Jason Swinscoe founded the Cinematic Orchestra, a British nu-jazz, and downtempo music group, in 1999. Ninja Tune, an independent record company, has signed the band.
Motion (1999), Every Day (2002), Ma Fleur (2007), and To Believe (2019) are the Cinematic Orchestra’s four studio albums, as well as two film soundtrack albums, Man with a Movie Camera (2003) and The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (2009).
Swinscoe is joined on the turntables by former DJ Food member PC (Patrick Carpenter), Luke Flowers on drums, Tom Chant on saxophone, Nick Ramm on piano, Stuart McCallum on guitar, and Phil France on double bass. Members who have left the band include Jamie Coleman (trumpet), T. Clean Sadness (synthesizer, programming), Daniel Howard (drums), Federico Ughi (drums), and Alex James (piano).
Swinscoe and Carpenter have also recorded under the moniker Neptune.