Fantasma Parastasie
Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker
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Phantom On a Pedestal | Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker | 5:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Hymn to the Idea of Night | Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker | 5:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Auditory Spirits | Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker | 3:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Skeleton Dance | Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker | 3:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Gallery of the Invisible Woman | Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker | 7:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dream of the Nightmare | Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker | 4:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Fantasma Parastasie | Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker | 4:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 7 Songs |
Customer Reviews
Solid, perhaps a grower
I was very much looking forward to this collaboration by two of the most interesting artists in ambient music. Hecker's work has managed to systematically unthink many of the roadblocks in glitch and experimental electronica, while Baker's band Nadja has pushed the envelope of sonic, guitar-based, metal-drone introduced and popularized by groups such as the mighty Sunn 0)). This is a very good album. Each time I listen to it, I like it a bit more. Perhaps I would have given this a five star review had my expectations not been so high. The music is exactly what you would expect: dense, dark, beautiful; saturated by fuzz, feedback, melodic warm overtones, and cold beckoning space. I would recommend it to anyone interested in such music. It might not become my most played album or even my go-to album when wanting to enjoy either of these artists. On the other hand, it might...
Headphone Commute Review
Toronto based Aidan Baker and Montreal based Tim Hecker pair up to deliver an abstract and experimental ambient piece on a Canadian Alien8 Recordings. Hecker is not a stranger to a noise-prominent label, having previously released Mirages (Alien8, 2004), and a re-issue of Radio Amor (Mille Plateaux, 2003). In addition, his ambient recordings have already graced quality labels like Force Inc, Staalplaat, Fat Cat and Kranky. This is, however, his very first collaboration. Baker, on the other hand, is known for his work with Leah Buckareff, together cooking up ambient drone metal under the Nadja moniker. Baker's discography is immense, and mostly consists of live improvised long pieces. His ability to churn out guitar heavy drone soundscapes can be overwhelming, but together, with Hecker's luscious synth work, they pull out a whole different beast. The overdriven guitars combined with hiss, crackle and static, vibrate feverishly across the frequency spectrum, occasionally revealing a hidden pattern, a loose structure, and a graceful melody. The paced slow-core riffs, rolling at a speed of a sleeping giant, are fed back into themselves and split through a harmonic meat grinder. All this is again mashed up, tweaked out, and faded in through a torrent of bit-crushed digitally violated audio waves that give your speakers (and ears) a massive workout. Fantasma Parastasie is a relaxing fatigue - it cradles you gently by screaming its head off. Thus, together, Backer and Hecker, define an oxymoron of ambient noise or shoegazer metal. This should be a special treat for those with a taste for Belong, Ben Frost, Fennesz, Jasper TX, and Lawrence English. Where as Baker has a bucket of upcoming albums, too many to fit in a paragraph (see my Two and a Half Questions with Aidan Baker for a full list), Hecker is scheduled to release his seventh studio album, An Imaginary Country, in March 2009 on Kranky.
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...but there are only glimpses of Aidan Baker's and Tim Hecker's respective musical strengths in this album. The short total run-time is also somewhat unfortunate, as none of the ideas ever seem to be fully developed.
Biography
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs By Aidan Baker
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Auditory Spirits | Fantasma Parastasie | 3:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Hymn to the Idea of Night | Fantasma Parastasie | 5:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Fantasma Parastasie | Fantasma Parastasie | 4:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Phantom On a Pedestal | Fantasma Parastasie | 5:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dream of the Nightmare | Fantasma Parastasie | 4:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Gallery of the Invisible Woman | Fantasma Parastasie | 7:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Skeleton Dance | Fantasma Parastasie | 3:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Substantiated | SMM: Context | 6:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Chainsaw | Green & Cold | 5:34 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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When You Scream (Troum Remix) | Noise Factory Records: Sampler, Vol. 3 | 6:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $6.93
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Electronic
- Released: Oct 14, 2008
- ℗ 2008 Alien8 Recordings
