The Blackheart Orchestra are Manchester-based multi-instrumental duo Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Pilkington, a band that have seen their sound expand into what they now dub as “the smallest orchestra in the world”, bringing in 13 instruments – including guitar, bass guitar, mandola, vintage synths, omnichord, percussion and more – to flesh out a setup that started far more sparsely.
“In the beginning, we were one acoustic guitar and two voices,” Mostyn tells us. “It was completely stripped back and as pure as you could get.”
