Artist : The Infant Cycle / Arc
Album : Periodical II
Year : 2006
Genre : Ambient
Source : CDR
Label : The Ceiling
Catalog : CEIL30
Rls.Date : 2006-11-13
Bitrate : VBRkbps
Size : 30 MB
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1. The Infant Cycle - Unrelated Work Tapes 5-14-06 10:00
2. Arc - Raw Circle 9:04
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19:04
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The most recent project embarked upon by The Ceiling is a series of split
mini-CDRs (originally intended as a series of a 7"s, which remains in the
artwork), between The Infant Cycle and other artists in the southern Ontario
region of Canada, working mainly in the arena of CDRs, MP3s, and less in
larger-circulation formats. The series intends to bring together artists
working outside existing genres and subgenres, working in areas of their own.
The intent is to unify the series with a sense of adventure and challenge,
and not necessarily a stylistic consistency.
The series is also intended to function somewhat as a sort of newspaper, a
snapshot of where each project is at the time of issue. The series can be
viewed as sidebar releases by the artists- perhaps a progress report.
THE INFANT CYCLE has been in operation since 1992, producing numerous CDRs,
CDs, vinyl, cassette and MP3 releases, alongside many compilation appearances
for labels all over the planet. The Infant Cycle creates eccentric
sound-worlds from disparate strands of instrumental phrases, field
recordings, and everything in between; composition mixing with improvisation,
influenced by happy accidents and technical failures. The piece contained is
a mixing of previously recorded tracks, rethinking the past and foreshadowing
future releases.
ARC is a Toronto group comprising Aidan Baker, Richard Baker and Christopher
Kukiel, and in the past few years have created numerous evocative soundscapes
flowing from the rudiments of percussion and guitar. Most of their music is
created live in real time: discreet elements are introduced in loops, guitar
cascades meshing with gradually shifting polyrhythms. Their "side" is an
early take of material recorded live, that was later worked on in the studio
for their "The Circle Is Not Round" CD on Italy's Small Voices label.
All releases in the Periodical series are "budget" priced releases of 80
copies only.