Meadow:Watt

Meadow:Watt

Whether known as Fibreforms or now as Kiln, the musicians involved here create warm, engaging textures within the science of electronic music. Their second album for the Ghostly International label, meadow: watt, will likely grow a greater profile than their self-released EPs. This album’s 50-plus minutes allow enough time for each of the group's experiments to bear fruit, though the best ideas beg for infinite loops to best experience their environment-changing achievements. “Star.Field” is in tune with the album’s title, a piece both openly bucolic and worthy of the infinite night sky. “Willowbrux” sizzles to the beats that call to a low-key dance floor where slow dancers would have reason to hold close for its six-and-a-half-minute duration. The active white noises and scraping rhythms guiding “Kopperkosmo” present alienating textures as part of the weave. The guitars and synths manipulated here make for subtle headphone battles, where the stereo mix reveals a jockeying for position between the left and right channels.

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