If you love music and film this is a must for you!

As part of their tour the Cinematic Orchestra are in Derby playing live accompaniment to the classic film - The Man with the Movie Camera.

The band were approached in 1999 by organisers of the Porto Film Festival and asked to lend their unique sound to the black and white film.

These guys merge jazz and contemporary club beats to produce a melting pot of gorgeous symphonic noise. It's perfect soundtrack music.

The Cinematic Orchestra

The Man with the Movie Camera is a Russian silent movie made in 1929. It inspired a generation of Soviet film makers. Directed by Dziga Vertov it's an analytical study of the Soviet Union at a crucial transitional stage. Considered as one of the most seminal and therefore controversial films in the history of cinema.

The Cinematic Orchestra have been described, by NME, as classy and cerebral, but atmospheric and soulful too.

Headed by J Swinscoe, a full blooded funky dude with swing to rival James Brown he's also a seriously ambitious musician who is as concerned with how sound looks as with how it sounds.

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They are one of the few bands of recent years to successfully meld contemporary studio production techniques with fantastic live playing, their take on jazz and film soundtracks is fused together with a thoroughly modern sampler-generation attitude.

So, if you ever wondered what Soviet avant garde movies have in common with cutting edge UK dance music then the answer is 'The Man with the Movie Camera' and this is the gig for you.

The Man with the Movie Camera can be seen and heard at The Assembly Rooms in Derby on Thursday 29th May. The show starts at 7.30pm.