HiFi Choice
"music sometimes has an almost dream-like, filmic quality"
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Vibes4YourSoul
"ambient and downtempo, poetic melodies ...undoubtedly delight most fans"
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Jazzwise
"lush, orchestral samples, languid grooves and a sophisticated facility for channelling the chill...spiritual jazz masterpiece"
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All Gigs
“it's beautifully-crafted minor-key instrumental sadness with occasional joy and frequent surprises.”
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AAA Music
“This record is a stunning, self assured work that showcases someone who has mastered their trade and is completely comfortable with his style.”
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Vanguard Music
“Sometimes it is a loud electric-edged tone, occasionally a bubbling Grant Green tone on jazzier numbers but Stuart seems adept at switching between the two”
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Disconnected
“This carefully filtered collection of ten recordings is a perfect example of how McCallum has refined his music and like a great Scotch proves that in the hands of an artist the perfect blend is one ‘Distilled’.”
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Time Out
"dusting gritty club grooves with his own epic brand of folk-edged melancholy"
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The Guardian
"Acoustic-guitar meditations turn slowly into tranquil funk"
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Music OMH
“an intoxicating shot of spirit, but it's also highly refined and filtered. Those with a penchant for more idiosyncratic overtones may be left wanting, but this album nonetheless does a sterling job of encapsulating the cutting edge of the UK Jazz scene”
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BBC.co.uk
"Phrases resound with a shimmering vibration, underscored by sympathetic arrangements."
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Record Collector
"Mood music of a more hypnotic and ruminative hue can be found on the lovely album Distilled"
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UNCUT Magazine
“Distilled – dreamy, trippy, downtempo instrumentals...the lush semi-orchestral settings”
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BBC Music Magazine
"A yearning atmosphere of improvised guitar...worth investing time in"
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All About Jazz
"The Manchester-based guitarist/composer knows how to combine established and contemporary sounds, making them into music that is never less than fascinating and, at its best, a thing of breathtaking beauty."
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Manchester Evening News
"delivered with a cinematic sweep...a very impressive self-invention"
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