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Slowly Rolling Camera: Where the Streets Lead
ByWhere The Streets Lead is the fifth album from Slowly Rolling Camera, the project Stapleton launched around 2013 with drummer Elliot Bennett and sound designer Deri Roberts, a trio who remain the core band. Slowly Rolling Camera sits at the intersections of jazz, trip hop and cinematic soundscapes. Its music is musicianly, precisely arranged and at times complex, but never less than supremely accessible, a winning combination of groove, through composition and improvisational flair. Closest comparators since the turn of the decade are Italian saxophonist Alessandro Meroli's outstanding Notturni (Space Echo, 2020) and Deri Roberts' spin-off group Blackmantis' Devil's Flower (GhostLocust, 2020), which also included Elliot Bennett.
The soundscapes conjured up on Where The Streets Lead range from the turbulent through the chilled, and the guest musicians helping out include saxophonists Mark Lockheart and Chris Potter, guitarist Stuart McCallum, bassist Jasper Høiby and trumpeter Verneri Pohjola. An important support role is played by an acoustic string octet, with arrangements by Dave Stapleton, who also wrote all eight tracks. The album was recorded remotely at various locations throughout 2020, though it all sounds much more real-time (or perhaps hyper-real) than that.
Track Listing
You Are the Truth; Where the Streets Lead; Lost Orbits; The Afternoon of Human Life; Widest Possible Aperture; Illuminate; Feels Like Fiction; A Force for Good.
Personnel
Slowly Rolling Camera
band / ensemble / orchestraDave Stapleton
pianoElliot Bennett
drumsDeri Roberts
synthesizerAdditional Instrumentation
Mark Lockheart: soprano and tenor saxophones; Stuart McCallum: guitar; Jasper Høiby: double bass; Verneri Pohjola: trumpet; Jon Visanji: violin; Jenni Curiel violin; James Toll: violin; Victoria Stapleton: violin; Linda Kidwell: viola; Rob Tuson: viola; Phil Daish-Handy: cello; Lionel Handy: cello; Chris Potter: tenor saxophone (4); Sachal Vasandani: vocals (6).
Album information
Title: Where the Streets Lead | Year Released: 2021 | Record Label: Edition Records
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