The long-awaited second Submotion Orchestra album, Fragments, is released today, featuring the singles ‘Its Not Me Its You’ and ‘Blind Spot’. Click here and find out what everyone’s been talking about.
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Submotion Orchestra
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Finest Hour’ follows the recently released single ‘All Yours’ (also out on Exceptional Blue records). Radio support has come from Trevor Nelson and Gilles Peterson on Radio 1, the latter of whom gave the band his ultimate seal of approval – a Radio 1 Live at Maida Vale session. Additional radio support came from Mista Jam on 1xtra, plus the band bagged plays on Radio 2, NME Radio, Jazz FM and Los Angeles tastemaker station KCRW.
Submotion Orchestra is the brainchild of Leeds music heavyweights Tommy Evans (also the drummer in Gentleman’s Dub Club) and international DJ/producer/orchestral player Dom Howard, AKA Ruckspin. The Orchestra are an ensemble of multi instrumentalists at the top of their game, who’ve played with many respected and renowned artists.Since inception, playing live has been a key strength of the band. Formed in Leeds in 2009 the band were formed when Ruckspin and hip underground label Ranking Records were commissioned by the Arts Council to write and perform a live dubstep piece in Yorkminster Cathedral – the largest in Northern Europe. Rising to the challenge, Ruckspin and Tommy brought together an all-star cast from the Leeds music scene to create what would become Submotion Orchestra. This…
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22nd June 2013
Fistral Beach Stage, Newquay (UK)
28th June 2013
Glastonbury, Shepton Mallet (UK)
20th July 2013
Colours Of Ostrava, Ostrava (Czech Republic)
21st July 2013
Soundwave Festival, Tisno (Croatia)
26th July 2013
Liquid Room, Edinburgh (UK)
27th July 2013
Audioriver Festival, Plock (Poland)
2nd August 2013
Cactus / Music In Mind, Brugge (Belgium)
31st August 2013
Outlook Festival, Pula (Croatia)
14th September 2013
Koktebel Jazz Festival, Koktebel (Ukraine)
5th October 2013
Babylon Club, Istanbul (Turkey)
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Based: Leeds
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