For Dr. Martens 50th Anniversary, The Cinematic Orchestra covers Jeff Buckley’s Lilac Wine

To celebrate our 50th Anniversary, we asked 10 artists to record their version of a cult classic track which represents the spirit of the people who’ve worn DM’s over the past 50 years. We also asked 10 directors to make videos for each of the tracks. Listen and watch here

For the founder of The Cinematic Orchestra – Jason Swinscoe – working life began at Ninja Tune, the London-based independent record label. Here, Swinscoe would distribute records by day, while by night he’d develop a sound that would eventually evolve into The Cinematic Orchestra. Swinscoe introduced further like-minded musicians to the act and soon after, a string of albums emerged. Following their 1999 debut album, Motion, they have released Every Day (2002), Man With A Camera (2003) and Ma Fleur (2007). As well as a soundtrack for Disneynature called The Crimson Wing (2009), they’ve also come out with Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2008), Remixes 1998-2000 (2000) and have the compilation album, Late Night Tales (2010). Their popularity and growing reputation amongst critics is largely down to their unique sound. Their diverse, imaginative, jazz improvised, electronic approach was praised by Uncut magazine as “every hard-boiled neon-lit Hollywood thriller you’ve ever seen.”