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Stuart McCallum - City (2015) [Official Digital Download]
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Stuart McCallum - City (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 38:56 minutes | 405 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover
The beautiful ambient-electronica-jazz soundscape "City" is an album from Manchester guitarist and composer Stuart McCallum and his second studio album for Naim Audio. Stuart McCallum's music has always thrived in that beautiful space where genres blur. With a wide range of influences from Machinedrum, Lau and Martin Simpson to Debussy, Taylor McFerrin and Burial, it's not difficult to see how this has come about. His 2011 Naim debut, "Distilled", was a series of beautiful instrumental soundscapes and glorious melodies that owed as much to dance music as it did to jazz.
This Manchester guitarist is best known for his work in the Cinematic Orchestra, and his solo albums occupy a similar space between modal jazz, funk and electronica. His fourth LP, exploring notions of urban space, is written with drummer and producer Richard Spaven, and features several guest singers.
Fridolijn van Poll contributes to the flamenco-tinged Effergy; Zero 7’s Sophie Barker sighs over the wayward beats of Said and Done; Basement Jaxx’s Sharlene Hector provides the harmonised voices for the lovely North Star; while the title track is based around cut-up fragments of JP Cooper.
The best tracks, however, are instrumentals. On T-Onics and Trio Seven, McCallum plays Davy Graham-style clawhammer acoustic guitar over sliced-up breakbeats, while tracks Inhale and Mk II see him providing strong, bucolic melodies that recall Pat Metheny. McCallum contributes a few highly chromatic solos, with a pleasing Grant Green tone, but seems happier blending into the background of his ominous urban soundscapes.
Tracklist:
01 - City
02 - Inhale
03 - North Star
04 - T-Onics
05 - Effergy
06 - Trio Seven
07 - Mk II
08 - Said and Done
Analyzed: Stuart McCallum / City
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR7 -0.13 dB -11.21 dB 4:52 01-City
DR10 -0.02 dB -12.18 dB 3:54 02-Inhale
DR7 0.00 dB -9.69 dB 5:11 03-North Star
DR9 -0.09 dB -12.34 dB 3:47 04-T-Onics
DR10 -0.02 dB -12.69 dB 5:41 05-Effergy
DR8 0.00 dB -11.42 dB 5:53 06-Trio Seven
DR7 0.00 dB -9.41 dB 4:41 07-Mk II
DR8 -0.02 dB -11.20 dB 4:57 08-Said and Done
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR8
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1454 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR7 -0.13 dB -11.21 dB 4:52 01-City
DR10 -0.02 dB -12.18 dB 3:54 02-Inhale
DR7 0.00 dB -9.69 dB 5:11 03-North Star
DR9 -0.09 dB -12.34 dB 3:47 04-T-Onics
DR10 -0.02 dB -12.69 dB 5:41 05-Effergy
DR8 0.00 dB -11.42 dB 5:53 06-Trio Seven
DR7 0.00 dB -9.41 dB 4:41 07-Mk II
DR8 -0.02 dB -11.20 dB 4:57 08-Said and Done
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR8
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1454 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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