Yahoo News Alexander McQueen's Musical Archive Is, Truly, The Perfect WFH Soundtrack
Fashion week is cancelled. Understandable, given the circumstances. But with a now yawning chasm that's yet to be filled (stream only shows? Digital show and tells?), the front row and its ardent followers are left just as unfulfilled, too. Luckily for them, Alexander McQueen has looked back to its fashion shows of yore with a brand new Spotify playlist. And it's also a perfect choice for WFH background music.
Comprised of several pieces that've soundtracked the British label's fashion shows, #McQueenMusic has been uploaded to Spotify to allow for some regal, British, left-field harmonies during quarantine.
DJ and producer John Gosling has long been charged with assembling the haunting music for McQueen – a very big job, given the stark visual element of the house's shows – and personally curated the nine-hour selection from a vast musical archive that spans 20 years. Other collaborators are set to include composer Isobel Waller-Bridge (yes, of that Waller-Bridge fame – she even scored Fleabag) and the London Contemporary Orchestra.
What makes #McQueenMusic a surefire hit for the WFH period is the sheer breadth of genres covered. Over the course of landmark shows like 1995's 'Highland Rape' and 2010's 'Plato Atlantis', the Alexander McQueen runway has lifted elements from classical, techno, electronica, lo-fi and everything in-between – all of which is succinctly confined to Gosling's ambient selection.
Like this article? Sign up to our newsletter to get more delivered straight to your inbox
You Might Also Like
