Motion (album)
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Motion |
Type = Studio Album |
Artist = [[The Cinematic Orchestra]] |
Cover = CinematicOrchestra Motion albumcover.jpg |
Released = [[27 September]] [[1999]] |
Recorded = |
Genre = [[Jazz]], [[Electronica]], [[Downtempo]] |
Length = 51:09 |
Label = [[Ninja Tune]]<br /><small>ZEN45 (LP)<br/ >ZENCD045 (CD)<br/ >ZENCD45X (Japan CD)</small>|
Producer = |
Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [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'''''<br />(1999) |
Next album = '''''[[Remixes 1998-2000]]'''''<br />(2000) |
}}
'''''Motion''''' is the debut [[LP album|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.<ref>allmusic.com [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfqxqlkldke Review "Motion"]</ref>
==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 of Great Britain|Director's Guild Awards]] ceremony for the presentation of the [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] to film director [[Stanley Kubrick]].<ref>Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cinematic_Orchestra The Cinematic Orchestra]</ref>
==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" – 9:15
The [[Japan]]ese version of the album included two additional tracks:
<ol start="8">
<li> Channel 1 Suite ([[Hefner]] mix) </li>
<li> Ode To The Big Sea ([[Four Tet]] mix) </li>
</ol>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ninjatune.com Ninja Tune official website]
*[http://www.cinematicorchestra.com/ Cinematic Orchestra official website]
[[Category:1999 albums]]
[[Category:Debut albums]]
[[Category:The Cinematic Orchestra albums]]