Welcome.

From The Basement is an independently produced music series that features intimate live performances from the finest musicians on the planet.

It sets a new standard for music TV production. Every show is beautifully filmed in high-definition with live sound by renowned record producer Nigel Godrich. From The Basement has no host and no studio audience, instead the artist and their performance take centre stage.

We made our debut last December as download only but TV stations around the world soon came calling and now a six part series has been recorded, allowing the full quality of the sound and high-definition picture to shine through. In the UK From The Basement will be shown as part of a new weekly music strand called Centre Stage on Sky Arts, the UK's only television channel dedicated to all areas of the arts. In The States, From The Basement premiers on Rave HD on the 22nd February 2008 with further international territories to follow.

For more information click on each show on the left. The whole series is a veritable whose who of the finest musicians on the planet. Enjoy!

Thom Yorke says: "From The Basement was exciting because it came from the desire to cut out the crap that lies between the music and the viewer. To get plugged straight into the mains. No producer director egos messing it up."

Jack White III remarks: "I don't think a music program has recorded a performance on analog reel to reel in thirty years. It was beautifully filmed, and the sound quality makes a performance on a regular TV talk show sound like a wax cylinder recording. No host. Thank God."

Damien Rice comments: "I walked into a friendly studio, we said hello. I played a few songs, we thanked each other for the experience, we said goodbye. I left and drove away smiling."

Nigel Godrich of From The Basement comments: "I'm a sad fan trying to bring the magic back to music TV."

http://www.fromthebasement.tv/