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Richard Ashcroft and his new band 'The United Nations of Sound' have released their new album, out on Parlophone this week.

The video that accompanies the first single from the album, 'Born Again', was shot in Lyndhurst Hall and was directed by Alex Courtes and features our very own Tom Bailey!

Take a look at the video for Born Again by RPA and The United Nations of Sound below

The Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2010 Albums of the Year have been announced, and we are pleased to say that two of the album nominated for the price were recorded at AIR Studios.

Laura Marling spent some time in Studio One working on her album 'I Speak Because I Can' and Mumford and Sons also popped in to do some recording for their album 'Sigh No More'.

Congratulations to all the nominees. The full list is as follows:

Biffy Clyro 'Only Revolutions'
Villagers 'Becoming A Jackal'
Corinne Bailey Rae 'The Sea'
Mumford & Sons 'Sigh No More'
Paul Weller 'Wake Up The Nation'
Wild Beasts 'Two Dancers'
Kit Downes Trio 'Golden'
Laura Marling 'I Speak Because I Can'
Dizzee Rascal 'Tongue N' Cheek'
Foals 'Total Life Forever'
I Am Kloot 'Sky At Night'
The xx 'xx'

To celebrate the start of the FIFA World cup campaign Adidas have launched their advertsing campaign that will run alongside the tournament entitled 'The Quest'

The Quest is the culmination of a long term campaign positioning the world's best players and their skills as what 'Every Team Needs'. The campaign sets up the question on everyone's lips - "Who Will Lead Their Team To Victory?" and puts football fans firmly in the driving seat by inviting them to engage, interact and converse with other fans from all over the world and the world's biggest football brand during the world's biggest sporting event.

The whole campaign kicks off with a star studded film in the style of a movie trailer entitled 'The Quest' and the music for this viral and composed by Hazlitt and was recorded and mixed by AIR's own Olga Fitzroy and can be seen below.

Olga also re-recorded Ennio Morricone's Man With The Harmonica, orchestrated by Hazlitt, in Studio 3 at Strongroom for another advert for Adidas - 'Fast Vs Fast'

Katie Melua's new album 'The House' has entered the Billboard European chart at No1.

This album was engineered by AIR Managements Rupert Coulson and was recorded and mixed at AIR. 

Described by The Times as "her best yet", 'The House' is produced by William Orbit and sees Katie writing/co-writing eleven out of the twelve tracks. The European success of 'The House' re-confirms Katie's position as a British artist with international appeal. After her first album 'Call Off The Search' topped the British charts in 2004, the follow-up 'Piece by Piece' sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide remaining in the Billboard European chart for 60 weeks and in 2007 her third album 'Pictures' maintained her continental dominance when it took the top-spot of Billboard's pan-European chart.

Congratulations to all involved.

The British Academy Television Craft Awards honour the unseen heroes of television, those who tirelessly work behind the camera.

This year's Craft Awards were hosted by Christine Bleakley and took place on Sunday 23 May.

Martin Phipps was awarded the Best Original Television Music Award for his score for Small Island (Ruby Films/BBC) which was recorded and mixed by AIR Managements Jake Jackson at AIR.

Jake also mixed Being Human which was one of the other nominees.

At the BAFTA Cymru Awards (or BAFTA Wales), the national organisation for Wales of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Torchwood was nominated in the Best Original Music Soundtrack category, which Jake also mixed at AIR.

Congratulations to all the winners and to Jake!