Strays, by Ross Downes

Strays

by Ross Downes

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As featured on BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction

'A beautifully crafted album that punches way above its weight' – DALSTON SOUND

'Rarely sounds much like anybody else' – BIG TAKEOVER MAGAZINE / NEW YORK

At the core of these compositions is processed electric guitar. Ranging from melodic wandering and riffs to percussive arpeggios and tonal drones, the guitar is often altered sonically to change its usual pitch and range to produce processed sounds akin to electronic music. Aside the guitar, synthesisers layer and shift forming an atmospheric surround that takes influence from ambient, electro and soundtrack music to produce a record rich in dynamic variety, from smooth, floating backgrounds washed in reverb, to abrupt dissonance and crackling feedback. The record forges a balanced path between intimate guitar work to expansive soundscapes. The writing for Strays started last year during a residency in Alvik, a remote snow covered industrial town to the east of Bergen in the mountainous Fjord´s of Norway. It was later developed and completed in bustling Hackney, London during 2015.

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released February 26, 2016

All instruments by Ross Downes
Recorded in Alvik and London 2015-16
Mastered by Nick Siddall

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Trestle Records London, UK

Trestle records is a record label dedicated to putting out new instrumental music started by four friends in east london during 2011. Ranging from electronic to classical, pop to musique concrete supporting and distributing all manner of contemporary instrumental music is its principle. ... more

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