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A new release by Aiden Baker is always a guilty pleasure. This one is a collaboration with The Infant Cycle, another experimental ambient project. Since a lot of releases by Aiden Baker are made up of quite subtle and deep and subtle (guitar)drones, I thought I put this on and listen to it with my headphones, lay in bed and travel to dreamland.
Well… not quite. Not that it isn’t good, but the material is somewhat harsher and more disturbing in sound than I expected. It’s more of a surrealistic nightmare, made with sound. At least the first track is, and has been given the name ‘Summer’. Lots of rotating sounds are dizzying the listener. Looking at the album cover and name of the album, we might find ourselves in some rural area amidst grasshoppers and rural machineries. The second track, ‘Temperature Drop’, feels like the title, as it gets instantly colder. It’s a dark and creepy soundscape, though more subtle in its sounds than the former track. By the end of the song it’s becoming more intense with the use of layered guitardrones. ‘You Left Your Breath On My Window’ has a very sweet title and starts out as a weird soundscape. It eventually evolves into a magnificent drone where Aiden Baker is known for. The last song, ‘Rights Of Spring’, indeed feels like spring with the opening sounds of what seems like locusts or wind through the grass. It’s again a magnificent drone which lets you float above the rural landscape.
Another great release for Aiden Baker and The Infant Cycle. This time it’s a trip through spring and summertime. Or perhaps a complete season cycle, since this release contains 4 very long tracks. Highly recommended!
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