A reimagining of the Message to Bears 2012 release "Bird's Tail". This track is part of a reworks album in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the MTB record "Folding Leaves". The other artists featured in this release are Alex Somers, The American Dollar, Arms and Sleepers, Codes in the Clouds, Tom Adams, Levi Patel, Will Samson and worriedaboutsatan.
Originally recorded in 2016 at Sonic Ranch Recording Studios, a different version of the this track was released as a single in 2017. This "alternate" was actually the way it was first conceived and recorded.
it appears on the "Upstream Dream" EP. Release Dec 3rd, 2021.
"Truth also consists of relationships between events. Truth occurs when things communicate with each other on the basis of a similarity or some other form of closeness between them.... Truth is opposed to the accident of pure contiguity. Truth means commitment, relationship and closeness. Only through intense relationships do things become real in the first place:” - Byung-Chul Han, The Scent of Time
"Upstream Dream" by Slow Meadow. From the "Upstream Dream" EP. (Released 12.3.2).
Thank you Vanessa for the beautiful 8mm footage and to Natalia for being in the video. You provided the entire aesthetic of the album art.
"A Light Without Flame" by Slow Meadow. From the "Upstream Dream" EP. This was the second single of three to release before the album.
I hope you enjoy the video as much as I have. Cian Hogan went above and beyond working with me on this.
Thank you to Kya Bliss for the dance footage used in the creation of this.
Motion Art by Cian Hogan https://www.cianhogan.ie/ @fainlogSlow Meadow - Adorned in RibbonsSlow Meadow2021-11-05 | Stream/Buy: lnk.to/UpstreamDream
"Adorned in Ribbons" by Slow Meadow. From the "Upstream Dream" EP. This was the first single of three to will roll out before the album.
A big thank you to Stephen for capturing such beautiful drone footage and for working with me on this.
Video by PRØKTR (Stephen Proctor) constructvisuals.com proktr.comSlow Meadow - We Can Only Love Through SufferingSlow Meadow2021-04-25 | "On our earth we can truly love only with suffering and through suffering. We know not how to love otherwise"
Music from the 2019 album "Happy Occident" ffm.to/happyoccidentSlow Meadow - Drifting PhoneticsSlow Meadow2019-10-27 | We use words to define words including the word, word.
Dance by Kya Bliss Video by "Clamber" Editing by Slow MeadowSlow Meadow - Artificial AlgorithmSlow Meadow2019-08-23 | A collage of cognitive signifiers I put together.
ffm.to/happyoccident "Artificial Algorithm" is from the upcoming full length "Happy Occident" - Releasing 10.18.19 via Hammock Music. Stream or buy it and preorder the record via the link above
I used some visuals by Ezra Cohen Most of the other footage stock from Pond5 and Shutterstock.Slow Meadow - Clouds Not ClocksSlow Meadow2018-06-23 | "Science philosopher Karl Popper put forth the idea that the world could be divided into two categories: clocks and clouds. Clocks are fixed, orderly systems that can be understood by reducing them to their simplest parts. Clouds are, however an 'epistemic mess...' that are 'highly irregular, disorderly, and more or less unpredictable.' This adage was used to illustrate the dilemma of both science (and, I think in daily life) to approach all things as though they were clocks. We want to give nature (and people) a blueprint. But this approach is destined to bring nothing but frustration. The cosmos, its phenomenon, and people are much more like clouds than clocks."Slow Meadow - Rara PlumaSlow Meadow2018-06-23 | "The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. The term is based on an ancient saying that presumed black swans did not exist – a saying that became reinterpreted to teach a different lesson after black swans were discovered in the wild."Slow Meadow - QuintanaSlow Meadow2018-05-18 | A collaboration of sound and movement. Communication without words.
-MSlow Meadow - Those Who Rush Across the SeaSlow Meadow2018-05-11 | "Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. (They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.)" -Horace
Photography / design: Fran Rodríguez facebook.com/lacabezaenlasnubes Animation: TheGlitch facebook.com/theglitch.ogSlow Meadow - Cauda LunaSlow Meadow2018-03-16 | A Moon Tale.Slow Meadow - Were Losing the MoonSlow Meadow2018-03-16 | “We’re losing the Moon” is a reference to the phenomenon of our moon drifting away from earth’s orbit at about the rate our fingernails grow. In tandem with that the allegory of man thinking of “the heavens” as an immovable and permanent thing. Once worshiped as gods, these heavenly bodies are now found to be as transient as life itself only over time scales long enough to fool countless generations of people. In this picture another reminder that we don’t see things as they are but as WE are.The Beholder’s ShareSlow Meadow2018-02-20 | Inspired by Melody Sheep’s “Symphony of Science”. This is an excerpt from a talk Anil Seth gave to the Royal Institution entitled “The neuroscience of consciousness”...
https://t.co/2mLE8z69XI?amp=1Slow Meadow - Viejo CarruselSlow Meadow2018-01-08 | An animation by Nathaneal Kidd
open.spotify.com/track/5KIsoMBzv0Gu9VxYH7Tq4F slowmeadow.bandcamp.com/album/costeroThe Tragedy of the Commons (live at Sonic Ranch)Slow Meadow2017-12-09 | This is one of the first iterations of "The Tragedy of the Commons" as I was writing it while recording at Sonic Ranch Studios. It is more uptempo than the original release and has some different string arrangements. I did 3 versions of this track before landing on the one for the official release, however, I never could decide which version I liked best. I think I actually prefer this one now.
Original release version: open.spotify.com/album/4dTZqDVKfNKVAxF1Zm5NCd slowmeadow.bandcamp.com/album/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-semolinaCielo RojoSlow Meadow2017-11-23 | "The permanence of nature is seemingly paradoxical; while its constituents live and die, it, itself, lives on. With the advent of civilization, many have deluded themselves in thinking that they are separate from that which has borne life unto them. Societies, along with the ideologies that shape them, materialize and crumble in the blink of an eye."
footage shot by Salah Hassan instagram.com/saladinhassanCostero out now.Slow Meadow2017-11-02 | Slow Meadow's second full-length album, recorded in Tornillo, TX at Sonic Ranch Recording studio, released November 17th, 2017 via Hammock Music label Pre-order now: lnk.to/costero Digital / CD / and Vinyl versions will be available.
Join us in looking back at some of the recording process of "Costero" at Sonic Ranch Recording Studio. It was an immersive experience filled with growth, joy, laughter, challenges, stress, frustration, great conversation, great food / wine and a great collaboration of minds. It's a time I'll never forget. This, along with memories of growing up in the middle coast, color the entire palette of this album. I hope that you can find as rewarding an experience listening as we had making these tracks.
Footage shot by Joshua AndersonSlow Meadow - HurricaneSlow Meadow2017-10-20 | "Away from the immense, cloistered in our own concepts, we may scorn and revile everything. But standing between earth and sky, we are silenced by the sight. . . "'
lnk.to/costeroSlow Meadow - Lamellophone and the Gulf of MexicoSlow Meadow2017-09-28 | "In the end, the sea always wins."
From the upcoming album, “Costero”, out November 17 on Hammock Music. Stream on Spotify or Pre Order album via bandcamp / itunes and get immediate download of this track:
instagram.com/saladinhassanSlow Meadow - Armoire NocturneSlow Meadow2017-03-29 | I wrote the first theme of this piece a couple of years ago and could never quite figure out how to finish it. There have been many iterations of it and it has been booted off of two full length records. I guess it always seemed to be a little island unto itself. Well anyway, what better reason than to put this out into the world than #PianoDay2017?Slow Meadow - Ghosts in the BrazosSlow Meadow2016-11-19 | Download: slowmeadow.bandcamp.com/album/palemote-ghosts-in-the-brazosSlow Meadow - PalemoteSlow Meadow2016-11-18 | Download: slowmeadow.bandcamp.com/album/palemoteSlow Meadow - Blue Aubade (Slow Meadow version)Slow Meadow2016-10-14 | This song was originally released as a collaboration with some good friends who make music as "Hotel Neon". This version is a re-imagining with various textures done by me.
This is a bonus track that was originally released on the 2015 limited edition of the album "Slow Meadow". It features guitar textures by Marc Byrd of Hammock. It is now available via all usual mediums.
This is the extended version of a bonus track that was originally released on the 2015 limited edition of the album "Slow Meadow". It appeared on the vinyl side of a double sided cd/vinyl hybrid. You could actually play the disc on either an analog record or cd player via the appropriate side. This longer version was released 7.7.16 on the "Slow Meadow Deluxe edition" digitally and is available via all usual mediums.
The "b-side" to the first in a series of singles to be released in mid/late 2016.Slow Meadow - LachrymosiaSlow Meadow2016-05-20 | Stages of grief...
The first in a series of singles to be released in mid/late 2016.
(Artwork / Design by Matt Kidd w/photos by Joshua Anderson and Shannon Penner)Slow Meadow (live) - A Farewell SonataSlow Meadow2016-03-23 | A clip from Slow Meadow's first live performance at Fitzgerald's in Houston, TX.
For info on upcoming shows visit slowmeadow.comSlow Meadow - Upcoming Live PerformancesSlow Meadow2016-03-07 | With special guests, Hotel Neon.
Film Credits: Choreography WHYTEBERG duo Directed by Alexander Gabrielli Produced by Christa Boarini Original Costume Design by Amanda Antunes Make Up by Stefania Medeiros Hair Styling by Bethany Johnson Director of Photography Matthew Halla
Cover art by Matt KSlow Meadow (Performance) - A Farewell SonataSlow Meadow2015-12-11 | slowmeadow.bandcamp.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/slo... https://open.spotify.com/album/0GX9uy... soundcloud.com/slow-meadowSlow Meadow (Performance) - Crown of Amber Canopy Pt.1 and Pt. 2Slow Meadow2015-11-02 | slowmeadow.bandcamp.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/slo... https://open.spotify.com/album/0GX9uy... soundcloud.com/slow-meadowSlow Meadow Performance (Limited Edition Package) - Linen Garden Pt. 1Slow Meadow2015-09-11 | A clip from a live (in studio) performance of "Linen Garden Pt. 1". Full video and others available via the purchase of the Limited edition package (4 bonus tracks also included in limited package):