Movietone is an Englishpost-rock band. They formed in Bristol, England in 1994. The lineup often changes, but has included Rachel Brook, Kate Wright, Matt Jones, Sam Jones, Matt Elliott, Chris Cole and Florence Lovegrove on viola. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x983, 811 KB)Bristol band Movietone This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x983, 811 KB)Bristol band Movietone This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Bristol is an English city and county and one of the two administrative centres of South West England (the other being Plymouth). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The viola is a stringed musical instrument which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the violin and the lower lines played by the cello and double bass. ...
Through the use of sometimes unusual instrumentation, the band's sound is often experimental. 2003's The Sand and The Stars was recorded almost entirely live on a beach. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 90 mile beach Australia A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water. ...
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Brook was also a member of Flying Saucer Attack during the first few years of the band's existence, and Wright is also currently the bass player for Crescent.
Other musicians have included Matt and Sam Jones (both of Crescent), Matt Elliott (The Third Eye Foundation), Chris Cole and Florence Lovegrove.
Taking up the trumpet at nine, he was a member in his teens of dance bands led by Stan Wood (saxophonist), Roland David, and Johnny Holmes (his older brother Percy, a baritone saxophonist, also played for Holmes) and studied 1943-8 at the CMM with Bernard Baker.
This was the first of several 'small' big bands (12 or 13 musicians) with which Ferguson toured until 1965, appearing at festivals and in clubs and concerts.
It was with a 17-piece Englishband, which combined the orchestral conventions of jazz and the rhythmic vigour of rock, that he regained and even surpassed his former popularity.
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