Meridians, by Julie Beth Napolin

Meridians

by Julie Beth Napolin

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The LP was originally released as a cassette in Portugal with Cakes and Tapes. It came with a hidden track, which is included here with the download only.

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1.	A Well for Water 05:21	buy track
2.	The End of Philosophy 05:47	buy track
3.	Sunrise 06:05	buy track
4.	Nightwood 04:10	buy track
5.	In the Dark 03:32	buy track
6.	Remember Me 07:54	buy track
7.	The Story They Told 05:00	buy track

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This LP features the duo Julie Beth Napolin (Citay) and the western-Massachusetts luthier Trevor Healy (Snake Oil). Their open-form ballads are alternately driving and hypnotic, exploring the overtones, dissonances, and consonances created by voice, electronics, and guitars. Julie continues to play solo under the Meridians moniker, performing live with tape drones and guitarists such as David First (the Notekillers) and Tom Carter (Charalambides).

Over the course of a year, Trevor and Julie developed their sound together, using amplified acoustic guitars and drones. We were heavily influenced by the SF scene at that time and our shared love of Lungfish, Tara Jane O'Neil, Popul Vuh, and others. There are echoes of British folk, minimalism and the cinematic strains of krautrock as we combined dueling electric and 12-string guitar melodies over pulsing loops of flute, violin, found objects, and oscillators.

The tracks on the Meridians self-titled LP set were co-written and recorded in 2008-2009 by Julie and Trevor. It was recorded on tape at Louder Studios with Tim Green (The Fucking Champs/Nation of Ulysses) in San Francisco.

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released July 10, 2012

All songs by Meridians. Julie Beth Napolin played guitars, vox, and flute. Trevor Healy played guitars, violin, and electronics. Drums by Bert Garibay and additional vocals by Meryl Press. Cover art by Giorgos.

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Julie Beth Napolin Beacon, New York

Julie Beth Napolin works with the resonances between amplified acoustic guitar, electronics, and tapes. Julie has collaborated with western Mass-based luthier Trevor Healy, the duo releasing a cassette under the moniker Meridians on Cakes and Tapes, and, in the early 2000s, a 5-piece rock band. Julie has played with David First, Tom Carter, in The Swedes (Beto O'Rourke) and Citay. ... more

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