Marconi Union formed in 2003 when Talbot and Crossley met while working in a Manchester record shop. The group developed a reputation for being somewhat elusive, frequently declining interview requests and showing little interest in self‑promotion, despite receiving considerable critical acclaim. In later years, they have given several online interviews and appeared in Electronic Sound magazine. Their self‑produced debut album, Under Wires and Searchlights, was released in 2003 on the independent label Ochre Records. They were soon signed by All Saints Records. In 2005, they released Distance, which introduced a darker, more electronic sound. Their next album, A Lost Connection, was originally planned for release on All Saints, but delays caused by label restructuring under Warner Bros. led the band to take control of their output. With two completed albums awaiting release, Talbot and Crossley founded their own digital label, MU Transmissions, selling their music directly through their website. Beginning in 2008, Marconi Union offered twelve exclusive monthly downloads on their site, including outtakes, unreleased tracks and alternate mixes. These were later compiled into the 2009 release 13. That same year, they issued the album Tokyo on the German label Binemusic, inspired by imagery of the Japanese capital. In 2010, A Lost Connection was remastered and released on CD. Later that year, the band announced that Duncan Meadows had joined as a permanent member. In July 2011, they released Beautifully Falling Apart (Ambient Transmissions Vol. 1) on Just Music. The album marked a stylistic shift, being largely beatless and more focused on texture. Despite moving away from the more accessible aspects of their earlier work, it received strong critical praise.
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