Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3)

[Macca]

When was that released Martin - is it part of the Dan canon?

released February 2000. It's their penultimate studio album. Essential!

[Macca]

Nobody else will like this (except maybe Loz?):

[AJSki2fly]

Not heard of them Adrian - what are they like?

Neither had I, a knowledgable music shop owner recommended them yesterday, I was trading some LPs and rationalising my collection a bit. An interesting blend of instrumentation and musical feel/genres, I suppose if you wanted to pigeonhole them then the Wiki one is OK "British nu jazz and downtempo group". If you like St. Germain you will probably like them, well worth a listen.

My personal view is that I think it will become regularly played album, and I will likely have to investigate some of their other offerings.

From Discogs.

"Their debut album, Motion, was released in 1999. The critical success of that album led to them being asked to perform at the Director's Guild Awards ceremony for the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to film director Stanley Kubrick.

The band were asked by the organisers of the Porto European City of Culture 2000 festival to write a new score to Dziga Vertov's classic 1929 Russian silent film Man with a Movie Camera, to be performed live in accompaniment with a showing of the film. The work differed from the band's usual compositions due to its live performance, ruling out the post production work that was present on Motion. The Cinematic Orchestra toured with the work and later released it on an album of the same name. Many of the compositions originally created for Man with a Movie Camera were later adapted from live form (adding in vocal tracks and electronic elements, among other changes) for their next album, Every Day.

The Cinematic Orchestra released the album Ma Fleur on May 7, 2007.

The Cinematic Orchestra performed the soundtrack to the Disneynature film "The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos", released on December 15, 2008."

[Macca]

[Macca]

Boston 'Third Stage'



Classic this. Got it on vinyl too, original first pressing gatefold, got it the day it come out.

[Dom66]

[Us-&-Them]

Nobody else will like this (except maybe Loz?):

YEAH................ TOO RIGHT I LIKE IT !!!!! I ALSO LIKE BOSTON 3RD STAGE; I ALSO HAVE THE ORIGINAL ALBUM LIKE YOURSELF, I BOUGHT IT WHEN IT CAME OUT ON THE STRENGTH OF THE FIRST 2 ALBUMS AND YES I LIKE IT BUT, NOT AS STRONG AS THE FIRST TWO ALBUMS.

[Barry]

released February 2000. It's their penultimate studio album. Essential!

Thanks Martin. So that is two LPs I need to buy: their last and their penultimate offering!

[Barry]

Neither had I. An interesting blend of instrumentation and musical feel/genres, I suppose if you wanted to pigeonhole them then the Wiki one is OK "British nu jazz and downtempo group". If you like St. Germain you will probably like them, well worth a listen.

My personal view is that I think it will become regularly played album, and I will likely have to investigate some of their other offerings.

Thanks Adrian. It sounds like the sort of thing I would like as well.

Cheers

[walpurgis]

Boston 'Third Stage'

Got it, but never came to terms with it really. I have the same problem with Yes. Bit too grand and trying to make an impression.