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The trio, comprising of Piers Aggett, Kesi Dryden and Leon Rolle, first released music in 2009, before approaching Amir Amor to be a songwriter and producer for the band in 2011. They continued as a quartet until 2022 before Amir left, leaving the band as a trio of the original members. They have discussed the release of the new demo tape with The Sun’s Bizarre column. Speaking to Bizarre, they spoke about unreleased collaborations with the likes of Ed Sheeran and RAYE, revealing that the their track with Ed Sheeran was recorded eight years ago and is still in the vault.

The band also revealed that they have barely left the studio since the release of their fourth album ‘Ground Control’, released in 2021. In this time, they wrote around 3,000 songs and were ready to release ‘RUDIM3NTAL‘ 2 years ago, until writing ‘Nights Like These’ with Rag’n’Bone man in December 2024 and finally deciding the album was ready for release. Due to the hard work and dedication by the band, their sixth album is already 70 percent complete. Speaking to Bizarre, Piers Aggett said “This album really was finished a year to two years ago, and then what happens is, you get in the studio and we wrote ‘Nights Like These (featuring Rag ’N’ Bone Man)’ in December. And we’re like, ‘OK, let’s finish that, then we’ll put the album out’. We’ve already definitely half-made the next album. Maybe 70 per cent of the next album.”

Rudimental also announced the conception of their own new record label in 2026. Speaking to Bizarre, Kesi Dryden said “As Rudimental, we’ve always been a platform for artists. And in 2026, we’re ­starting a new record label. We’ll be supporting new vocalists, new producers and dance acts. I think that’s a big part of our focus. I think that’s reignited the fire for us and we’re super-excited about the next chapter.”

Rudimental are well known for creating songs of the summer and have a catalogue of hits, including ‘These Days’ featuring Jess Glynne, ‘Feel The Love’ featuring John Newman and ‘Waiting All Night’ featuring Ella Eyre, all songs which reached #1 in the UK Official Singles Chart. The band have fine-tuned the creation of #1 singles, so be prepared to hear much more of them following the release of their latest album.

Rudimental are playing a show in Circuit, London on September 7 followed by a gig at the iconic Amensia club in Ibiza, then going Orlando, Florida to play the Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC). Tickets for the show in London can be bought here.

Listen to Rudimental’s latest release ‘RUDIM3NTAL‘ below.

NOW LIVE! Watch the documentary and learn the full story behind ‘Now And Then’ – with exclusive footage and commentary from Paul, Ringo, George, Sean Ono Lennon and Peter Jackson.https://t.co/UaCIMywCOX #NowAndThen @johnlennon @PaulMcCartney @GeorgeHarrison @ringostarrmusic… pic.twitter.com/9OZL5VdGMR

— The Beatles (@thebeatles) November 1, 2023

The Beatles have released a 12 minute short film just ahead of their planned issue of “Then And Now” that tells the story of how a failed demo tape evolved into the band’s final song. The track has already dominated headlines, not least because it features Lennon and Harrison via AI technology supplied by filmmaker Peter Jackson.

When Jackson made his ground-breaking film documentary Get Back, examining The Beatles’ recording of their last studio album of the same name, he utilised the technology to isolate conversations the members had with each other during recording. It was again used in 2022’s reissue of Revolver. Paul McCartney sent the demo to Jackson who was able to separate Lennon’s vocals on the tape, allowing McCartney and Ringo Starr to record the song as if the former members were still there with them.

McCartney had previously said that isolating Lennon’s voice without the piano on the demo tape was always a persistent challenge and prevented the band from being able to work on “Then And Now.” With Jackson’s help, Lennon’s voice was successfully pulled from the demo tape and allowed the band to complete the song.

Speaking about the process, McCartney said, “Every time I wanted a little bit more of John’s voice, this piano came through and clouded the picture. I think we kind of ran out of steam a bit and time, and it was like, ‘well, I don’t know, maybe we’ll leave this one. Now And Then just kind of languished in a cupboard. And then in 2001, we lost George, which kind of took the wind out of our sails. It took almost a quarter of a century for us to wait until the right moment to tackle Now And Then again, with the technology that Peter Jackson and his team had worked out during the Get Back movie.”

After the re-release of Revolver, McCartney sent Jackson the demo. He continued, “It was like, John’s there, you know? It’s far out. So in the mix, we could lift John’s voice without lifting the piano, which had always been one of the problems. Now we could mix it and make a proper record of it.”

“Now And Then” will be released today at 2PM and a video directed by Jackson will follow tomorrow, Friday 3 November.