Sounds like when I'm in an MRI machine... only way cooler and much less claustrophobic!

Tracks from the new Stratos Ensemble in 2013, soon to be released on CD and/or download in 2014.

The Stratos Ensemble - Yet To Be Released And Free Downloads

The first track we recorded with our current bass player in the new line up, and unreleased. All improvised.  Presently unreleased music but building towards a second album. The organ solo on this track was not played by Dean, but rather the sax player Jim Goetsch.

First album here:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stratoensemble

Buy Our Last CD

Royce - The Stratos Ensemble (organ and sax solo by Jim Goetsch)

Black As The Sun

Compilation of tracks produced between 2012 and 2017 and written originally for electronics and clarinet.
Out on all platforms August 12th, 2021
https://kronodigger.bandcamp.com/album/good-times

Tracklist:
1. Fantasy No1
2. I Like You
3. Space Jump
4. Amphibian
5. Music Box
6. Phoenix
7. Into the Green
8. Star Odyssey

Good Times album

From the founder of Surface 10:
The Stratos Ensemble reformation is starting to come together.  Won't be long before material for a new CD is formed.  This track won't make it to the CD because of technical difficulties, but it's a perfectly good track, given away for free.  The fender rhodes solo on this song was not played by Dean but rather the sax player Jim Goetsch. Totally improvised; two keyboardists and an ensemble.  High quality mp3.

Personal:
Brock Bowers - drums
Kent Baxter - bass
Jim Goetch - sax & fender rhodes
Dean De Benedictis - keyboards and production
Anjelo Alonte - Violin

Fruits Of Friction - The Stratos Ensemble (rhodes and sax solo by Jim Goetsch)

The Spirit of Imagination

The first ever compilation track by The Stratos Ensemble, featured on the comp album Touched Two.

Whole album:
http://touched.bandcamp.com/album/touched-two

Stratos Ensemble track:
http://touched.bandcamp.com/track/my-broken-key-part-2

For A Good Cause

My Broken Key (Part 2) - The Stratos Ensemble (compilation track)

Fluckdub - Surface 10

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Renowned musician & educator Undulae makes his debut on Satellite Era with the genre-blurring 'Temple Of Symmetry' EP.

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Undulae - Escape Velocity [Premiere]

Somoku - From THE FIRST TAKE

Somoku (From THE FIRST TAKE)

A recent jazz/ambient improv session (and yes, it was completely improvised) performed by 3 members of the Stratos Ensemble. This was essentially a practice session, but came out great and was recorded, so it is our gift to you.

Dean De Benedictis - piano, synth and atmospheres
Coco Roussel - drums and drum pads
Rod MacDowell - bass

Only small portions of this session will make it to albums and the rest will never be made available,  so feel free--download it while it's still here.

Band website:
http://thestratosensemble.com

Photo by Dean in Patagonia, 2008.

Stratos Ensemble Session (free download) - Electro Acoustic Trio Improv - Dean, Coco & Rod

Music from the forthcoming EP by Luke Abbott and Jack Wyllie of Portico. 

Released via Buffalo Temple (BFFT003) on 25th September available on 12" vinyl and digitally.

Xantako

http://mixmag.net/read/premiere-float-through-space-with-this-powerfully-understated-sinoptik-music-cut-premieres

@Sinoptik-Music is an artist hailing from Tbilisi who specialises in constructing densely textured, ambient soundscapes that envelop listeners in breathtaking atmospheres.

Next up the Georgian producer is debuting on R&S sublabel Apollo with a three-track EP titled ‘Voices In My Head’. The title track is an awe-inspiring cut that weaves together gentle percussive brushwork, shimmering synths and softly rolling piano chords to form a subtly powerful piece of music that’s steeped in understated emotion.

Order: https://apollorecs.lnk.to/sinoptik-music-voices

More exclusive music

Premiere: Sinoptik Music 'Voices In My Head'

This is an unreleased track by the Stratos Ensemble, available here for free download. It is considered a part of their scrap material of 2013, but they were still moved enough by this particular track that sharing it seemed fitting to them. This track was improvised; it will not be released on any album, mainly due to minor audio blemishes in the recording that cannot be removed, which you may or may not notice.

Personnel on this track:
Jim Goetsch - sax
Brock Bowers - drums
Dean De Benedictis - synths and production
Kent Baxter - bass
Anjelo Elonte - violin

Image by our friend Ellen Jantzen, in 2013:
http://www.ellenjantzen.com/

Alt Solace - The Stratos Ensemble (extras of 2013)

I wrote this song in 1986 for my first real band Phantasm. I thought I would challenge myself to record it now after all those years. Needs the vocals on it for sure.

Pray For Power

200527 Back 2mix

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)

Stratos Ensemble Session (free download) - Electro Acoustic Trio Improv - Dean, Coco & Rod

The Stratos Ensemble & Fateless Flows Music

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