Where the Streets Lead

On new album Where the Streets Lead, the main players remain unchanged from 2018’s Juniper: Edition label boss Dave Stapleton’s keyboards – Moog, Fender, piano – tinkle, buzz and burn, drummer... — Jazzwise, October 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 23rd Jul 2021
Catalogue No: EDNLP1176
Label: Edition Records

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13th August 2021

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Recording of the Week, Slowly Rolling Camera, 'Where the Streets Lead'

10th August 2021

Slowly Rolling Camera's second outing as an instrumental trio finds them delving further into cinematic territory, complete with an eight-piece string section and handful of excellent guest collaborators.

Where the Streets Lead is the new album from Slowly Rolling Camera, and builds on their acclaimed 2018 release Juniper. Inspired by colliding worlds of jazz, trip-hop, and cinematic soundscapes, SRC's music blends strong melodies, big grooves, and surprising turns of phrase, and is infused with expansive emotional gravitas. The music on this album, recorded throughout 2020, encompasses greater scale, with an 8-piece string section and a list of world-class guests including Mark Lockheart, Jasper Hoiby, Verneri Pohjola, Chris Potter and Sachal Vasandani as well as the band's regular guitarist Stuart McCallum. Where the Streets Lead is emphatic in its purpose: communicating the joy of collaboration and, through an audio-sensory landscape, a vision of the world. There is a boldness and simplicity in the album's conception, balanced with attention to detail in its production and sound design. Slowly Rolling Camera's last album Juniper set the band on a new path. Where the Streets Lead is a natural progression and development in the band's' continued exploration.

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October 2021

On new album Where the Streets Lead, the main players remain unchanged from 2018’s Juniper: Edition label boss Dave Stapleton’s keyboards – Moog, Fender, piano – tinkle, buzz and burn, drummer Elliott Bennett provides crackling jazzy and trip-hop-inflected rhythms, while Deri Roberts’s sound design supplies oodles of cinematic atmosphere.

13th August 2021

Despite being a trio at its core, the new iteration of Slowly Rolling Camera is just as much about their collaborators as it is about Stapleton, Roberts and Bennett; their stable of guest artists are what really make Where the Streets Lead a properly enveloping record.

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