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  • Summary: The fifth full-length solo release for the Barn Owl guitarist features a modular synthesizer and field recordings.
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  • Record Label: Thrill Jockey
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock, Experimental Ambient, Dark Ambient
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  1. Aug 4, 2015
    80
    While Meridian continues on logically from Dream Sleep, and even Barn Owl's V, it is at another level, one more inherently focused and more overtly compositional. This is Caminiti's most holistic project to date.
  2. Aug 4, 2015
    80
    What elevates Meridian above the throngs of similar abstract, mod-synth ambient records are the same sensibilities that carried albums like Dreamless Sleep, even if the tools are different this time around. Tracks that, for the most part, sound formless--never careless. [No. 121, p.53]
  3. Aug 4, 2015
    70
    Some of the songs may even leave you thinking they could use another element, but in the end, it's nice that they remain as spare as they do, the edges left soft and fuzzy, the way you see things in the dark.
  4. Aug 5, 2015
    70
    If it is difficult to find fault with Meridian, it is also difficult to find reasons to choose it over more accomplished and extraordinary music of a similar kind.
  5. Aug 4, 2015
    70
    The unpolished, unpredictable nature of Meridian is certainly part of its charm, one way or the other. There are a lot of cinematic drone albums out there, and the organic, human touches here lend this one more personality than most.