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                 Artist : Aidan Baker
                  Album : Antithesis
                   Year : 2004
                  Genre : Ambient

                  Label : Petite Sono
            Catalogue # : o4ii
           Release Date : Feb/08/2005

                 Source : CDDA
                Encoder : Lame
                Quality : VBRKbps, Joint-Stereo
                 Lenght : 48:31 min
                   Size : 63,3 MB


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                  Antithesis - (cdr/o4ii/2004)
                  a study in minimal guitar tones mixed with digital
                  textures & loops
                  limited edition of 100 cdr
                  all songs spontaneously composed,
                  all sounds produced by electric guitar.
                  made of two stereo tracks recorded in two single
                  takes.


                  And even more music from Aidan Baker. This time a
                  CDR album limited to 100 copies, on the relatively
                  new label Petite Sono (their second release). Here
                  we encounter Baker's droney ambience in it's most
                  stripped down form. Not much bass, instead there
                  are smaller tiny sounds stretched, at least in the
                  first track, that's the first 12 minutes. However,
                  more bass appears in the second track, but it's
                  still very tamed and quiet down. A good reference
                  for the atmosphere of this album can be
                  Biosphere's later albums Substrata, Cirque etc.
                  With the difference that Baker is in the droney
                  areas of ambient. All 4 tracks are mixed and that
                  way they form a longer soundscape of northern
                  ambient. All sounds here too (as on the other
                  releases reviewed in Vital 452 and 447) are
                  produced by electric guitar. One of the nicer of
                  the quieter Baker's releases.

                  Boban Ristevski - Vital Weekly

                  Another super limited disc (100 copies) on the
                  Petit Sono label. This disc has 4 tracks, all
                  composed from guitar and effects. Super low key
                  loops melt your mind in a trance-like manner. I
                  almost hear a voice and another time I hear a bird
                  chirping, but the liner notes say all guitar.
                  Fascinating to examine the music, and turn
                  internally on your own mind as well. It is so nice
                  to be hearing this disc in the spring - I feel
                  uplifted and energized. But, listen to this on
                  cold day and it would still be pleasant, but take
                  on the artifacts of hard crystalline snow, piles
                  and mounds surrounding your house. This is a very
                  adaptable disc! A cousin to this disc would be a
                  Lull disc. Maybe not as dark as what Mick Harris
                  puts together, but equally relaxing yet unsettling
                  at the same time.

                  Don Poe - Ear-rational.com

                  Aidan Baker's production is augmented by this
                  beautiful release (limited to 100 copies). Divided
                  into four sections, "Antithesis" is another
                  example of the darker moods the Canadian generates
                  through his guitars - the only source used
                  throughout the CD. Apparently unmovable, the
                  "dirtier" strata I've heard from Aidan in recent
                  times hover all around you giving birth to strange
                  hidden patterns of mourning calls that aren't
                  actually there, though your ears discover them
                  anyway. Even electric crackles and pickup hits are
                  used as a composition/improvisation tool with good
                  success. Putting yourself amidst Baker's hypnotic
                  washes of vibrating drones is such a beautiful way
                  of passing your time in those moments when you
                  wouldn't want a tomorrow.

                  Massimo Ricci - Touching Extremes

                  Petite Sono is a Montreal-based label run by
                  Nathan McNinch, who uses Petite Sono as platform
                  to release his own material. Antithesis is the
                  second release by Petite Sono and the first (and
                  only) material released by an artist other than
                  the label manager himself. Toronto-based
                  musician/writer Aidan Baker delivered a
                  mesmerizing album during which lovely waves of
                  guitar loops drift slowly like clouds on a
                  beautiful day. The guitars are hardly recognizable
                  as such, encompassed in rich textures with a
                  hypnotizing quality. The more dense side of Aidan
                  Baker's concept is shown in the second track,
                  which could be compared to a desolate journey
                  through sad and endless landscapes where the sun
                  does not set. The last track is comparable, though
                  contains a sort of repetitive electronic bird
                  twitter. Aidan Baker, who is also a part of the
                  experimental ambient ethno formation ARC and
                  post-space-rock group Mnemosyne delivered a
                  beautiful album with a constant quality throughout
                  the four pieces. Songtitles such as Antidromic,
                  Antiphon, Antitoxic and Anticlime might already
                  indicate what can be expected.

                  http://www.aidanbaker.org

                  01. Antidromic
                  02. Antiphon
                  03. Antitoxic
                  04. Anticlime


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