One of the first improvised ambient duo tracks by recording artists Dean De Benedictis (from Surface 10, The Stratos Ensemble) and Coco Roussel (from Happy The Man, Kit & Coco, Michael Manring), both of which are current members of The Stratos Ensemble.

On this track Dean plays piano and melodic sound textures generated from voice samples.  Coco plays electronic drum pads that trigger percussion kits.

This track is the first of what will likely be an eventual album  collaboration between Dean and Coco. Stay tuned for more track previews from these two musicians.

Photo by Dean in Patagonia 2008

Dean De Benedictis & Coco Roussel - Ambient Improv 1

The Stratos Ensemble is a progressive jazz band, the brainchild of producer Dean De Benedictis. The Fateless Flows Collective was an organization that Dean once ran, but now is simply the brand canopy that represents many of his extended projects, such as collaborations with original FF members and related material. Dean has decided to merge both his Stratos Ensemble content and his general Fateless Flows content on this particular SC page. 

The company name was originally the name of an electronic music collective Dean ran from 2003-05. From 2007-11 there was a plan to relaunch Fateless Flows as a record label, but it fell through. What remains are video channels on Youtube and Vimeo, and this Soundcloud page. Dean keeps his art and content coming, so he still uses the FF brand to release anything he works on that he also maintains rights control of, be it solo efforts or collaborative. Dean also has a separate SC page for his solo material.

Fateless Flows main image by Michael Jantzen and Dean De Benedictis. 

Dean De Benedictis' website can be found here:
http://deandebenedictis.com/

(Michael Jantzen's website:
http://www.michaeljantzen.com/Welcome.html)

Dean De Benedictis & Coco Roussel - Ambient Improv 1

The Stratos Ensemble & Fateless Flows Music