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	December A Lost Connection is now available from all of the major download sites (itunes, Beatport, Napster et.) We now have CD copies of Distance for sale in the shop section of the site. Over the past month we have spent quite a bit of time helping to establish the new DOTCA website www.dotca.co.uk. Over the next few weeks downloads will be available to purchase from the various different artists and groups. We'd certainly recommend keeping an eye on this one. It might be a little early but, have a good Christmas and New Year.
	Free Download of the Month Every month we will be offering a free download of a previously unreleased or exclusive Marconi Union track. Planstatik The free download for December, is a track called Planstatik, and is both an audio and a movie file. Click here Please download this track, feel free to copy it to any media you need, in order to listen to it. Please do not upload it to p2p servers, distribute the track or link the mp3 file directly. We would like people to download it from this page. Thank you.
	November Their is little to talk about this month, things have been very quiet and most of our efforts are still focused on a developing a live set, we want to do something special and it all takes time. Despite this, we have found time to work on some new music, which is generally more abstract than anything we've done previously, perhaps the best reference point is Shibuya last month's free download. If forced we would categorise the sound “hi-tech ambience” and we don't know as yet where we're going with this direction or how it's going to develop so it is a pretty interesting time for us right now. MU recently signed a publishing and digital rights management deal with Just Music and from December, A Lost Connection will be available as a download from a wide range of platforms, including iTunes, emusic, Beatport etc. so this month we thought we'd do something a little different with the free download, it will be available for two weeks from the Just Music site, if you click on the normal link below and it will take you to the right place.
	October We are currently working on a number of different projects, including, preparations for a live set, a radio mix and recording new tracks. German label Soundcolours are shortly due to release a compilation called Chilltronica, A Definition, this beautifully packaged CD includes Hinterland as well as tracks from Depeche Mode, The Grid and Erlend Oye among others. Echoes support for A Lost Connection continues unabated and we are now at number two in their monthly chart.
	September A Lost Connection became the first download only album to enter the top 5 of the Echoes radio show chart. John Diliberto found time to write about this in his blog Click here to read more. John also found time to feature Marconi Union on one of his Echoes Location audio reports Click here to listen. Otherwise August was a quiet month with lots of diversions from making music. However, we did find time to go through our archive of tracks and ideas some of which we will be revisiting for future development. We also completed a remix for Evan Marc and Steve Hillage which we hope will surface soon. Thanks to John and all at Echoes for their support.
	August Museum of Modern Art in L.A. A recent review in the Observer Music Magazine refers to us soundtracking an installation at MOCA in LA. This is a project we were approached to take part in at the beginning of July. We recorded some music for it, and at the time of the review being written everything seemed to have been finalised. Apparently, this was a little premature, and the situation subsequently changed. At the moment it is still unclear whether it will be going ahead with our involvement. We will update you on this, as and when we know more. Meanwhile here is the Observer review. Fresh from soundtracking an installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art in LA, Marconi Unions third album is centred around themes of isolation and disconnection, so it makes sense that they have self-released it through their own website. Minimal, introspective, ethereal electronica, it is arguably their strongest set to date. Gorgeous. Luke Bainbridge, The Observer. Soundtrack MU have contributed three tracks to the soundtrack of French Canadian Film A L Ouest De Pluton - West Of Pluto made by Vostock Films. The film is the story of the daily lives of a dozen teenagers in the suburbs of Quebec and is directed by Henri Bernadet and Myriam Verreault. West of Pluto will be released in September. Remixes Over the past few weeks we have also been involved in a number of remix projects, which hopefully we will be able to tell you more soon.
	New Album Available Now We are pleased to announce the release of our new album *A Lost Connection* which is exclusively available for download at www.marconiunion.com. Check out the samples in the shop. On this page we will be posting a free download every month, and over the next few weeks and months, we plan to make a lot of music available, including deleted and previously unreleased tracks, as well as keeping you updated with anything happening with MU.