Meadow Argus

*60 copies limited edition* Ohio-based tape manipulator Meadow Argus (Tynan Krakoff) returns with over 60 minutes of memory mulching sound stew. The main aural sources stem from a momentous summer 2009 trainhopping/hitchhiking trip around America's West Coast with Tynan's brother Max, a seminal coming of age experience. During the trip, Tynan carried a microcassette pocket recorder and captured hours of raw audio. These memories are collaged & juxtaposed with found tapes & other family recordings touching upon themes of altered states and trips; exploring the tension between paranoia, elation, and revelation, holding space for each.

Tynan Krakoff began Meadow Argus in 2006, privately making tapes for friends, with his first real public release coming in 2015 on his own label, DNT Records (2005-2015, RIP). He has released over a dozen tapes on American labels including Flophouse, Hooker Vision, and Aural Canyon. Album artwork by Pearl Morgan.

"The first song I made was actually the album closer, 'Trainwreck Tunnel.' That piece is built around a sample of my brother telling a train story from earlier in that trip. After rediscovering that particular tape in my old shoebox from trips past, I realized it fits perfectly into the Meadow Argus universe, which is all about tapping into nostalgia and jumbled memories. An ethereal blending of the past, present, and future." - Tynan Krakoff