NMC release cassette mixtape to celebrate 30th anniversary

Gramophone
Thursday, March 28, 2019

The record label NMC ('New Music Cassettes') was founded 30 years ago this year and the new cassette has been compiled by Beatrice Dillon

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, NMC has returned to its roots – literally. The contemporary classical label invited producer/DJ Beatrice Dillon to delve into its back catalogue to produce a 50-minute mix; she chose works by composers including Judith Weir, Kate Whitley, Benjamin Britten and Huw Watkins. The result is now being issued on a limited-edition cassette. ‘That our name, NMC, originally stood for “New Music Cassettes” is difficult to explain to a generation that hardly knows what a cassette is, and is unlikely to have any means of playing one,’ says Colin Matthews, NMC’s founder and executive producer. ‘So it seems appropriate to celebrate our anniversary by releasing a cassette. For anyone who can play it, it’s a very special souvenir.’ And for anyone who can’t, it can be downloaded from NMC’s website.

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