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Yahoo
06-03-2025
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Massive Attack Premiere Unreleased Song in New Art Installation Piccadilly Un:Plugged
The post Massive Attack Premiere Unreleased Song in New Art Installation Piccadilly Un:Plugged appeared first on Consequence. Massive Attack have teamed up with artist and designer Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian for her new immersive art installation in London's West End, Piccadilly Un:Plugged, and shared a new unreleased cover of 'Everything is going according to plan' by the Russian punk band Grob. The exhibit is inspired by the vibrant culture of the London district while also reflecting on astronomy, space environmentalism and our connection with outer space. It includes massive neon cats inspired by physics experiments, extraterrestrial rocks, high-quality telescopes, and a 'a lunar-bounced soundscape' — meaning these tracks are being sent directly to the moon via 'EME (Earth to Moon to Earth)' technology. Massive Attack are just one act who have contributed to the installation sending songs to the moon, joining Pussy Riot, The Avalanches, Moses Boyd, Ayse Hassan (Savages), Mirrored Fatality, and EOBIONT (Láwû Makuriye'nt). Massive Attack's entry, the cover of 'Everything is going according to plan,' is an appropriately vast and dramatic soundscape, complete with militant snare drums rolls and brooding synths. ''Everything is going according to plan' was written by Yegor Letov in the 1980's and was a withering critique of the Russian state,' Massive Attack shared in a statement. 'It was performed live in Russian language by Massive Attack in 2013 as part of a collaborative show with filmmaker Adam Curtis.' The unreleased track is now available to hear in the event's promotional video on Instagram. Watch it below. Professor Simon Garrington of the University of Manchester also broke down the use of 'Earth-Moon-Earth' technology in the exhibit: 'Using the Earth-Moon-Earth technology to transmit sounds to the moon and back is a fascinating fusion of science and art. To receive speech and music this way is a technical challenge and requires powerful radio telescopes, such as The University of Manchester's giant Lovell Telescope. What we hear combines our human creativity with signals from the moon and the cosmos beyond in a truly unique way. The lunar landscape actually imprints itself in the sounds and signals we receive. Astronomers can exploit this to image the surface of planets and asteroids in a similar way to how bats perceive their environment.' Piccadilly Un:Plugged is free to the public and goes down in Piccadilly Square on March 6th to 8th as a part of Art of London's Art After Dark initiative. As for Massive Attack, the duo reformed last year for their their first show in five years. They were slated to come across the pond for their first US performances in half a decade, but they canceled the tour due to 'unforeseen circumstances.' Goldenvoice even tried to book Massive Attack for Coachella 2025, but in an interview, the duo claimed they turned it down over concerns about the festival's environmental impact. Massive Attack Premiere Unreleased Song in New Art Installation Piccadilly Un:Plugged Paolo Ragusa Popular Posts Jon Stewart Calls Out Elon Musk for Flaking on The Daily Show Interview Faster Pussycat Singer's Fiancée Dies After Falling Overboard on '80s Cruise That Band Was Playing Mike Myers Debuts Elon Musk Impersonation in SNL Cold Open: Watch Queens of the Stone Age Announce US Tour Dates with The Kills Neil Young to Play Free Concert in Ukraine Skype, Once-Beloved Video Calling and Messaging App, Dead at 22 Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
BBC News
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
West End: Free public art gallery 'Art after Dark'
London's West End is having an intergalactic illuminated sculptures have been dotted around Leicester Square by artist and designer Dr Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian, founder of NASA's International Space Art After Dark, the three-night exhibition is part of a wider event called Piccadilly:Unplugged which has been set up to mark International Women's Day. The project aims to showcase the capital as a cultural hub with some galleries, including the National Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts, will be staying open late on Friday. Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian, eco-feminist artist and designer of experiences, said: "Piccadilly Un:Plugged invites you to break free from the everyday and step into the extraordinary and alien aesthetics - to gaze into the cosmos, and to understand that we are only a small part of a much larger ecosystem and solar system itself. "Powered by an electric team of incredible scientists and female, trans, and non-binary artists, this experience reimagines the future of nightlife - on Earth and beyond." "I'm beyond excited that everyone can now be part of it, engage their radical imagination and question what other futures could be like," she exhibition, which runs from 6-8 March, was delivered by Heart of London Business Alliance and Westminster City Council.
