:Slowly Rolling Camera
{{short description|Welsh jazz band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| origin = Cardiff
| genre = Jazz
| years_active = 2013–present
| label = Edition Records
| website = https://slowlyrollingcamera.co/
| current_members = Dave Stapleton
Elliot Bennett
Deri Roberts
| past_members = Dionne Bennett
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Slowly Rolling Camera is a jazz band formed in Cardiff in 2013.
History
Slowly Rolling Camera was formed in Cardiff in 2013 by Dave Stapleton (founder of Edition Records) as composer and keyboardist, Elliot Bennett as percussionist, Deri Roberts as producer, and Dionne Bennett as vocalist and lyricist.{{cite web |url=https://editionrecords.com/artists/slowly-rolling-camera/ |title=Slowly Rolling Camera |publisher=Edition Records |access-date=19 May 2019}} With this formation they released 2 albums (Slowly Rolling Camera in 2014{{cite web |url=https://editionrecords.com/releases/slowly-rolling-camera-slowly-rolling-camera/ |title=Slowly Rolling Camera: Slowly Rolling Camera |access-date=19 May 2019}} and All Things in 2016){{cite web |url=https://editionrecords.com/releases/slowly-rolling-camera-all-things/ |title=Slowly Rolling Camera: All Things |access-date=19 May 2019}} and an EP (Into the Shadow in 2014).{{cite web |url=https://editionrecords.com/releases/slowly-rolling-camera-into-the-shadow/ |title=Slowly Rolling Camera: Into the Shadow |access-date=19 May 2019}}
Following the third album, Dionne Bennett left the group and the remaining three members in 2018 released an instrumental album: Juniper,{{cite web |url=https://editionrecords.com/releases/juniper/ |title=Slowly Rolling Camera: Juniper |access-date=19 May 2019}} followed by "Where the Streets Lead" in 2021,{{cite web |url=https://editionrecords.com/releases/slowly-rolling-camera-where-the-streets-lead/ |title=Slowly Rolling Camera: Where the Streets Lead |access-date=8 June 2024 }} "Flow" in 2023,{{cite web |url=https://editionrecords.com/releases/slowly-rolling-camera-flow/ |title=Slowly Rolling Camera: Flow |access-date=8 June 2024 }} and "Silver Shadow" in 2024.{{cite web |url=https://editionrecords.com/releases/slowly-rolling-camera-silver-shadow/ |title=Slowly Rolling Camera: Silver Shadow |access-date=8 June 2024 }}
Music style
The music style of Slowly Rolling Camera is a combination of jazz and trip-hop, with influences from The Cinematic Orchestra, Bonobo and Portishead, receiving good reviews since the release of their first album,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/30/slowly-rolling-camera-review |title=Slowly Rolling Camera: Slowly Rolling Camera – review |work=The Guardian |access-date=19 May 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/slowly-rolling-camera-slowly-rolling-camera-edition-records-review-by-bruce-lindsay.php |title=Slowly Rolling Camera: Slowly Rolling Camera |publisher=AllAboutJazz.com |access-date=19 May 2019}} produced by Andy Allan (producer also of Portishead and Massive Attack).{{cite web|url=https://editionrecords.com/releases/slowly-rolling-camera/ |title=Slowly Rolling Camera |publisher=Edition Records |access-date=19 May 2019}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
- 2014: Slowly Rolling Camera
- 2016: All Things
- 2018: Juniper
- 2021: Where the Streets Lead
- 2023: Flow
- 2024: Silver Shadow
=Extended play=
- 2014: Into the Shadow
=Singles=
- 2022: Momentum - Slowly Rolling Camera, Verneri Pohjola{{cite web|access-date=20 August 2024 |title=Slowly Rolling Camera, Verneri Pohjola - Momentum |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/a9423f34-690d-4d38-8677-b9fae38a24ce}}
- 2023: Cue: State of Mind - Slowly Rolling Camera, Verneri Pohjola{{cite web|access-date=20 August 2024 |title=Slowly Rolling Camera, Verneri Pohjola - Cue: State of Mind |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/82441a0e-96f4-447b-9c0b-de3e2680efc3}}
- 2023: Renewal - Slowly Rolling Camera, Josh Arcoleo{{cite web|access-date=20 August 2024 |title=Slowly Rolling Camera, Josh Arcoleo - Renewal |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/3f1bc7a1-d58c-4a51-8228-de6e56d7d63a}}
- 2025: The New Way; Slowly Rolling Camera, Caoilfhionn Rose{{cite web |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/5a843371-5add-4c32-a242-fa4ae3bf9f75 |title=Slowly Rolling Camera, Caoilfhionn Rose - The New Way |access-date=14 February 2025}}
= Live =
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website}}
- {{Allmusic}}
- {{Bandcamp}}
- {{BBC Music artist | 82687235-98c5-4229-969f-28f901279eb8 | Slowly Rolling Camera }}
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Category:British jazz ensembles