Meditations in B explained

Meditations In B
Type:	Album
Artist:	Old Man Gloom
Cover:	Old Man Gloom - Meditations in B.jpg
Released:	August 22, 2000
Length:	29:23
Label:	Tortuga Recordings^[1]
Producer:	Tim Stroh, Old Man Gloom
Next Year:	2001

Meditations in B is the debut full-length album by Old Man Gloom.^{[2] [3]} A remastered version of the album was released on April 7, 2015, through Hydra Head Records.^[4]

Production

The album was written and recorded in New Mexico in under a week.^[5]

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote: "OMG focuses more on quick, jagged, sonic barbs and drawn out ambient experimentation, rather than the brooding, atmospheric destruction Isis is known for."^[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Perez and Turner.

1. "Afraid Of" – 1:16
2. "Flood I" – 0:50
3. "Simian Alien Technology: Message Received" – 3:27
4. "Sonic Wave of Bees" – 1:22
5. "Sonar Enlightenment Program" – 5:43
6. "Rotten Primate" – 1:47
7. "The Exploder Whale" – 1:02
8. "Poisoner" – 0:42
9. "An Evening at the Gentleman's Club for Apes" – 0:55
10. "Vipers" – 0:50
11. "Test Result: Alien Ape Distress Signal" – 1:55
12. "Flood II" – 1:02
13. "Resolving the De-Evolution Conflict" – 1:31
14. "Scraps Theatre Presents: Confusion in Five Movements" – 7:01

Credits

• Eric Gallegos – assistant
• Santos "Hanno" Montano - drumming, backup vocals, data backup, viral marketing
• Dave Merullo – editing and mastering
• Old Man Gloom – producing, editing and mastering
• Juan Perez – backing vocals, consultation, direction and layout concept
• Tim Stroh – production, engineering and mixing
• Aaron Turner – guitar, vocals, bass, noise, engineering, sampling, mixing, layout design, construction and layout concept

Notes and References

1. Web site: Loud Rock. CMJ New Music Report. March 27, 2000. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
2. Web site: Old Man Gloom | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Book: Sharpe-Young, Garry. New Wave of American Heavy Metal. September 26, 2005. Zonda Books Limited. 9780958268400. Google Books.
4. Web site: Old Man Gloom: Meditations in B Vinyl LP. Hydra Head Records.
5. Web site: Old Man Gloom Meditations in B. exclaim.ca.