New album by Bokanté + Metropole Orkest out now
What Heat follows the band's 2017 debut, and features Jules Buckley as orchestra arranger/conductor.
Fri, 05 October 18
Sad to say goodbye to Ray Cooper
Real World Records is sad to say goodbye to Ray Cooper. We will remember Ray (and his partner Ashley Newton) for their unerring support for the label during it’s early days. As they took Virgin Records to greater and greater levels of success with the signing of artists such as the Spice Girls and Daft Punk, Ray and Ashley also continued to champion alternative music.
In the days that Real World Records was distributed and promoted by Virgin, they followed their enthusiasm for the label with real active encouragement and funding for artists such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Afro Celt Sound System. They were fantastic days— enormous fun! We will always be thankful for Ray’s energy and commitment and belief in what we were doing.
16th December 1948 — 28th July 2018
www.raycooper.info
Further reading
Gallery of the Islamic World exhibition opens at the British Museum
Fri, 19 October 18
Track of the Day: ‘In The Sun’ by Joseph Arthur
A look back on Arthur's most popular song, which featured on 2000's Come To Where I'm From.
Wed, 19 September 18
10 Years of Big Blue Ball: the sound of the world playing together
On its 10th anniversary, we look back on the global music collaboration project which came from 18 y...
Fri, 27 July 18