The Blackheart Orchestra
"Epic" Uncut
"Ethereal" Sunday Express
"A life-enhancing listening experience" Louder Than War
"Reaches areas of your head and heart you never knew existed" Metal Planet Music
The Blackheart Orchestra is officially the smallest orchestra in the world. Two people playing 13 instruments. They perform in the centre of a circle of instruments that has been described as their 'musical space station'. Their music combines ethereal vocals with multi-layered combinations of acoustic instruments such as guitar and mandola, rock instruments including electric guitar, bass and percussion, plus piano, organ, electronica, orchestral and symphonic sounds, omnichords and their collection of vintage synthesisers. The music is emotional with Metal Planet saying "Their music reaches areas of your head and heart that you never knew existed."
They draw on their backgrounds in rock, folk, electronica and classical music to create a truly unique sound frequently compared to early Pink Floyd, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Portishead and Kate Bush. Simultaneously symphonic and psychedelic, classical but totally contemporary.
After 1000 gigs from Southampton to Sydney and 4 acclaimed albums, they've performed everywhere from intimate venues to London's Palladium and Royal Albert Hall sharing stages with everyone from Hawkwind to Eric Clapton.
Awards include a nomination for the Progressive Rock Limelight Award, they won Best British Duo, were voted #4 UK Best New Band and their lockdown online concert series The Big Armchair Concerts was voted #10 Most Important Rock Event of 2020. Two years later their multi award-winning album Hotel Utopia went straight into the UK Rock Chart at #13, being called "Epic" by Uncut magazine,"Mercurial by Guitarist Magazine, "One of the best albums of the year" by USA's Prog Rock Central and went on to win Best British Album, Best Song and Best Female Vocalist in the USA Progressive Rock Awards.
They have been described as "A mesmerising powerhouse" and "An avant-garde musical utopia". Louder Than War declared their music "A life-enhancing listening event" Steve Hackett of Genesis described it as "Powerful and inspiring" and fan Phil Campbell of Motörhead described it simply as "******* beautiful".
USA PROGRESSIVE ROCK AWARDS Best British Album Hotel Utopia
USA PROGRESSIVE ROCK AWARDS Best Song The Flood
USA PROGRESSIVE ROCK AWARDS Best Female Vocalist
USA PROGRESSIVE ROCK AWARDS No.2 Best International Album
PROG MAGAZINE READERS' POLL UK No.5 Best Female Vocalist
USA MUSIC IN WIDESCREEN AWARDS Best Closing Track on an Album The Flood
USA MUSIC IN WIDESCREEN AWARDS Best Music in Widescreen The Flood
PROGRESSIVE ROCK CENTRAL USA Professor Mark's No.1 Progressive Rock Album of the Year
REAR VIEW MIRROR AWARDS AUSTRALIA No.2 Album of 2022
GET READY TO ROCK UK No.2 Album of the Year
THE PROG MILL UK No.3 Album of 2022
PROGZILLA UK Best Albums of the Year
VELVET THUNDER UK Top 20 Albums of 2022
AT THE BARRIER UK Top 20 Albums of 2022
EPIC PROG RADIO NL Album of the Month
ROCK RADIO FM Artist of the Month
PROGROCK.COM Artist of the Month
PROG EXPLORATIONS UK No.20 Song of the Year
UK OFFICIAL ROCK CHART No.13
UK OFFICIAL INDIE BREAKERS CHART No.12
UK OFFICIAL RECORD STORE CHART No.17
UK OFFICIAL PROGRESSIVE CHART No.23
UK OFFICIAL INDEPENDENT CHART No.40
PROG MAGAZINE READERS' POLLNo.5 Best Female Vocalist
PROG MAGAZINE READERS' POLL
NO.10 MOST IMPORTANT ROCK EVENT OF 2020
The Blackheart Orchestra
Big Armchair Online Concert Series
USA BIG TAKEOVER MAGAZINE AWARDS Mesmeranto - No.4 Album of 2019
ROCK WRITERS ALBUMS OF THE YEAR Mesmeranto - Voted Twice
UK OFFICIAL ROCK CHART No.18
UK OFFICIAL INDEPENDENT CHART No.16
PROG MAGAZINE PROGESSIVE MUSIC AWARDS
The Blackheart Orchestra
Nomination for The Limelight Award
PROG MAGAZINE READERS' POLL No.4 Best New Band
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