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Artist : Aidan Baker
Album : Scalpel
Year : 2007
Genre : Ambient
Label : The Kora Records
Cat.nr : TKR 008
Source : CDDA
R.date : 10.05.2011
Size : 74,4 MB
Encoder : LAME 3.98.4 -V0
Bitrate : avg. 213kbps
Quality : 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo
Website : http://64.92.105.10/~coldsnap/aidan/ahsyd.htm
Tracklist:
01. K 04:56
02. Scalpel 05:17
03. Our Needs Bear No Relation To Our Desires 11:54
04. Indifference 14:45
05. Drawn Like A Moth, Slip Like A Snail 11:45
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Release Notes:
"IÆve written about Aidan Baker on here before but
it was more so focusing on his collaboration/side
project with Leah Buckareff called Nadja. So itÆs
nice to finally get to say a few things about one
of BakerÆs latest solo discs out now on The Kora
Records entitled Scalpel. Baker has tried his hand
in many different areas of music and itÆs always
amazing to here the outcome, as more often than
not the results are excellent. There have been
records that dabble more in psych, kraut, ambient,
drone, and so on. However here on Scalpel, Baker
has combined a familiar ambiance within his body
of work with folk music for something that is
loosely being dubbed as his ôfolk/droneö album. I
really didnÆt know what to make of that at first.
I suppose a description like that shouldnÆt be too
hard to really figure out, but still it was
intriguing.
The album opens with the track ôKö and greets the
listener with the simple plucking of an acoustic
guitar that as the song moves forward begins to
merge into a dreamy backdrop of sound. Everything
seems so incredibly delicate, which is only
enhanced by the overall sparseness throughout the
recording. One of the many things that I really
enjoy about Scalpel however is the increased focus
on BakerÆs vocals, which have gradually become a
part of BakerÆs sound but not so much to the
amount of attention that they receive here.
Granted, his vocals are still very subdued, and
like the music are softly spoken amongst the
strumming of his guitar. The last three tracks on
the album are where it really begins to take shape
however, in the form of otherworldly drones,
strings, and shimmering backdrops that gradually
consume BakerÆs vocals and guitar into many layers
of beautiful sounds. And while drifting and sparse
as it may be, there is still a certain feeling of
warmth within it all that for me is what makes
Scalpel worth many repeated listens. It couldnÆt
come at a better time either as winter begins to
settle itself in here in the Midwest."
limited to 500 copies.
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