The story
Marconi Union are an English ambient music band formed in Manchester in 2003 by Richard Talbot and Jamie Crossley. In 2011, their live keyboardist Duncan Meadows became a full time member.
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Band · from United Kingdom · since 2002
Marconi Union
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Records
Albums 21
- Multiforms: Ambient Transmissions, Vol. 3
Multiforms: Ambient Transmissions, Vol. 312 Jun 2026Vinyl - The Fear of Never Landing
The Fear of Never Landing5 Jun 2025Vinyl - Signals
Signals5 Nov 2021Vinyl - Dead Air
Dead Air29 Nov 2019Vinyl - Weightless (10 hour version)
Weightless (10 hour version)28 Nov 2017Vinyl
- Ghost Stations
Ghost Stations12 Aug 2016Vinyl - Weightless (Ambient Transmissions, Vol 2)
Weightless (Ambient Transmissions, Vol 2)22 Sep 2014Vinyl - Shoot Out Series 05: Spaces
Shoot Out Series 05: Spaces8 Aug 2014Vinyl
- Shoot Out Series 04: Function
Shoot Out Series 04: Function8 Jun 2014Vinyl
- Shoot Out Series 03: Abandoned
Shoot Out Series 03: Abandoned8 May 2014Vinyl
- Shoot Out Series 02: Section
Shoot Out Series 02: Section8 Apr 2014Vinyl
- Shoot Out Series 01: Ratio
Shoot Out Series 01: Ratio8 Mar 2014Vinyl
- Anomic
Anomic24 Jun 2013Vinyl - Different Colours
Different Colours18 Jun 2012Vinyl - Beautifully Falling Apart (Ambient Transmissions Vol 1)
Beautifully Falling Apart (Ambient Transmissions Vol 1)11 Jul 2011Vinyl - Beautifully Falling Apart
Beautifully Falling Apart11 Jun 2011Vinyl
- A Lost Connection
A Lost Connection8 Jul 2010Vinyl - Tokyo
Tokyo27 Jul 2009Vinyl - 13
131 Jun 2008Vinyl
- Distance
Distance19 Sep 2005Vinyl - Under Wires and Searchlights
Under Wires and Searchlights3 Mar 2003Vinyl
EPs 4
- TFONLEPRMX
TFONLEPRMX28 Jan 2026 · EPVinyl - Crystalline
Crystalline14 May 2025 · EPVinyl - Versions
Versions25 May 2022 · EPVinyl - Departures
Departures29 Jun 2015 · EPVinyl
Singles 18
- Crystalline
Crystalline14 May 2025 · SingleVinyl - Silence Is Gliding
Silence Is Gliding16 Apr 2025 · SingleVinyl - Eight Miles High Alone
Eight Miles High Alone20 Mar 2025 · SingleVinyl - Inland Borders
Inland Borders25 Apr 2023 · SingleVinyl - The Ilex
The Ilex11 May 2022 · SingleVinyl - Strata Alt
Strata Alt13 Apr 2022 · SingleVinyl - Breaking Point
Breaking Point27 Oct 2021 · SingleVinyl - Blowback
Blowback29 Sep 2021 · SingleVinyl - Strata
Strata1 Sep 2021 · SingleVinyl - Still
Still28 Aug 2020 · SingleVinyl - Departure
Departure24 Jul 2020 · SingleVinyl - Mossfield (Edit)
Mossfield (Edit)20 Mar 2020 · SingleVinyl
All 18 singles
- Fractured (Edit)
Fractured (Edit)8 Nov 2019 · SingleVinyl - A.M.I.D. (Edit)
A.M.I.D. (Edit)18 Sep 2019 · SingleVinyl - Slow Motion
Slow Motion14 Jul 2017 · SingleVinyl - A Distant Light
A Distant Light2 Nov 2015 · SingleVinyl - Weightless
Weightless2011 · SingleVinyl - Glassworks
Glassworks20 Sep 2010 · SingleVinyl
- TFONLEPRMX · 2026 · EP · remix
- Piano (Studio Sessions, Vol. 5) · 2025 · compilation
- Endless Winter Remixes (Studio Sessions, Vol. 4) · 2025 · remix
- Dead Air, Part 2 (Studio Sessions, Vol. 3) · 2024 · compilation
- Dead Air, Part 1 (Studio Sessions, Vol. 2) · 2024 · compilation
- Ghost Sessions (Studio Sessions, Vol. 1) · 2024 · compilation
- Ghost Stations Remixes · 2017 · EP · remix
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Also plays on
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