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BAKER, AIDAN & THE INFANT CYCLE — Rural Sprawl
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Eine der ganz frhen Releases (CDR auf Blade Records von 2002) von AIDAN BAKER war diese Zusammenarbeit mit dem damals schon seit langer Zeit in der experimentellen Szene aktiven JIM DE JONG aka THE INFANT CYCLE. Inzwischen gehrt AIDAN als eine Hlfte von NADJA zu einem der bekanntesten "Drone"-Musiker der heutigen Zeit, whrend INFANT CYCLE immer noch einen absoluten Geheimtip darstellt. Hiess die Original-CDR noch "Rural" und enthielt nur 2 Stcke, so wurde "Rural Sprawl" durch 2 weitere Stcke ergnzt, um die Idee eines jahreszeitlichen Zyklus zu untermauern. Hier ergnzen sich die etwas herben loops & samples mit sanften Gitarrenklngen & bassigen Pulsen, schon damals waren wir begeistert und notierten: "Gerade erst entdeckt, schon gibt es eine kanadische Zusammenarbeit von AIDAN BAKER mit den langjhrig bestehenden INFANT CYCLE auf Blade Records. Statische, stehende Drones verbergen darunterliegende perkussiv-basslastige Strukturen (das erinnert an DRONAEMENTsches Schaffen), zwei lange Stcke, die Atmosphren einfangen und vermitteln sollen (Summer) (Temperature Drop)...zarte, subtile, emotionale Klnge: Musik die die Welt braucht! Very emotional Canadian collaboration, subtle drones conceal percussive-bassy structures underneath, two long pieces of shimmering and soft dreamscape-sounds: music that this world needs!"
"Canadian musicians Aidan Baker and Jim DeJong (aka The Infant Cycle) have used the "gentleman's kit" of modern experimenters for creating the compositions of this disk: guitar, bass, tapes, samples, feedback generator, playouts and thumb piano. Four album tracks correspond with four seasons, four states of the soul...
Summer - repetitive loops become overgrown with the juicy flesh of atonal sound and transform into sampled rhythms flown over by a soft guitar tune. Autumn - the rhythm is reduced to a hardly evident monotonous shroud, the atmosphere becomes more melodic and melancholic and in the end turns into a heart-piercing guitar solo. Winter - time for sleep and detachment: icy ringing, the slow breath of bass impulses, the rustling of electronics and sluggish drones painting vast snowy soundscapes. And finally spring - the drone ambient nature unfolds large as life, majestic sonic waves sweep accompanied by a swarm of tiny sounds awoken to life again.
The first two tracks were recorded in 2001 (and released on CD-R by the Italian label Blade Records in 2002 in a very limited edition), two others were recorded in 2005 and thus completed the natural cycle of this album." [label info]
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"Canadian musicians Aidan Baker and Jim DeJong (aka The Infant Cycle) have used the "gentleman's kit" of modern experimenters for creating the compositions of this disk: guitar, bass, tapes, samples, feedback generator, playouts and thumb piano. Four album tracks correspond with four seasons, four states of the soul...
Summer - repetitive loops become overgrown with the juicy flesh of atonal sound and transform into sampled rhythms flown over by a soft guitar tune. Autumn - the rhythm is reduced to a hardly evident monotonous shroud, the atmosphere becomes more melodic and melancholic and in the end turns into a heart-piercing guitar solo. Winter - time for sleep and detachment: icy ringing, the slow breath of bass impulses, the rustling of electronics and sluggish drones painting vast snowy soundscapes. And finally spring - the drone ambient nature unfolds large as life, majestic sonic waves sweep accompanied by a swarm of tiny sounds awoken to life again.
The first two tracks were recorded in 2001 (and released on CD-R by the Italian label Blade Records in 2002 in a very limited edition), two others were recorded in 2005 and thus completed the natural cycle of this album." [label info]
http://zhb.radionoise.ru/