The British post-jazz collective Submotion Orchestra is not the first time in Czech Republic; they have already many fans here, which can not wait to see them again on the 5th of November in the LMB. The band from Leeds with the jazz pro Tommy Evans and bass player Chris Hargreaves is on tour through Europe, with one stop in Prague. They will not only play their hits from last year’s album Fragments, but also new track from the upcoming album. Submotion Orchestra is one of the most interesting and exciting projects working in the UK today. Drawing upon electronica, soul, ambient electronica, jazz and dub, their unique music is at once delicate and heavy, spacious and dense, highly atmospheric but firmly rooted. Earth-shaking bass and drums combine with lush keyboard and trumpet textures to create the perfect bed for the fragile beauty of Ruby Wood’s vocals, and the celestial effects of producer Ruckspin. Demand for the band has never been greater as their reputation for staging one of the most exciting shows around grows with each appearance they make. 2013 looks to be their busiest year to date, with the band travelling to France, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Croatia, the Netherlands, the UK, Belgium and Ukraine, as well as working on their third album, which promises to show them continuing to push the boundaries and pre-conceptions of electronic music.
The different music genres come together because of the players in the band: the head of the band Tommy Evans played in reggae and jazz bands, drummer Danny Templeman is influenced by the Latin-American style and bass player Chris Hargreaves loves soul and hip hop. The successful albums Finest Hour and Fragments are combining orchestral jazz, sophisticated broke beat, film ambient and dub. Fender Rhodes puts his soul vocal and jazz trumpet into it. Distinctive also is the sound of the soul singer Ruby Wood and sub-bass lines of DJ Ruckspin. “We want to play dance music with a real bas line”, said Tommy Evans in an interview with aktualne.cz. “But we sound more like Miles Davis than Skrillex”.
Enjoy the band, which not only enthused Colours and Pohoda, but also other European festivals like Glastonbury, The Big Chill, Latitude and Outlook. You have the chance to dance to the Submotion Orchestra on the 5th of November in the LMB.
More info:
http://submotion.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/submotionorchestra
