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"Two moody, multi-textured albums in, they still aren't as famous as they should be ... All mournful horns, shivery electronics and soulful - like, seriously soulful - vocals, their genre-straddling sound is as visceral as it is chilled ... A who's who of British jazzers including trumpeter Laura Jurd and guitarist Stuart McCallum expand the soundscape further, with highlights including the melodic, complex Scintillation and Oblivion, which, much like the band themselves, creeps up on you".

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"If there is such a thing as "Power Jazz" then Slowly Rolling Camera is surely the living embodiment of this niche genre. Dionne Bennett has a distinctly forceful, emotionally-charged voiced, the opener "The Fix" offering a melodramatic and instantaneous example of her talent. The resonance and power of Bennett's voice is actually not a million miles from Tina Turner or the late Loleatta Holloway, but powerful it most certainly is. There are elements within songs like "Oblivion" which in their arrangements and dynamics are redolent of bands such as Massive Attack and even Cocteau Twins. The overarching chord-rich vamp of "Scintillation" belies its underlying complexity, building-up to a near-liturgical chant ... However, it's not all electrifying dynamism as ballads like "Unsetting Sun" prove, Bennett's luxuriant voice accompanied here by Dave Stapleton on piano plus strings ... [A] super-confident, highly engaging album".

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