Lineage

Album ANW 4296Lineage

Stuart Roslyn (PRS) | Christopher Elmslie (PRS) | Matthew Foundling (PRS)

Rich cello, bass and violins take center stage with these riveting and intimate performances. At times tense and driving, at times cinematic and emotional, these compelling neoclassical tracks cut to the core of timeless human drama.

14 tracks

  1. Escape Room
    Escape Room4296/13 mixesFrantic cello stabs into booming ambience as string layers dart with a rising hiss and whine. Cut to silence before crashing drums and strings return and swell to an epic, unrelenting wave of dramatic tension that finally bursts and tumbles back.
     
    2:08133 BPM
  2. Room for Maneuver
    Room for Maneuver4296/43 mixesDarkly plodding cello anchors plucked and groaning strings as imposing drumscape punches in. Cello holds the beat as frantic strings dart and surge. Stick clicks and piano strikes accent the ominous, tense build that swirls to an epic, deadly finale.
     
    2:13100 BPM
  3. Looking Up
    Looking Up4296/113 mixesDignified string ensemble swells, ushering in a booming cymbal crash and lush, uplifting strings that dart amongst cascades of pounding drums. Strings swirl and climb, crying as drums hammer and fall, giving the strings the final say.
     
    1:45109 BPM
  4. Will of the People
    Will of the People4296/142 mixesTense cello stabs, stick clicks, booms, and string flutters mark time as dark piano hammers in the background. Steady drum accents elevate the lead violin ostinatos as everything crashes in an urgently epic, dramatic finale and final string fade.
     
    2:09100 BPM
  5. Silent Rooms
    Silent Rooms4296/163 mixesElegant, mournful solo cello sets a somber tone, as booms and weeping string layer in. Tense strings race with piano as the cello rumbles over tight drum hits. Dramatic stakes build until the sharp, driving strings climb to a tango-like outro.
     
    2:20109 BPM
  6. Rock Bottom
    Rock Bottom4296/222 mixesGalloping strings over growling cello as plodding bass and airy boom anchor the string-driven landscape. Stern, rolling drums ground the racing strings, swelling with a pounding pace to an imposing, emotional build that cascades to an epic close.
     
    2:37140 BPM
  7. New Winter
    New Winter4296/243 mixesSomber strings find airy booms that elevate a violin, tentative at first, then racing - propelled by an imposing drumscape, holding back the tense strings until the dam breaks and everything collides in an epic, dramatic finale.
     
    2:21113 BPM
  8. Pulled Together
    Pulled Together4296/273 mixesGrowling string drags moan into a bleak landscape as a defiantly austere violin takes the lead, backed by hopeful piano and booms that elevate the mood, blending strings in a harmony of optimism with a racing chorus that pounds to an epic finale.
     
    2:20108 BPM
  9. Sent Apart
    Sent Apart4296/323 mixesMelancholy violin cascades into a dramatic, fluttering cut. Pounding booms and dark cello anchor as a whining synth hums, whooshing into frantic, wailing string layers that build with epic drums and urgent piano, pounding to a growling close.
     
    1:58130 BPM
  10. Brightness
    Brightness4296/353 mixesHollow hum joined by tense, racing string layers that swarm. Airy boom returns the strings, joined by ticking stick clicks and a growling synth as a dramatic piano and synth layers shower the intensifying landscape that bursts and falls back.
     
    2:30100 BPM