M. Baptista Benedict - Meek​(​ch​)​o

There in the murkiness, where the water meets with mud, crystal clear and dark green mix in placid union. A foot step causing exploding plumes of sediment, a hand reaching where something shiny rests. How long has it been submerged, who lost such a beautiful parcel? And this treasure being a collection of sounds, now free from their molecular weight. Pressing play heeds unusual clarity, but still warbled and sinuous beyond recognition. What was this music before...? The faint lettering on the outside looks like Meek(ch)o. Damaged sounds but done for a reason, placed in a metamorphic hold for future development.

M. Baptista Benedict has years of experience making and producing music. Much more than this description can contain. The focus at hand is Meek(ch)o and the twelve rough cut paragons contained within. Some selections, drone like static behind music played and rerecorded so many times it sounds amazingly weathered. These passages similar to something really good on AM radio, but continually fading in and out of reception. Other selections containing beats and rhythms blinking into crystal clarity then sinking away behind the layers and layers of sonic strata. M. Baptista Benedict has recorded a world of sounds, mutations becoming more than the they would ever know. Meek(ch)o resides in another dimension, listen carefully to hear it's depths.

This is the first cassette on the FLOPHOUSE label from Michigan. Released in an edition of thirty seven, copies are currently available from their bandcamp page. Meek​(​ch​)​o was one of three cassettes making up the first batch for the label. All made with high attention to detail, beautiful inside and out.





Links
Flophouse - bandcamp
M. Baptista Benedict - bandcamp - twitter

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