Motion (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Motion
Type = Studio Album
Artist = The Cinematic Orchestra


Released = 27 September 1999
Recorded =
Genre = Jazz, Electronica, Downtempo
Length = 51:09
Label = Ninja Tune
ZEN45 (LP)
ZENCD045 (CD)
ZENCD45X (Japan CD)
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:opbyxdyb2olj link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16180-motion link]
Last album =
This album = "Motion"
(1999)
Next album = "Remixes 1998-2000"
(2000)

"Motion" is the debut LP by The Cinematic Orchestra, released on 27 September 1999 on Ninja Tune. The album's concept came from core band member, Jason Swinscoe, who had amassed various samples - drum patterns, basslines and melody samples - that had inspired and influenced him. He then presented them to a group of musicians to learn and then improvise around. The resulting draft tracks were then re-mixed on computer by Swinscoe to create the finished album. [allmusic.com [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfqxqlkldke Review "Motion"] ]

Critical Reaction

Stanton Swihart, writing for Allmusic, stated: cquote|...the songs on Motion are by turns eerie, lush, edgy, expansive, gritty, intensely powerful, and gorgeous. Sometimes an album comes along that forces you to reconfigure and re-evaluate all of the assumptions you had previously made about music in order to realize how vast and endless the possibilities are; this is one of those albums.

Additionally, the album's success led to the band being asked to perform at the 1999 Director's Guild Awards ceremony for the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to film director Stanley Kubrick. [Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cinematic_Orchestra The Cinematic Orchestra] ]

Track listing

#"Durian" – 7:00
#"Ode To The Big Sea" – 5:42
#"Night Of The Iguana" – 13:21
#"Channel 1 Suite" – 5:50
#"Bluebirds" – 5:06
#"And Relax!" – 4:55
#"Diabolus" – 9:15The Japanese version of the album included two additional tracks:

8. Channel 1 Suite (Hefner mix)
9. Ode To The Big Sea (Four Tet mix)

References

External links

* [http://www.ninjatune.com Ninja Tune official website]
* [http://www.cinematicorchestra.com/ Cinematic Orchestra official website]