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Scalpel

表演者: Aidan Baker

专辑类型: 专辑/CD, Album, Limited Edition

介质: CD

发行时间: 11 Dec 2007

唱片数: 1

出版者: the kora records

专辑简介

I’ve written about Aidan Baker on here before but it was more so focusing on his collaboration/side project with Leah Buckareff called Nadja. So it’s nice to finally get to say a few things about one of Baker’s latest solo discs out now on The Kora Records entitled Scalpel. Baker has tried his hand in many different areas of music and it’s 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 “folk/drone” album. I really didn’t know what to make of that at first. I suppose a description like that shouldn’t be too hard to really figure out, but still it was intriguing.
　　The album opens with the track “K” 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 Baker’s vocals, which have gradually become a part of Baker’s 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 Baker’s 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 couldn’t come at a better time either as winter begins to settle itself in here in the Midwest. I am pretty sure Scalpel is limited to 500 copies, so for those out there that are interested be sure and to hit up The Kora Records before they run out. This is definitely up there as one of Aidan Baker’s best releases. Enjoy!

曲目

1 K (4:56)
2 Scalpel (5:17)
3 Our Needs Bear No Relation To Our Desires (11:54)
4 Indifference (14:45)
5 Drawn Like A Moth, Slip Like A Snail (11:45)

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