Album artwork for Ma Fleur by The Cinematic Orchestra

The Cinematic Orchestra's classic 2007 album Ma Fleur. At the time the album was recognised for its bold departure from the group’s sonic traditions. In the years since, it’s been continuously celebrated, with tracks like ‘To Build A Home’ reaching huge audiences with over half a billion streams to date.

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, for while people rightly have talked about what they do in terms of jazz, the truth is that the basis of their music has always also been in raw emotion. From the achingly beautiful opener "To Build A Home" to the finale, "Time And Space," this is an album which reaches for and finds a truth and honesty far beyond what we would normally expect from such a record, but without losing any of the accessibility which made the band popular in the first place. If the mood is melancholy, The Cinematic Orchestra manage to make it an ultimately uplifting experience, perhaps in the end more about the love you find than the love you lose…

The Cinematic Orchestra

Ma Fleur

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Album artwork for Ma Fleur by The Cinematic Orchestra
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£24.99

Double 140g Vinyl. Three Bonus Tracks From the Time - Never on Vinyl. Housed in Gatefold Sleeve with 4 Art Cards.

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Released 30/07/2021Catalogue Number

ZEN122HC

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Album artwork for Ma Fleur by The Cinematic Orchestra
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Released 07/05/2007Catalogue Number

ZENCD122

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The Cinematic Orchestra

Ma Fleur

Ninja Tune
Album artwork for Ma Fleur by The Cinematic Orchestra
LPx2 +

£24.99

Double 140g Vinyl. Three Bonus Tracks From the Time - Never on Vinyl. Housed in Gatefold Sleeve with 4 Art Cards.

Clear
Includes download code
Released 30/07/2021Catalogue Number

ZEN122HC

Learn more
Album artwork for Ma Fleur by The Cinematic Orchestra
CD

£10.99

Released 07/05/2007Catalogue Number

ZENCD122

Learn more

The Cinematic Orchestra's classic 2007 album Ma Fleur. At the time the album was recognised for its bold departure from the group’s sonic traditions. In the years since, it’s been continuously celebrated, with tracks like ‘To Build A Home’ reaching huge audiences with over half a billion streams to date.

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, for while people rightly have talked about what they do in terms of jazz, the truth is that the basis of their music has always also been in raw emotion. From the achingly beautiful opener "To Build A Home" to the finale, "Time And Space," this is an album which reaches for and finds a truth and honesty far beyond what we would normally expect from such a record, but without losing any of the accessibility which made the band popular in the first place. If the mood is melancholy, The Cinematic Orchestra manage to make it an ultimately uplifting experience, perhaps in the end more about the love you find than the love you lose…