Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith to Release 'Tides' Music for Yoga and Meditation

On January 11th, Katilyn Aurelia Smith's Touchtheplants imprint will release Tides: Music for Yoga and Meditation. Recorded in 2013, Tides is a glimpse into the early phase of what has become the artist's signature approach to electronic music. Composed and played on a Buchla Music Easel--the modular synthesizer that gives Smith's music its organic feel--this collection of instrumentals is at once uplifting, transportive and meditational. It comes as no surprise that it was commissioned by Smith's mother to accompany her yoga practice.

Tides pulsates and swells like the ocean itself. Field recordings of wind chimes and forest sounds are interspersed throughout much of the album, accentuating the pastoral aspirations of their electronic counterparts. The chirp of a bird might be confused for the elongated intervals of a muted siren, a steam valve opening and closing for the sound of the surf, or a drone for a live organ. The actuality is elusive and secondary to the alchemy at work. Natural and synthetic components become indistinguishable from one another and cohere seamlessly into a unified paean to bliss. Though the ambient nature of these recordings is inextricable, it is belied by an undercurrent of heart-like beats that hint at the visceral force of Smith's current work.

why?

...because sometimes the initial intention of a creation is what matters the most. "The saying 'it's the thought that counts,'" says Smith, "Is everything in a creation, and it is how Touchtheplants moves each artist's creation forward. No two imaginations are the same, and I love that! I believe no performance format or release format should be the same. Anything is possible! Touchtheplants hopes to provide each artist with encouraging inquiry towards what is possible, and to be a collaborative resource with evolving outside partnerships that are in alignment with the initial intention to find the best form for the artist's story. There will always be a physical format and performative aspect to each project."

Pre-order available to ship Dec 14th:

https://www.touchtheplants.com/pages/tides

Photo credit: Sean Hellfritsch

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