Aidan Baker

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A brand new Aidan Baker release:


Liminoid / Lifeformsby Aidan Baker

Liminoid is a composition for large ensemble exploring sonic immersion in drones and textures, rhythms and pulsations. Incorporating composed and improvised segments, the piece uses elongation of sound and layered polyphony in an attempt to create a liminal and/or numinous state. This recording of Liminoid is from its premier at The Music Gallery’s X-Avant Festival in Toronto, October 25, 2008. The piece features a powerful vocal performance with every member sharing the vocal duties. The lyrics have been adapted from 5th-8th century Coptic Christian texts and inspired by the book Ancient Christian Magic by by Marvin W. Meyer & Richard Smith.

The ensemble members for this performance were:
Aidan Baker (guitar/voice),
Clara Engel (guitar/voice)
Nick Storring (cello/voice)
Jakob Thiesen (drums/voice)
Richard Baker (drums/voice)
Tillman Lewis (cello/voice)
Laura Bates (violin/voice)
Jonathan Demers (guitar/voice).

Lifeforms is a composition for strings, prepared/effected guitar, and amplified metal works. Likewise incorporating written and improvised material, the piece was originally commissioned and performed by The Penderecki Quartet in 2003. This recording was made in August 2008 at Commonwealth Studios in Toronto.
The performers were:
Aidan Baker (guitar)
Nick Storring (cello)
Mika Posen (violin)
Alan Bloor (metal works).

- This is just amazing !

Plong42

Check AmieStreet for several earlier albums.

elwoodicious

Thanks for the rec on this, absolutely loving the wonderful convergence of sound that reminds me of a lovefest between Japancakes, Anonymous 4, and Terry Riley.

Bad Thoughts

Exploring Panospria, I noticed that Aidan Baker had an entry on the netlabel:

Bad Thoughts

Broken Spine is apparently a net label started by Baker and member of Nadja. There's a lot of stuff that's NYOP--mostly by Baker, but by Nadja as well.