Slow Meadow - By the Ash Tree / Upstream Dream [Grey Marble Vinyl]

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: HMK082LPC1
Barcode: 0661706305501
Release Date: 09 Sep 2024
Genre: Alternative

Limited Grey Marble Vinyl, (250 only) in rice paper sleeves. This vinyl edition includes two EPs, one on each side: 'By the Ash Tree' and 'Upstream Dream', originally recorded and released in 2020 and 2021 respectively. To connect these compositions, Matt Kidd (Slow Meadow) composed new segues/crossfades from song to song, allowing the pieces to be experienced in one cohesive and harmonious flow. From Marc Weidenbaum's 'Disquiet' review: "Slow Meadow's new album, 'By the Ash Tree', opens with cascades of delays and proceeds through three tracks of reflective piano". The title track of 'By the Ash Tree' is one of Slow Meadow's most popular and enduring compositions. 'Upstream Dream' was composed around the time of 2019's Happy Occident. Soft electronics, bearing otherworldly tones and, at times, a sense of playful mischief, subtly shift expectations and bring discovery and wonder at every turn. It bookends a period of creative output that introduced Kidd's vision of calming and meditative ambient music. With a foundation of piano, string orchestration, and an ever-evolving electronic palette, Slow Meadow traverses the borders of neoclassical and minimalist electronics and delivers a deeply personal and transportive experience that speaks directly to the ebbs and flows and mundanity and marvels of life.

Tracks: 1 Prelude 2 By the Ash Tree 3 Quintana (Solo Piano) 4 Boy in a Water Globe (Solo Piano) 5 Outro 6 Tragedy of the Commons (Alt Version) 7 Adorned in Ribbons 8 A Light Without Flame 9 Tethered to the Earth 10 A Tiny Ripple Becomes a Giant Wave 11 Upstream Dream