Slowly Rolling Camera: Into the Shadow

Nu-Jazz/Acid jazz/Lounge Jazz
premiera polska: 2015-06-03,
Wydawnicto Audiofilskie
kontynent: Europa
kraj: Anglia
opakowanie: kartonowe etui
opis:
multikulti.com:
Debiutancki album grupy z Wielkiej Brytanii został w światowych mediach okrzyknięty jednym z muzycznych wydarzeń 2014 roku.
ALL ABOUT JAZZ "Ich muzyka z absolutnie wspaniałymi kompozycjami, powoli, ale nieuchronnie przenika do umysłu słuchacza, zwiastując nadejście nowego, wyjątkowego zespołu"

‘Soundscape that has been compared with the Cinematic Orchestra and Portishead, but which throws Supremes-reminiscent vocal choruses and Coltranesque sax flights in for good measure – a soulful, powerful newcomer with Rising Star written all over it. Superb!’. GUARDIAN

SUNDAY EXPERIENCE pisało, że "inspiracje Cinematic Orchestra i Portishead są oczywiste, ale w muzyce Slowly Rolling Camera jest coś głębszego i bardziej poruszającego"

GITARRE & BASS (06/2014)
‘Chill out soundscapes that should make fans of James Blake, Portishead, Cinematic Orchestra, Air, Massive Attack & co want to hear more’.
‘Great soundtrack for beautiful, long summer evenings’.

SHROPSHIRE STAR "Slowly Rolling Camera przywodzi na myśl najlepsze momenty Cinematic Orchestra, zesłało ich chyba niebo"

Abitne podejście do trip hopu oraz drum'n'bass lat 90., wprzęgnięte w soul-jazzową formę dało zdumiewający efekt. Pojawiły się porównania do Cinematic Orchestra oraz Portishead, a także Massive Attack czy St. Germain. Rok 2014 to również rok wielu festiwalowych koncertów na Umea Jazz Festival (SE), Love Supreme (UK), London Jazz Festival (UK) czy Reeperbahn Festival (DE). We wrześniu 2014 roku weszli do studia i nagrali cztery zupełnie nowe utwory, które ujrzały światło dzienne na epce pod tytułem 'Into the Shadow'.
Zespół pogłębia i rozwija swoje brzmienie, fuzja muzycznego neoklasycyzmu, inspirujące dźwięki wypełniające album, barwią krajobraz elektroniczno-jazzowego pejzażu, który co rusz nabiera solidnego groove'u. Hipnotyczny i uduchowiony głos Dionne Bennett to już prawdziwa ekstraklasa. Rozbudowana sekcja smyczkowa (troje skrzypiec, dwie altówki i dwie wiolonczele) sprawia, że od czasu do czasu pojawiają się delikatne powiewy islandzkiej melancholii spod znaku Ólafura Arnaldsa.
Na płycie spotykamy m.in. twórczego ducha Cinematic Orchestra - gitarzystę Stuarta McCalluma, ale także fińśkiego trębacza jazzowego Verneriego Pohjole i saksofonistę z Bristolu - Bena Waghorna.

Otrzymujemy niezwykle spójny materiał, który pomimo tak wielu muzycznych inspiracji (do nu jazzu, lounge, elektroniki i szeroko pojętej alternatywy) imponuje jednorodnością.
Editor's info:
Slowly Rolling Camera formed in Cardiff in 2013 and brought together four wildly talented musicians from diverse backgrounds. The result was a captivating hybrid of these influences: trip hop, jazz, soul, electronic music fused into a new and unique soundscape. The product was their eponymous album, released on Edition Records in February 2014 and received ecstatically by press (including the Guardian and Stern Magazine) and audiences alike.

Live, they’ve proved a phenomenon, wowing audiences from Cardiff to Hamburg and at high profile festivals including Umea Jazz Festival (SE), Love Supreme (UK), London Jazz Festival (UK) and Reeperbahn Festival (DE).

SRC have spent 2014 honing their music on the road and have recently returned to the studio to record a bold and striking four track EP, Into The Shadow, for release on 10th November 2014. Into The Shadow sees the band deepen and further develop their sound, integrating lush electronic soundscapes, emotive melodies, shifts in dynamic and pace. With Elliot Bennett’s virtuosic, robust groove and Robert’s exemplary production techniques, it provides the perfect setting for the captivating, soulful voice of Dionne Bennett to impressively mould her lyrics around the musical arrangement.

In order to capture the spirit and energy of the band the EP was written and recorded in only three months. Employing the creative spirit and boundless energies of Mancunian master guitarist Stuart McCallum (Cinematic Orchestra), Bristol based Ben Waghorn on sax and Aidan Thorne, Cardiff’s top double bassist, Slowly Rolling Camera’s new recording has a big sound and big ambitions to match.

The suite-like opener River’s End, a song about asking for forgiveness, introduces a powerful and emotive ambience from the off. The title track, with its gloriously empowering crescendo, takes the power of love in transforming loneliness via the sweet sound of the string arrangements. Anne leads us through hope to regret with a beautifully raw and emotive stripped down arrangement featuring Fender Rhodes and Bennett’s intimate vocal set against a wall of strings and choral voices. The final track, Riga, forms a satisfying conclusion, its odd time signatures, shifting patterns, beats, grooves and moods defining everything that’s great about this band: bold, brave, experimental but with deep soul.

These four tracks confirm that SRC’s promise is no transient thing and indicates progression on a steep curve. ‘Into The Shadow’ continues to push the musical boundaries and there can only be excitement at where this young, immensely talented outfit can go next. But they remain rooted, however vaunting the ambition. As the band say: “If it moves you, it’s just good music”.



‘Powerful and emotive, dramatic and progressive. Slowly Rolling Camera have been the find of 2014'. SHROPSHIRE STAR

‘Into The Shadow’ continues to push the musical boundaries and there can only be excitement at where this young, immensely talented outfit can go next’. JAZZ CHILL

muzycy:
Slowly Rolling Camera are:
DIONNE BENNETT lyrics, vocals
DERI ROBERTS sound design, electronics, producer, trombone
ELLIOT BENNETT drums
DAVE STAPLETON fender rhodes, synths

Musicians:
STUART McCALLUM guitar
BEN WAGHORN saxophone
AIDAN THORNE double bass

Additional Musicians
VERNERI POHJOLA trumpet
MATT ROBERTSON synth programming
KATY ROWE violin
VICTORIA STAPLETON violin
TANWEN EVANS violin
NIAMH FERRIS viola
BERNARD KANE viola
ABIGAIL BLACKMAN cello
BEATRICE NEWMAN cello

utwory:
1. River’s End 09:53
2. Into the Shadow 05:46
3. Anne 03:55
4. Riga 05:19

wydano: 26th Jan 2015
nagrano: Recorded by Andy Allan and Deri Roberts at Queens Road Studios, Bridgend and DER Studios, Barry in August and September 2014
more info: www.editionrecords.com
more info2: slowlyrollingcamera.com