Slowly Rolling Camera

Slowly Rolling Camera is a jazz band formed in Cardiff in 2013.

Slowly Rolling Camera
OriginCardiff
GenresJazz
Years active2013–present
LabelsEdition Records
MembersDave Stapleton
Elliot Bennett
Deri Roberts
Past membersDionne Bennett
Websitehttps://slowlyrollingcamera.co/

History

Slowly Rolling Camera was formed in Cardiff in 2013 by Dave Stapleton (founder of Edition Records) as composer and keyboardist, Elliot Bennett as percussionist, Deri Roberts as producer, and Dionne Bennett as vocalist and lyricist.[1] With this formation they released 2 albums (Slowly Rolling Camera in 2014 and All Things in 2016) and an EP (Into the Shadow in 2014).

Following the third album, Dionne Bennett left the group and the remaining three members in 2018 released an instrumental album: Juniper.[2][3]

Music style

The music style of Slowly Rolling Camera is a combination of jazz and trip-hop, with influences from The Cinematic Orchestra, Bonobo and Portishead, receiving good reviews since the release of their first album,[4][5] produced by Andy Allan (producer also of Portishead and Massive Attack).[6]

Discography

Studio albums
  • 2014: Slowly Rolling Camera
  • 2016: All Things
  • 2018: Juniper
  • 2021: Where the Streets Lead
  • 2023: Flow

Extended play
  • 2014: Into the Shadow

References
  1. "Slowly Rolling Camera". Edition Records. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. "Slowly Rolling Camera: Juniper". AllAboutJazz.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  3. "Juniper – Slowly Rolling Camera". TheJazzMann.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. "Slowly Rolling Camera: Slowly Rolling Camera – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  5. "Slowly Rolling Camera: Slowly Rolling Camera". AllAboutJazz.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  6. "Slowly Rolling Camera". Edition Records. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.