Melbourne Beats

Been waiting to see these guys for ages, here's hoping they bring out a few guests with them as well..

THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA, Palais Theatre, Tuesday 20th January.

Created by composer and multi-instrumentalist Jason Swinscoe in 1999, British-based The Cinematic Orchestra lives up to their name with an atmospheric and beguiling combination of ingenious sampling, live instruments and jazzy electronic sound with a great swing and beat.

TCO's debut album Motion, a soundtrack to an imaginary thriller, took everyone by surprise and was voted by listeners of Giles Peterson's Radio One show as the album of the year. That album, along with subsequent albums - Every Day, Man With A Movie Camera and Ma Fleur - have seen TCO (whose members expand and contract with each new album, sometimes including a string section, often collaborating with vocalists like Fontella Bass and newcomer Patrick Watson, and top free jazz saxophonist Tom Chant and pianist Nick Ramm) enjoy massive cult success resulting in an invitation to play at the Director's Guild Award ceremony for the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to the legendary director Stanley Kubrick. Their song To Build a Home from Ma Fleur will be well known to people here after being prominently used in the award winning Cadbury Schweppervescence ‘Burst' commercial

More than just a studio act however, TCO manage to translate their spine tingling blend of jazz, soul, and funk, orchestral and sampled beats into the live arena. In doing so they have impressed audiences over and over again headlining festivals and playing at venues including the prestigious Royal Albert Hall.

In January it will finally be Australia's turn to witness TCO's extraordinary live show when they perform what promises to be an epic performance in an epic venue - Melbourne's Palais Theatre ... this is guaranteed to have your neck hairs standing to attention!

Cool.

big!

NICE!!!

wow this would be great!

Very interesting...........I think this would be a rad show. Props to Noah who got me into this group quite a few years ago now.

Brilliant!

fuck yes

flippo wrote:fuck yes

what flippo said

it will be the first good tuesday night in 2009

OMFG!!!!

Wicked. Should be in Botanic Gardens on a sunny Sunday arvo though.

Will wrote:Wicked. Should be in Botanic Gardens on a sunny Sunday arvo though.

Word.

shit yeah.

OH M F GEE!
Best news ever

Ive never been to the Palais. Does anyone know if the stalls are a good viewing/listening position?

Looking forward this should be amazing

Tickets purchased. Cant freakin wait!
Surprised my g.f with her tik for her bday.

looks sick massive orchestral and left field shit's great, specially when done by by ninja tunes kids. I'm down like a clown charlie brown.

In like Flynn

should get onto tickets for this early im guessing

All tickets for the upper levels have sold out.

got my ticket.

i'm hoping to go, will see with funds

booked in for the sydney show.

CO on stage at 8pm

http://www.palaistheatre.net.au/whats-o ... vent_id=49

mental.

Ah didn't know you were there Jerry!

The show was incredible. Heidi's voice sent shivers down my spine. Some SERIOUS musicians!

did you go g?
aw man, gutted i didn't get a chance to

wish i was there

Proper report people!

So spewing I missed this. Planned on it but the date just came up too quickly and I missed out

Brilliant. Watching the drummer was worth the ticket price alone, he was fucking incredible. I love the palais, but was pretty rough that security took my girlfriend's camera, simply "because it's an SLR", only to see a girl in there with a fucking medium format camera and a tripod (and she wasn't press). Incidentally, if the girl with the medium format camera is reading this, I'd love to see your shots

off to see them tomorrow night at the recital hall, cannae wait like!

Performance was utterly phenomenal!! The group was everything i expected and more!
All of the musicians came across as really humble artists - despite the amount of talent behind them all. Drummer was nuts! How ace was his solo in the first part?!
Heidi Vogel's vocals are absolutely heavenly and sound so much better in real life. I was blown back every time she dropped a note.
By far the standout for me was Guy Reverend when he played 'To Build A Home'. Fantastic!!

Someone's already upped a vid clip to youtube for any interested:

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Had a few small gripes tho:
- The lighting, which i thought was pathetic and did no justice to the awesomeness that were CO. Those wide panning flood lights that went across the crowd were really annoying.
- Sound issues. From where we were sitting we could hear a really audible buzz running through the speakers. Shat me to tears as it really distracted me from the performance. Fluctuated, but was mainly heard after the lights went really bright, or when Guy used his acoustic guitar.
- No encore? Was a bit surprised, and disappointed, they didnt come back on

Overall a really memorable performance.
Hope they come back very soon

That was a real highlight for me too. And the person who shot that video must have been sitting near me, because i shot nearly the same vid.

His voice is so sublime, i got goose bumps!

dust wrote:That was a real highlight for me too. And the person who shot that video must have been sitting near me, because i shot nearly the same vid.

His voice is so sublime, i got goose bumps!

Agreed! Altho i must admit, i thought he was white... lol

^^^ It's usually the pianist who sings that tune, if that's what you're referring too J0rdz.

I can't believe they didn't play All Things To All Men . I thought it was a given. One of my favorite pieces ever.

Great show, though.

flippo wrote: I can't believe they didn't play All Things To All Men . I thought it was a given. One of my favorite pieces ever.

Wouldn't be right to do that without Maneuver though, I don't think.

fuck me! I can't believe I never saw this before now.....

GUTTED

Will wrote:

flippo wrote: I can't believe they didn't play All Things To All Men . I thought it was a given. One of my favorite pieces ever.

Wouldn't be right to do that without Maneuver though, I don't think.

there is an instrumental version. Although I love the Roots Manuva one, I prefer the instrumental. It's got mad spine tingeing piano licks.

I was hoping they'd have a harp on stage a well. And that they'd play Channel 1 Suite.

flippo wrote:

Will wrote:

flippo wrote: I can't believe they didn't play All Things To All Men . I thought it was a given. One of my favorite pieces ever.

Wouldn't be right to do that without Maneuver though, I don't think.

there is an instrumental version. Although I love the Roots Manuva one, I prefer the instrumental. It's got mad spine tingeing piano licks.

Fair call.

an amazing gig. luke flowers is a don on the drums. two encores too, plus a round of 'happy birthday' to heidi vogel!

bliss.

system wrote:an amazing gig. luke flowers is a don on the drums. two encores too, plus a round of 'happy birthday' to heidi vogel!

bliss.

What state did all this happen in?

twist wrote:

system wrote:an amazing gig. luke flowers is a don on the drums. two encores too, plus a round of 'happy birthday' to heidi vogel!

bliss.

What state did all this happen in?

Seems like Melbs got jibbed
Was a lil annoyed they didnt come back on for at least one encore. Or maybe they did, and we left too early...

Na Jordz, half the band were at the front of the palais about 10 mins after the lights went on.