Submotion Orchestra - Alium

Submotion Orchestra - AliumSince forming in Leeds in 2009 Submotion Orchestra have carved out their own special place in the UK's ever changing musical landscape. The 7 piece band's fusion of bass heavy electronica, jazz, soul and much more besides has made them a favourite of the likes of Gilles Peterson, Trevor Nelson and Jo Whiley, whilst their live show has seen them play festivals around the world and sell out venues such as London's famous KOKO. Now following two

“V O R T E X is a sonic tool that I made so that I can play it for myself and balance my energy between masculine and feminine

with a style that swells from suggestively oracular

by mixes from Benny Page and Serial Killerz

trance-inducing dynamics

combining to form a slowly building retro-futurist soundscape

Coleman’s epiphany came aged 16 when he’d only really just taken up piano

the mixes cover both the experimental (Tim Hecker

their producer since the early days of the group

Louis’s main instrument is the drums and he has a background in jazz although the music he writes bears little resemblance to jazz in any pure or classical sense

that examines the mechanisms of thinking

Dealing with themes of loss and love - and in itself representing a kind of absence - "Ma Fleur" is fertile ground for Swinscoe and long term collaborator Dominic Smith's brand of music-making

‘Papua Merdeka’ centres around a political invocation