After a 12-year hiatus, several trans-continental moves, and various literally cinematic projects, the founders of The Cinematic Orchestra (Jason Swinscoe & Dominic Smith) felt compelled to reconvene ...

It's been said before here at Contact Towers, but God bless the recent commercial failure of the music industry model as we know it. Now, a few tousle haired former suits may well disagree with us as ...

On 1999's Motion and 2002's Every Day, producer Jason Swinscoe assembled beguiling grooves from a mixture of looped rhythms and live-band improvisation. On The Cinematic Orchestra's Ma Fleur, he goes ...

Cinematic Orchestra traverses that narrow divide between acoustic jazz and the electro-infused acid jazz of predecessors and contemporaries like St. Germain, Groove Collective and DJ Greyboy. But the ...

This holiday season, step into the magic of the silver screen with the Cinematic Symphony Orchestra as they present Christmas at the Movies— a dazzling musical journey through the soundtracks that ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. From a reader in Laurel, Maryland (a town I coincidentally called home ...

Step into the magic of the holiday season with the Cinematic Symphony Orchestra as they present CHRISTMAS AT THE MOVIES, a heartwarming concert that will fill you with joy, nostalgia, and wonder!