Stuart McCallum: Distilled – review

(Naim)Stuart McCallum is the accomplished Manchester-based guitarist with globetrotting ambient soundscapers Cinematic Orchestra. This is his third solo venture, an aptly named collage of samples from his own compositions mixed with synthesised orchestral effects, DJ-culture programming, and real-time input from a sextet including woodwind virtuoso Iain Dixon. The opening dR Doctor sets a prevailing tone with its slow-dripping icicles of melody over a languid backbeat, intensified by echoing br...

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