Gary Figueroa
Slow Meadow's S/T LP debut is a deftly layered recording. It presents a melancholic yet serene tonality. The tracks and their languid flow are wrapped in classical ambient colors. Of note is the gorgeous cello of Aimee Norris and the violin accompaniment of Andy Shelton, Joshua Ello, and Alia Gonzales. Nice introduction. Brilliant debut.
Favorite track: Crown of Amber Canopy.
AboveTheEarth
Slow Meadow's music will do one or two things to you. Envision the end of the world; or being a hero to be able to stop it.
Favorite track: Grey Cloud Lullaby.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
New deluxe edition including four bonus tracks originally available only via a limited edition handmade CD Record. Download in the format of your choice from our 24-bit source masters. Includes digital booklet and both the Deluxe Edition artwork (shown here) and the original artwork (as an attachment).
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Custom six-panel gatefold CD, which includes download in your choice of formats + digital booklet. Package created by an FSC certified printer using vegetable inks, water-based varnish, and triple-certified paper and board.
Includes unlimited streaming of Slow Meadow
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Strictly limited to 100 and includes: (1) a handmade "CD Record", which is a CD/Vinyl hybrid disc that will play in your CD player and on your turntable: contains 4 bonus tracks, 3 in the CD section and 1 in the grooves (includes a custom made center adapter for your turntable spindle); (2) BluRay disc of a Slow Meadow private performance featuring 9 songs and exquisite cinematography by Neil Sandoz; (3) the custom 6-panel gatefold CD, which includes download in your choice of formats + digital booklet (CD package created by an FSC certified printer using vegetable inks, water-based varnish, and triple-certified paper and board).
Bonus songs (CD section):
1. A Small Balloon and a Great Mountain (feat. Hammock)
2. Crown of Amber Canopy Pt. 2
3. Lonesome Summer
Bonus song (Grooves section):
1. The Ides of Autumn
BluRay Disc (live, private performance, alternate arrangements):
1. A Farewell Sonata
2. Grey Cloud Lullaby
3. A Distant Glow / 4. On a Bed of Green Blades
5. Summer Vigil / 6. Blue Rose on a Windowsill
7. Linen Garden Pt. 1
8. Crown of Amber Canopy Pt. 1 / 9. Crown of Amber Canopy Pt. 2
Includes unlimited streaming of Slow Meadow
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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CD Record
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
These final six copies are part of the original (and only) run of 100. This is a handmade "CD Record", which is a CD/Vinyl hybrid disc that will play in your CD player and on your turntable: contains 4 bonus tracks, 3 in the CD section and 1 in the grooves (includes a custom made center adapter for your turntable spindle). Includes immediate download of Slow Meadow's debut album and a download card for the new album, "Costero".
Bonus songs (CD section):
1. A Small Balloon and a Great Mountain (feat. Hammock)
2. Crown of Amber Canopy Pt. 2
3. Lonesome Summer
Bonus song (Grooves section):
1. The Ides of Autumn
Includes unlimited streaming of Slow Meadow
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Meditative music from ambient artist, Matt Kidd. Matt uses guitar, piano, and synthesizers to compose minimalistic changes and arranges strings throughout each work. The songs weave in and out of substantial neoclassical "pop" arrangements to whimsical textural soundscapes. A mixture of obsessive planning and instinctive improv, Slow Meadow is the foreground and background of thought provoking leisure.
Seize the modest moments.
credits
released August 21, 2015
Slow Meadow is Matt Kidd. All music written, arranged, recorded and mixed by him.
Additional arranging: Aimee Norris
Cello: Aimee Norris
Violins: Andy Shelton, Joshua Ello, Alia Gonzales
Trumpet: Joshua Sebren
Additional Vocals: Hannah Anderson
Mastering: Taylor Deupree at 12k
Artwork / Design: Matt Kidd
Photography: Joshua and Hanna Anderson
Floral photos used as overlays by Shannon Penner
Special thanks to my wife Lindsey, Andy Kirkendall, Marc Byrd, Andrew Thompson, Johnny Pleasant, Taylor Deupree, BriAnna Olson, Jeffery Armstreet, Maxine Kuo, Joshua Anderson, Sophia Anderson, Andy Othling, Andrew Tasselmyer, Kacie Williams, Neil Sandoz, Aaron Tharpe, Micah Bickham, David Gamboa, Josh Taylor, Leighton Jack, Kyle McGuire, Gregory Avery-Weir, Patty Alman
Slow Meadow is ambient compositions from multi-instrumentalist Matt Kidd. After working as a touring / session musician
since the early 2000s, Matt took a serious interest in creating music focused less on performance and more on inner experience. Slow Meadow began when Kidd befriended Marc Byrd of Hammock, who signed Slow Meadow to his label, Hammock Music, and released his debut in 2015....more
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