Tag: sound
Sites without sound: Oslo leads in quiet, low-emission electric construction
Norwegian capital’s sites were 98% free of fossil fuels last year, and it aims to increase use of electric machinery Quiet electric machines like these make it easy to work in the city centre, the construction manager said – and keep the neighbours happy. “If they have less noise, we get fewer complaints.” The peaceful…
Pop star Chappell Roan wins BBC Sound Of 2025
Pop star Chappell Roan has won BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2025 – the station’s annual poll to identify music’s biggest rising stars. Her win caps a wild 12 months in which she rocketed from relative obscurity to the top of the charts, thanks to her colourful, 80s-influenced brand of synth-pop. She was named winner…
Sound Of 2025: Ezra Collective are ‘keeping music real’
If you think Ezra Collective’s music is life-affirming, just wait until you meet them in person. Tumbling into the BBC’s Maida Vale studios, the band are boisterous and charming, the sort of people to greet a perfect stranger like a long-lost cousin. Bandleader and drummer Femi Koleoso has a room-filling smile and a zest for…
BBC Sound of 2025: Barry Can’t Swim is a new dance music superstar
Scottish producer Barry Can’t Swim is one of the new superstars of dance music, his colourful and woozy grooves winning over packed crowds from Glastonbury to Coachella, and earning Brit Award and Mercury Prize nominations in 2024. Now, he has started the new year with another accolade – after coming third on the BBC’s Sound…
Indie band English Teacher kick off BBC’s Sound of 2025
One of the UK’s most promising new guitar bands, English Teacher, have kicked off the countdown of the top five on the BBC’s annual list of music’s rising stars. The Leeds quartet have been voted in fifth place in BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2025 poll – with a panel of 180 music industry experts…