Description
The Cinematic Orchestra announce a very special reissue of their
classic 2007 album ‘Ma Fleur’.
It includes three tracks from
the time that have never been released on vinyl; ‘Flowers’,
‘Talking About Freedom’ and ‘Colours’, and comes with four
double sided art cards/prints.
At the time the album was recognised for its bold departure from
the group’s sonic traditions. In the years since, it’s been
continuously celebrated, with tracks like ‘To Build A Home’
reaching huge audiences with over half a billion streams to date.
The band have performed sold out shows in some of the world's
most prestigious venues including London's Royal Albert Hall,
Philharmonie de Paris, Rome’s Auditorium Park Della and the
Sydney Opera House and festivals such as Coachella, Glastonbury,
Fuji Rock, Montreux and Sonar have all played host to the band’s
much loved live performances.
Dealing with themes of loss and love - and in itself representing a
kind of absence - "Ma Fleur" is fertile ground for Swinscoe and
long term collaborator Dominic Smith's brand of music-making,
for while people rightly have talked about what they do in terms
of jazz, the truth is that the basis of their music has always also
been in raw emotion. From the achingly beautiful opener "To
Build A Home" to the finale, "Time And Space," this is an album
which reaches for and finds a truth and honesty far beyond what
we would normally expect from such a record, but without losing
any of the accessibility which made the band popular in the first
place. If the mood is melancholy, The Cinematic Orchestra
manage to make it an ultimately uplifting experience, perhaps in
the end more about the love you find than the love you lose…
Tracklist:
A1. To Build A Home
A2. Familiar Ground
A3. That Home
A4. Child Song
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B1. Music Box
B2. Ma Fleur
B3. Prelude
B4. As The Stars Fall
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C1. Into You
C2. Breathe
C3. Time and Space
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D1. Flowers
D2. Talking About Freedom
D3. Colours
