{"title":"Movietone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMovietone is an English post-rock band that formed in Bristol, England in 1994. With their unique blend of experimental sounds and atmospheric melodies, they have established themselves as pioneers in the genre. Drawing inspiration from a diverse range of influences, Movietone's music takes listeners on a captivating sonic journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimilar to other notable artists such as Hood, Crescent, and Flying Saucer Attack, Movietone has carved out their own distinct sound within the post-rock scene. Their music evokes a sense of introspection and emotion, creating a powerful connection with their audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith albums like \"The Blossom Filled Streets\" and \"Day and Night,\" Movietone has received critical acclaim for their innovative approach to songwriting and composition. Their ability to seamlessly blend different musical elements sets them apart from their contemporaries.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"peel-sessions","title":"Peel Sessions","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecorded for the BBC Radio 1 John Peel show 1994-1997 at Maida Vale Studios, London. Movietone were part of the Bristol scene in the 1990's that contained Flying Saucer Attack, Third Eye Foundation and Crescent. Band members from all three of these bands played in Movietone, with Kate Wright being the main songwriter. Signed to Planet Records, Movietone did their first John Peel Session a few weeks after the release if their debut single 'She Smiled Mandarine like' in 1994. They went on to do three Peel Sessions in total between 1994-1997 and moved to Domino Records and Drag City in 1997. 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Originally released in 1995 by Planet Records and reissued on CD in 2003 by The Pastels’ Geographic Music imprint, this is the first time \u003cem\u003eMovietone\u003c\/em\u003e has been reissued on vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn expanded double-LP edition, it includes the extra tracks from the 2003 CD (their first two singles, and an unreleased demo of “Chance Is Her Opera”), and adds three more unearthed gems: demos of “Alkaline Eye” and “She Smiled Mandarine Like”, and an early take of “Late July”, recorded in a garden by Dave Pearce (Flying Saucer Attack) in 1993.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaken together, this is the definitive collection of music from the first phase of one of Bristol’s most remarkable groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMovietone\u003c\/em\u003e was the culmination of a series of events, explorations, and discoveries, starting at secondary school – the group’s core membership of Kate Wright, Rachel Brook, Matt Elliott and Matt Jones met at Cotham School in Bristol. As for many other groups, their early years were all about experimenting and finding ways to ‘make do’, a DIY sensibility that would inform \u003cem\u003eMovietone\u003c\/em\u003e through their decade-long lifespan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the time they released \u003cem\u003eMovietone\u003c\/em\u003e, they’d found a home with Bristol’s Planet, run by author Richard King and James Webster, who had both released their first two singles, “She Smiled Mandarine Like” and “Mono Valley”. There was other music happening around them in Bristol, too, from the Jones brothers’ avant-rock outfit Crescent (who were \u003cem\u003eMovietone\u003c\/em\u003e’s closest conspirators) through Elliott’s jungle\/electronica project Third Eye Foundation, and Brook and Elliott’s membership of Flying Saucer Attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe vision in the music, mostly, belongs to Wright, but \u003cem\u003eMovietone\u003c\/em\u003e ran in democratic creative consort. Listening back to \u003cem\u003eMovietone\u003c\/em\u003e, you can hear this democracy in action through the wildness of the music, which is balanced by the poetics of Wright’s lyrics and melodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMovietone\u003c\/em\u003e would go on to make three fantastic albums for Domino – Night and Day (1997), The Blossom Filled Streets (2000), and The Sand and The Stars (2003) – and their Peel Sessions were released in 2022 on Textile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStill held in high regard by artists like Steven R. 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