Description:	CD on A Silent Place
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Experimental / Abstract
	Label:	A Silent Place
	Price:	£11.59
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...according to our Phil on 26 February 2009.

Here's a CD by Arc which is Aidan Baker (Nadja) and a couple of buddies. Well I presume they're buddies. Not everyone in bands are friends. I mean look at Wham. George and Andy were fighting all the time. Gary Numan regularly had massive fallings out with his Tubeway Army to the point where one day they bought a tank and tried to run him over with it. But then he got in his plane and bombed their tank and everything was alright again. Phew... Thanks heavens for the balance in life. And that is entirely what you'll get listening to this lovely thing called Glassine 1 on A Silent Place Records. It's packaged in a lovely cardboard foldy thing and the music is new age jungle noises while experimental tinklings glide haplessly from swinging vines (like Tarzan but without the man cry). The few times I've been massaged this sort of stuff has been played in the background. It's possibly new age at times but I think it's interesting enough to distance itself away from the hour long nature albums with whales and squirrels barking at each other. It does create a pleasant feeling though and those who enjoy the lighter side of Mr Baker will verily like this beast o' pleasure.

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What their label says...

A Silent Place 2008 ARC formed spontaneously in 2000 at a performance at The Ambient Ping, Toronto's long-running live ambient/experimental music series. ARC's sound is centred on the melodic loops, textures & samples provided by heavily-effected guitar & other melodic instruments. This is overlaid with tribal-esque rhythms made by various percussive instruments; drum kit, djembe, tabla, wood blocks, etc. With this combination this trio create a roiling tapestry of psychedelic drone music, rhythmic & ambient sound; a sound simultaneously prim(ev)al & avant-garde. This second Arc's full length on A Silent Place label featuring Aidan Baker, well know as NADJA member and for his soloist works (guitars, woodwinds, percussion, voices), Richard Baker (drum set, emboura, percussion), and Christopher Kukiel (electronic percussion, djembe, tabla, dumbec, percussionS).Glassine I was recorded live at the Ambient Ping in Toronto on 03/07/2006; and can be easily described as an organic space ambient, with very strong references to Pink Floyd (Ummagumma), Popol Vuh, Ashra Temple, Jackie-O Motherfucker, O Yuki Conjugate, AMP and Flying Saucer Attack or "Fourth World" ambient music! Four tracks of pure vibrant multi-layered psychedelic drone music! Now, close your eyes, listening to "Glassine 1" and start for your trip even without the intake of any substances. waiting for "Glassine II (coming soon on A Silent Place).