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December 1st, 2009

Review :: Aidan Baker / Noveller – Colorful Disturbances

Aidan Baker / Noveller - Colorful Disturbances Aidan Baker / Noveller
Colorful Disturbances
(Divorce Records)
Toronto, ON
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From the portal-books of Jesse Locke:
For those keeping track at home, Aidan Baker’s discography is starting to stretch longer than both his beard and onstage guitar jams. On this split LP, the multi-instrumentalist and founding member of “Ambient Doom” duo Nadja is in full-on minimalist mode, filling the entirety of his side with the soft-focus tone workout “Disturbances pt. 1 & 2.” Movement wise, it’s as unhurried as Eno or Stars of the Lid, and equally iridescent. On the flip, Brooklyn’s Sarah Lipstate (a.k.a. Noveller) – a member of Rhys Chatham’s Guitar Army, Glenn Branca’s 100 Guitar Ensemble and formerly Parts and Labor – contributes two shorter songs. In comparison to Baker’s piece, her haunting “White Rabbit” and ornate “Under The Color Cave” sound positively lively. This one could be a desert island pick, if that island happened to be Myst.
[Levin's Note: Having played Myst (blind subway!), Myst II: Riven (hang-man language thingy!), and Myst III: Exile (bee-hive!), I concur with everything Mr. Locke has stated, and more!]

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Aidan Baker – Disturbances [excerpt]

3 Comments »

  1. Comment by Cecil — December 1, 2009 @ 2:41 am

    Myst + Aidan Baker = heaven


  2. Comment by hangman game — December 24, 2010 @ 2:56 am

    Thanks For Sharing This! :)


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