umano, plus four more new compositions, making ten on our space. We hope you and your friends visit us and enjoy our music, too.

We wake up every morning and play the music of the new MySpace friends who have arrived at our site during the night. It occurred to us that these friends (you are among them) are almost universally positive, whether they be novices or legends, and without regard to their station in life or the country they occupy.

Although it's not an original thought, it also occurred to us that we couldn’t hold a verbal conversation with most of these friends, but we have bridged that gap by expressing our art honestly with each other.

We all have been filling the world with our music and art, in the hope that our messages of love and human understanding will have an impact on the world at large.

What a gift and what an opportunity we have received from this technology!

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Jul 3 2009 8:48 AM

thanks 4 being my friend,hope you liked my music,peace/peter/TCA
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Jun 22 2009 4:19 PM

WOO HOO How are you?
hope you've had a chance to come listen to some of my tracks, even more so hope you have a kick ass day!
Come by sometime and drop me a line. 
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May 25 2009 9:21 PM

Hi there NSRO, just dropping by to tell you how much I love your Birds album. Its bloody marvellous in every way.
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La Frocks



May 22 2009 8:50 AM

thankyou so much for your friendship
and support. it means so much to us.
you truly are an inspiration, your music is
sooooo beautiful!
all love n light
La Frocks xx
zoltar

zoltar



May 17 2009 1:38 AM

Thanks for accepting friends request!
Greetings from Poland!!
zoltar
TRaiN

TRaiN



May 3 2009 11:36 AM

much love from TRaiN

thanks
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Apr 20 2009 10:43 AM

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Apr 18 2009 2:55 PM

Thanks for the add! Cool sound!

stay tuned.
lars
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Apr 11 2009 2:53 PM

The new Cardiacs Museum is up and running. Please visit www.cardiacs.org and enjoy !
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Get well soon, Tim !
Frédéric Paul Lallet

Frédéric Paul Lallet



Apr 1 2009 6:06 PM

My Dear Friend,

Cheers,
FPLallet
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