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  • Audio CD (27 Sep 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Ninja Tune
  • ASIN: B000025AM5
  • Other Editions: Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,286 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Motion, the debut album from DJ Jason Swinscoe's Cinematic Orchestra, is a future jazz classic. Each track perfectly marries mood and substance, mixing shuffling percussion and galloping drum breaks with chilled pianos, melancholy strings and live jazz horns. Heavy acoustic basslines mingle with samples of old blues singers and twinkly electric piano solos. It's a dark, late night brew that conjures up images of smoke-filled jazz clubs and dimly lit concert halls. But this is no exercise in jazz pastiche-­Swinscoe genuinely loves the genre, and it shows. On Motion, he never slips into pointless jazz noodling opting instead for rolling breakbeats, moody soundtrack sounds and deft horn touches. Consequently, Motion is a brilliant album of dark, soundtrack jazz that'll make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.--Matt Anniss


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The Cinematic Orchestra are endlessly amazing, warped, inventive and intriguing.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark brilliance, 2 Nov 2004
I first listened to Motion while browsing a CD store in Brighton some years ago. I was completely, utterly bowled over and I knew I had to have this CD. There is certainly something cinematic about this music - it suggest familiar images from film noir territory. In my opinion, in terms of sheer mood impact "Motion" is up there with Miles Davis' minor masterpiece "Ascenseur pour l' Echafaud". "Motion" is an extraordinary CD, what with the perfect musicianship or the added detail of a cryptic sleeve that discloses very little about the band behind it. If you like brooding, late-night jazz with a whiff of dark foreboding then this is your ticket.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My Favourite Jazz Album, 28 Nov 2005
By Mr. J. J. Niland (London) - See all my reviews
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In my own humble opinion, this is the greatest jazz album ever released. That's a pretty bold statement when there are albums like Miles Davis' 'Kind Of Blue' or John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme', but I stand by it. It isn't your usual jazz album where the whole group comes together and records a session. Instead, band 'leader' Joe Swinscoe sampled each of the other members and then arranged them all to produce 7 stunning tracks.

A dark mood pervades most of the pieces- 'Channel One Suite' and 'Night Of The Iguana' in particular. However, there are moments of a lighter nature, namely 'Ode To The Big Sea' and 'And Relax!'.

In conclusion: It's jazz, and it's very, very good jazz. You jazz can't listen to 'Channel One Suite' without thinking "WOw, this is amazing!". Get it, play it, and relax!

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars More after hours lounging from the Cinematic Orchestra, 9 Jun 2002
By R. Pieters "r.pieters@ntlworld.uk" (Harlow Essex) - See all my reviews
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I was introduced to the Cinematic Orchestra's albums out of unison. I first bought The Remixes ,then recently Everyday which I found superb and so recently I bought the debut Motion. For Motion lacking the more melodic sound of the mellower new masterpiece Everyday . Motion is dark through out. The whole album oozes 1950's smoky bass lines sassy horns and percussions, with snippetts of stylish jazzy vocals that resemble Simone on the dangerous sleazy opener Durian. Channell 1 suit is completely out of charecter being more of a club orientaded track from the rest of this straigt contempory jazz set which flows along with echoes heavilly of John Coltrane and Miles Davis. Forget the comercial compilation chill out albums for winding down. This album is a seious late night lounger, for the post club post party crowd to see in the dawn. The whole sound is dark and moody, and the tempoe remains as late night down beats. Another winner from the Cinematic Orchestra.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Is the Cinematic Orchesta
So if you are reading this or looked for Cinematic,you will like it.Buy it.
Can't be more neutral.
Published 6 months ago by Beatriz Anegla Nolasco

5.0 out of 5 stars I Agree
I agree with most of the reviewers comments - dark, smokey, jass/fusion etc. etc. I would suggest that anyone who enjoys works from early Soft Machine (first to fifth), Ian... Read more
Published 11 months ago by gsmcc

3.0 out of 5 stars It's jazz Jim, but not as we know it!!
I was a bit dismayed to read some of the reviews pushing this as great jazz, mainly because I have a large collection of jazz (both old and new) and this is probably the least... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Paul

3.0 out of 5 stars Great??
I bought this album after reading the rave reviews on Amazon. One reviewer has said it is better than Better than Miles Davis' 'Kind Of Blue' and John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme'... Read more
Published 16 months ago by hiphop4eva

4.0 out of 5 stars confusing and jarring
I had heard the track "Channel One Suite" before (on Solid Steel) but I never knew what it was, so it was a nice surprise to find it on here. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2006 by Ben

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
A wonderful album. Perhaps not entirely original (it owes a lot to DJ Shadow and Coldcut perhaps) but never the less it is very good. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Genius
This is a masterpiece of modern jazz music with every track leaving it,s mark.The 2 that stand for me are "ode to the big sea" and "channel 1" suite. Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2000 by Ms. W. HORLER

4.0 out of 5 stars MIXTURE OF FUSION-BASS JAZZ
For the JAZZ fans it may be an akward CD. For THE TRIP-HOP fans this is where everything starts from. Read more
Published on 26 April 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
What can I say? Incredible percussion, jazz arrangements, I'm not really a jazz fan but this is a great CD. Very chilled.
Published on 1 Mar 2000 by jbarbour@iname.com

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