Solomon Grey is the London-based music project of Tom Kingston and Joe Wilson. The duo met in Oxford when playing in a covers band. Influenced by the Bristol scene and French electronica of the time, combined with a background in classical and jazz, the two set about to create music – a hybrid of organic instruments with computer programming and electronics - blurring the lines between analogue and digital...

Solomon Grey: Selected Works incorporates 10 track (33 min, 17 sec). Of these, four tracks (8 min, 16 sec) were recorded for the BBC/HBO mini-series The Casual Vacancy.

It's not an album that will be embraced by everyone, but if you're a fan of modern, electronic based scores then the music that Solomon Grey compose will certainly get your attention. Most tracks could be singles in their own right.

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