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Submotion Orchestra's fifth studio album Kites sees the band gloriously return to the smoky, jazz infused electronica which made their 2011 debut album Finest Hour the cult record that it has now become. Since their inception in 2009, the genre-defying Submotion Orchestra have moved seamlessly between deep electronica, jazz, soul and ambient downtempo, mesmerising audiences from Iceland to India. Their unique music is at once delicate and heavy, spacious and dense, highly atmospheric but firmly rooted. Earth-shaking bass and drums combine with lush keyboard and trumpet textures to create the perfect backdrop for the fragile beauty of Ruby Wood's vocals, and the celestial effects of producer Ruckspin.For Kites a writing period of several months followed by a week of live jamming culminated with live recording at Cornwall's boutique Cube Studios. As with all great albums, the process is as interesting as the product. Musical director Tommy Evans explains: "In the last two years there have been a number of significant personal events for us all, including new life and family death. Using these events as creative inspiration, we each bought a disposable camera and took photos based on the themes these events represented, selecting 10 photos to be used as the inspiration for the 10 tracks on the album. Each track explores a different emotion, theme or event. All are honest, relevant and often hugely personal." Show more