Seguindo scripts curtos e um conjunto de fotografias fornecidas por Maya Hayuk, cada faixa corresponde a uma cena na banda sonora imaginária de Cinematic Orchestra Ma Fleur, produzida por Jason Swinscoe numa série de instrumentais calmos e contemplativos, e fabulosas performances vocais de Fontella Bass, Lou Rhodes, e Patrick Watson.

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The aptly-named Cinematic Orchestra (TCO) were formed by J. Swinscoe back in 1999. At the time Jay was still an employee at Ninja Tune in South London, where he was responsible for export sales at the long-standing independent record label. Swinscoe arrived at London Bridge from Scotland via Yorkshire and Cardiff with a background playing bass and guitar in bands and DJing, as well as a head full of ideas and influences, such as his love of jazz bass players, rhythm sections and film soundtracks. So while he knocked out Mr. Scruff and Coldcut records to Spain and Scandinavia by day, he began putting together the TCO album in his downtime.

‘Ma Fleur’: In Paris, Jason began work on the instrumentals, which would form the basis of his new record. Having completed a rough version by early 2005, he gave this to a friend who disappeared for 3 weeks and came back with short story scripts in which each track represented a scene. Jason then took this and worked some more on the tracks, and in turn gave this back to his scriptwriter, the two aspects of the project developing alongside one another. This yet-to-be-made movie gave Jason the emotional and narrative impetus he needed to develop the pieces and, in particular, led him even further into his exploration of song than he had previously gone. “For me, I think it became a natural evolution to enquire into that whole new world of the song form,” he says. “Also I think the ‘sceenplay’ experiment led to a need for a much more direct relationship to words and stories. So it still has links with film and narrative, in fact was driven by it.”

Lista de Faixas:

01. To build a home
02. Familiar ground
03. That home
04. Child song
05. Music box
06. Ma fleur
07. Prelude
08. As the stars fall
09. Into you
10. Breathe
11. Time and space

Bonus:

Colours (Bonus Track)
Flowers (Bonus Track)
Talking About Freedom (Bonus Track)

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