{"id":10934,"date":"2022-01-14T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=10934"},"modified":"2022-01-10T10:01:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T10:01:40","slug":"matilde-meireless-life-of-a-potato-reviewed-by-beach-sloth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=10934","title":{"rendered":"Matilde Meireles\u2019s \u201cLife of a Potato\u201d reviewed by Beach Sloth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cronicaelectronica.org\/releases\/180\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cronica180-2022_1440-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10911\" width=\"520\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cronica180-2022_1440-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cronica180-2022_1440-260x260.jpg 260w, http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cronica180-2022_1440-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cronica180-2022_1440-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cronica180-2022_1440.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Matilde Meireles celebrates the surprisingly long journey of one of the world\u2019s most beloved vegetables with \u201cLife of a Potato\u201d. For a field recording it is a rather stellar mixture of low-end and high-end sounds. Rather tactile every single element of the journey is magnified. No melody, no rhythm, this is a narrative that comes through with various sounds that reverberate throughout the entirety of the collection. Both songs have a sprawling, soothing aspect about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the first track \u201cRoughly 53 Steps\u201d there is a bit of Matmos\u2019 wry sense of humor brought in. The mixture of the domestic alongside the wild helps to give it that extra push to a degree. Starting off quiet the piece eventually comes to incorporate an entire ecosystem. Hints of the bird song in the background further give it a sense of place, one that feels ever so soothing to fully embrace. All of it works wonders in creating this peacefulness, one that focuses on reflection, on the gentle rhythms that make up a person\u2019s day. Much more composed \u201cor 38 Metres\u201d features a stronger hand at play. Rather than let the sounds be, her approach is direct. While this is no dance track, no endearing melody, it does have a less abstract approach than the opener. Here the pulsing bass almost alludes to a great beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLife of a Potato\u201d features an uncanny approach to storytelling proving Matilde Meireles to be a rather skilled sculptor of sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beachsloth.com\/matilde-meireles-life-of-a-potato.html\">Beach Sloth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matilde Meireles celebrates the surprisingly long journey of one of the world\u2019s most beloved vegetables with \u201cLife of a Potato\u201d. For a field recording it is a rather stellar mixture of low-end and high-end sounds. Rather tactile every single element of the journey is magnified. No melody, no rhythm, this is a narrative that comes &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=10934\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Matilde Meireles\u2019s \u201cLife of a Potato\u201d reviewed by Beach Sloth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[541,509],"class_list":["post-10934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-541","tag-matilde-meireles","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10935,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10934\/revisions\/10935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}