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Date	Venue
14 Nov 2010	Royal Albert Hall

For the founder of The Cinematic Orchestra – Jason Swinscoe – working life began at Ninja Tune, the London-based independent record label. Here, Swinscoe would distribute records by day, while by night he’d develop a sound that would eventually evolve into The Cinematic Orchestra.

Swinscoe introduced further like-minded musicians to the act and soon after, a string of albums emerged. Following their 1999 debut album, Motion, they have released Every Day (2002), Man With A Camera (2003) and Ma Fleur (2007). As well as a soundtrack for Disneynature called The Crimson Wing (2009), they've also come out with Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2008), Remixes 1998-2000 (2000) and have the compilation album, Late Night Tales, planned for April 2010.

Their popularity and growing reputation amongst critics is largely down to their unique sound. Their diverse, imaginative, jazz improvised, electronic approach was praised by Uncut magazine as “every hard-boiled neon-lit Hollywood thriller you’ve ever seen.”

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Lilac Wine

Made famous most recently by Jeff Buckley’s 1994 cover, Lilac Wine dates back to 1950 – a decade before the first 1460 Dr. Martens boot rolled off the production line.

The track was written by the prolific James Shelton and, largely due to its ultra melancholic tones, the song was adopted by a succession of female artists. The very first being Eartha Kitt and then the great Nina Simone, whose haunting vocal rendition was cited by Buckley as reference to his cover. In the 1970s, Lilac Wine came into the possession of more mainstream vocalists like Elkie Brooks.

In the 90s, Buckley catapulted Lilac Wine into the alternative psyche of the modern era. Featuring on his first and only studio album, the flawed masterpiece Grace, Lilac Wine experienced resurgence and even went on to influence some of today’s music. Radiohead’s Fake Plastic Trees was one such song and the band’s frontman Thom Yorke, famously delivered the vocal take for the track after returning home from a Jeff Buckley concert.

The song’s reference to the heady intoxication of being in love makes My Sweetheart The Drunk – the provisional title of Buckley’s never finished second album – particularly poignant.

Lilac Wine - Written by James Shelton, Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved Arranged and Produced by J. Swinscoe, The Cinematic Orchestra. Vocals - Heidi Vogel, Piano - Austin Peralta, Orchestration - Mark Baechle. Strings - Antoine Silverman, Maxim Moston, David Creswell, Anja Wood Engineered by Allen Farmelo at Maverick Studios, NYC. Dec 2009.

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Whether it’s animation, live action, design or motion graphics, Blind have proven their abilities across a broad range of disciplines.

Set-up back in 1995, Blind opened their doors with the aim of pushing creative boundaries wherever they ventured. To achieve this, they spent their formative years integrating and fine-tuning a variety of cutting-edge, creative approaches.

Their ambition and hard work rapidly paid off and today they operate out of offices in both New York and Los Angeles, producing multi-media work for high-profile names. Their imaginative work has also been acknowledged by awards juries, including MTV, who, in 2004, labelled their work for Jet’s Are You Gonna Be My Girl, Best Rock Video.

Blind’s success has been built on their ability to reinvent themselves. It’s an approach that’s been welcomed by international acts such as Gnarls Barkley, The Raveonettes and Justin Timberlake.

Lilac Wine