Aidan Baker & Tomas Jarmyr - Werl

 

 I had written about Werl 3 last year, which Aidan Baker's collab with Gareth Davies and Tomas Jarmyr (Motorpsycho). This album is the precursor of that one, but not in Baker's usual ambient/drone style. This is Baker sodomizing the guitar and Jarmyr blasting everywhere, playing an unstoppable prog/free jazz/post metal delirium, always reaching higher and higher. 2016 cd on Consouling Sounds.

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PS: On vacation as of yesterday, so no posts for a few days.

Aidan Baker & Gareth Davis - Invisible Cities II

No comments. Just immerse yourself in the bleakness of the city and the mourning of the clarinet. 2020 lp on Karlrecords.

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Aidan Baker & Gareth Davis ‎– Invisible Cities LP

I sometimes wonder how I have never posted any music by Aidan Baker, as I have uploaded some of his stuff to share here but it somehow never worked out. So, in anticipation of the second installation of Invisible Cities (which I pre-ordered the vinyl of and I am eagerly waiting-the full album is online now and sounds sublime!) here's the first one. It's a collaboration with bass clarinetist Gareth Davis, who is a member of the drone band A-Sun Amissa (their latest album For Burdened And Bright Light is excellent), and it really is one of the highlights of Baker's work, which in my opinion is sometimes hit-or-miss, both with his namesake recordings, and as Nadja (I still think that the Pyramids/Nadja album is his best ever). The music is ECM-quality thanks to the clarinet sounds of Davis, but Baker's drones, ambient soundscapes and field recordings are deeply enveloping and very evocative. It's really one of those albums to listen to on a coach travelling long distances at night or while visiting ancient sites. Highly recommended. 2018 LP on Karlrecords.

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va ‎– Drones, Tones And Various Repressed Emotions

Ambient/drone compilation CDR released in 2009 by Basses Frequences. Tracks by Nicholas Szczepanik, Tamagawa, Fordell Research Unit, Elementaural Research Project, Culver, Alistair Crosbie, deAnimator, Créature, and stand-out tracks by Wereju, Aidan Baker.

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