Description
Meadow Argus returns with 72 minutes of organ drone! Recorded to 4 track cassette with the usual tape loops and other tape manipulation. Various cheap organs are the sole instrument, recorded to a tape player with built in mic. No other sources and no vocal samples on this one. Just 72+ minutes of slowly shifting DRONE. Headphones and deep listening recommended.
Limited cassette release, edition of 42. Handpainted by Pearl Morgan. Each tape is one of a kind, handpainted, and cut/folded, stamped and numbered by hand. Professionally duplicated gold cassette in maroon case. Edition of 42. Mastered by Michael Southard. Released by Tynan Tapes Temporal
Reviews:
“The newest Meadow Argus tape focuses on one thing and one thing only: organ-based drones. No field recordings, no childhood memories, just cheap organs recorded to cassette tape and looped to infinity, occasionally revealing imperfections or subtle manipulations. The second part feels more expansive and horizontal than the first, though there’s some very distinct warbles and deliberate-sounding shifts and curves. The third part stretches out towards its own form of zen, and then the final part feels a bit more corrupted and burnt out, but somehow in a comforting way.” – The Answer is in the Beat, https://theanswerisinthebeat.net/2024/10/19/meadow-argus-zoom-tape-tynan-tapes-temporal-2024/
” ‘Zoom’ takes off where I left ‘Arboreal Frippery’, in terms of lo-fi ambient music, and maybe even takes a bit further. A central position is for “various cheap organs”, recorded to a tape player with a built-in microphone. Then maybe onto a four-track with “the usual tape loops and other tape manipulation”. These loops are a bit unsteady and wobbly, but the drones prevail, also a bit shaky, but with a beautiful direct presence. Once more, I am reminded of the zoviet*france, and everybody that owes to them (it’s a long list). Four long pieces, lasting almost 73 minutes, and they are very minimal, but not without change. Slowly, these pieces morph into new shapes, which continue to morph and change. It’s very ambient, but it has a rough feeling, especially since the recording style brings a surprising element to the music. It’s hazy music, but it’s very audible haziness. Lovely bliss.” – Vital Weekly, number 1498, https://www.vitalweekly.net/number-1498/
“Meadow Argus is the alias of Tynan Krakoff, an experimental drone musician from Columbus, Ohio, whom I discovered while browsing one of Bluesky’s starter packs. His latest album “Zoom” is a 72-minute dive into various organ tones processed through a tape player, drifting slowly and effortlessly through a lo-fi path to the unknown. Unrushed and steady, drone on!” – Mutant Zones, https://mutantzones.blogspot.com/2024/12/meadow-argus-zoom.html?m=1
https://meadowargus47.bandcamp.com/album/zoom
