The Cinematic Orchestra

The Cinematic Orchestra
Background information
OriginLondon, England
Genres
Years active1999–present
Labels
Members
  • Jason Swinscoe
  • Phil France
  • Luke Flowers
  • Tom Chant
  • Nick Ramm
  • Stuart McCallum
Past members
  • Jamie Coleman
  • T. Daniel Howard
  • Federico Ughi
  • Alex James
  • Patrick Carpenter
  • Clean Sadness
  • John Ellis
Websitecinematicorchestra.com

The Cinematic Orchestra is a British nu jazz and downtempo music group created in 1999 by Jason Swinscoe and later involving his music collaborator Dominic Smith.[1][2] The group is signed to independent record label Ninja Tune.

The Cinematic Orchestra have produced four studio albums, Motion (1999), Every Day (2002), Ma Fleur (2007) and To Believe (2019), and two film soundtrack albums, Man with a Movie Camera (2003) and The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (2009).

In addition to Swinscoe, the band includes former DJ Food member PC (Patrick Carpenter) on turntables, Luke Flowers on drums, Tom Chant on saxophone, Nick Ramm on piano, Stuart McCallum on guitar, Phil France on double bass. Former members include Jamie Coleman (trumpet), T. Daniel Howard (drums), Federico Ughi (drums), Alex James (piano), and Clean Sadness (synthesizer, programming). Heidi Vogel (vocals) appears as a regular collaborator.

Swinscoe and Carpenter have also recorded together under the band name Neptune.

  1. ^ "The Cinematic Orchestra | Artists | Domino". Domino Recording Company. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ Staff, XLR8R (7 March 2019). "The Cinematic Orchestra: A Collaborative Reset". XLR8R. Retrieved 27 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)