Roller Trio - Tracer: The Real World Sessions (2014) [Official Digital Download]

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Roller Trio - Tracer: The Real World Sessions (2014) [Official Digital Download]

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Roller Trio - Tracer: The Real World Sessions (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time - 51:12 minutes | 558 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: PDF Sleeves

The album opens with The Law of Five, a spacious drum ‘n’ bass influenced tune that is born out of a free jazz improvised sax and drum intro. Next up is Doris, a real live favourite, where consecutive driving melodic hooks segue into an explosive but naturally building saxophone feature. Laika is an ambient improvisation exploring electronics, distant chords and mallets creating a unique spatial atmosphere inspired by the Real World Studios acoustic. Tracer explores a hypnotic hip-hop influenced groove with spacey saxophone from James switching between atmospheric textures and funky ideas.

High Tea is a trademark Roller tune, riffy and punchy it was composed utilising Hindustani rhythmic and melodic techniques. Mango (GO!) is a playful jam leading to an epic rubato improv sandwiched by a complex, melodically developed head. Another gig fave, the energetic 3 Pea Soup features rolling rhythms colliding with skittering sax in this piece, bolstered by powerful rock guitar from Luke Wynter. Finally the album closes with Repose, a slowly building piece revealing naturally developed ideas in a classic ‘golden ratio’-inspired structure that closes out the album on an exultant note.

Invited to record at Real World Studios in summer 2013 the band took unique inspiration from the Real World environment. Recording and living in a residential bubble, removed from their daily lives, making use of the spaceship control room, the warm sounding Wood Room and using the extensive facility of vintage hardware to process their instruments presented an inspirational opportunity for the young band.