This set of music was recorded and performed completely improvised (aside from some effects and minor editing in post) by The Stratos Ensemble, in 2013. It is one of a few sessions that are being mixed and finished, one at a time, as gifts for the audience. These full sessions were also never officially released on any album, and likely still won't be.

Rod McDowell - bass
Brock Bowers - drums
Dean De Benedictis - synth, effects and production
Angelo Elonte - violin and 12-string guitar

Stratos Ensemble website:
http://www.thestratosensemble.com/

unreleased sessions of 2013

The Stratos Ensemble - No Stranger (Full Set)- free download

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)

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