Tides: Music for Meditation and Yoga

Tides
Studio album by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Released	November 11, 2014 (2014-11-11) January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11) (reissue)
Recorded	2013
Label	Touchtheplants
Producer	Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith chronology
Tides (2014) Euclid (2015)

Tides is an album by American musician Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, initially released in 2014 and later re-released on 11 January 2019 as Tides: Music for Meditation and Yoga through the label Touchtheplants. ^[1]

Background and recording

Smith recorded the album in 2013 using a Buchla Music Easel synthesizer after her mother, a yoga teacher, wanted music she could play during her classes. ^[1] It includes field recordings of "wind chimes, forest sounds, birds chirping, [and] steam valves". ^[2] The album will be the first release on Smith's new label, Touchtheplants. ^[2]

Critical reception

Fact said the album provides an "insight into an early phase of the composer[']s music". ^[3]

Track listing

Adapted from Bandcamp. ^[4]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tides IX"
2.	"Tides VIII"
3.	"Tides VII"
4.	"Tides VI"
5.	"Tides V"
6.	"Tides IV"	6:44
7.	"Tides III"	3:24
8.	"Tides II"
9.	"Tides I"

References

1. Middleton, Ryan (November 27, 2018). "Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Releasing 'Tides: Music For Yoga and Meditation' On New Label". Magnetic Magazine. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
2. Pearl, Max (November 28, 2018). "RA News: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith to release Tides, an album of music for meditation and yoga". Resident Advisor . Retrieved December 16, 2018.
3. Bruce-Jones, Henry (27 November 2018). "Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith makes meditation music for her mother on Tides". Fact . Retrieved 16 December 2018.
4. "Tides: Music for Meditation and Yoga | Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith" . Retrieved 16 December 2018– via Bandcamp.