* * * * * Tim Hecker / Aidan Baker * * * * *
Montreal, Canada (1996 – present)
Montreal producer Tim Hecker made his initial breakthrough as Jetone, but followed with some incredible ambient work attributed to his born name. This experimental ambient work, released by Alien8 sublabel Substractif beginning in late 2001 with Haunt Me Haunt Me, Do It Again, won much acclaim.
It also familiarised listeners with the producer himself, and not just because it featured his real name rather than a moniker: Hecker’s self-titled work was much more personal than his Jetone recordings, its ideological characteristics reflecting his interests and its experimental slant similarly reflected his ambitions.
For his self-titled recordings, Hecker drew inspiration from pop culture and showcased his ideas within dense collages of found sounds and computer-generated noise. The producer also performed live extensively.
As a graduate student studying digital acoustics and software, Hecker spent years dabbling with electronic music before finally debuting as Jetone in 2000 with Autumnumonia for Pitchcadet. The release interested Force Inc, which released Hecker’s next album as Jetone, Ultramarin, a year later.
Following this popular release, he aligned himself with Alien8, an experimental label based in Montreal. He recorded Haunt Me Haunt Me, Do It Again for the label’s ambient sub-label, Substractif, and watched it inspire critical praise upon its release in late 2001.
The album proved so successful that Substractif released a follow-up EP, My Love Is Rotten to the Core, less than a year later in hopes of building upon the lingering critical buzz surrounding Haunt Me. Hecker then recorded Radio Amor for Mille Plateaux, Force Inc’s experimental ambient sublabel, which released the album in April 2003.
Aidan Baker is a musician and writer currently based in Toronto, Canada. Classically trained in flute, he is self-taught on guitar, drums, and various other instruments. A regular performer in and around Toronto, he has also performed in New York, Montreal, Chicago, San Francisco, and such festivals as The Om Festival, Mutek, SXSW, and The Distillery Jazz Festival.
He has released numerous CDs on independent labels from around the world. He is the author of two books of poetry, two poetry chapbooks, and has published poetry, fiction, and criticism in various international and scholarly journals.
As a solo artist, Baker explores the deconstructive sonic possibilities of the electric guitar as a primary sound source, creating music that ranges from experimental to post-rock to contemporary classical.
He performs in the experimental collective Arc and the ambient/doom metal project Nadja.He has also composed work for The Penderecki String Quartet and The Uxbridge Chamber Choir.
Artist – Aidan Baker
Album – Liminoid / Lifeforms [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2010
Genre – Ambient, Minimal, Post-rock, Drone, Experimental [ EXCELLENT LISTEN ]
Tracklist
1 Liminoid (Part I) 8:17
2 Liminoid (Part II) 6:35
3 Liminoid (Part III) 7:43
4 Liminoid (Part IV) 15:12
5 Lifeforms 29:21
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Aidan Baker – Liminoid / Lifeforms
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Artist – Tim Hecker
Album – Harmony in Ultraviolet
Release Date – 2006
Genre – Ambient, Drone-ambient, Experimental, Soundscape, Instrumental, Noise-drone
Tracklist
1 Rainbow Blood 1:52
2 Stags, Aircraft, Kings and Secretaries 4:30
3 Palimpsest I 0:35
4 Chimeras 3:13
5 Dungeoneering 5:24
6 Palimpsest II 0:38
7 Spring Heeled Jack Flies Tonight 3:11
8 Harmony in Blue I 1:31
9 Harmony in Blue II 1:52
10 Harmony in Blue III 2:41
11 Harmony in Blue IV 2:02
12 Radio Spiricom 4:52
13 Whitecaps of White Noise I 7:29
14 Whitecaps of White Noise II 5:57
15 Blood Rainbow 4:06
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Tim Hecker – Harmony in Ultraviolet
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Artist – Tim Hecker
Album – Radio Amor
Release Date – 2003
Genre – Ambient, Drone-ambient, Experimental, Soundscape, Instrumental
Tracklist
1 Song of the Highwire Shrimper 7:24
2 (They Call Me) Jimmy 4:52
3 Spectral 8:09
4 I’m Transmitting Tonight 5:16
5 7000 Miles 5:43
6 Shipyards of La Ceiba 1:56
7 Careless Whispers 5:11
8 The Star Compass 4:49
9 Azure Azure 10:34
10 Trade Winds, White Heat 4:22
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Tim Hecker – Radioamor
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Artist – Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker
Album – Fantasma Parastasie
Release Date – 2008
Genre – Ambient, Drone-ambient, Experimental, Soundscape, Instrumental
Tracklist
01 – Phantom on a pedestal
02 – Hymn to the idea of night
03 – Auditory spirits
04 – Skeleton dane
05 – Gallery of the invisible woman
06 – Dream of the nightmare
07 – Fantasma-parastasie
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Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker – Fantasma Parastasie
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Artist – Tim Hecker
Album – An Imaginary Country
Release Date – 2009
Genre – Ambient, Drone-ambient, Experimental, Soundscape, Instrumental
Tracklist
1 100 Years Ago 3:28
2 Sea of Pulses 4:41
3 The Inner Shore 4:18
4 Pond Life 1:25
5 Borderlands 4:46
6 A Stop at the Cord Cascades 4:44
7 Utropics 1:05
8 Paragon Point 5:04
9 Her Black Horizon 1:28
10 Currents of Electrostasy 3:43
11 Where Shadows Make Shadows 8:37
12 200 Years Ago 4:45
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Tim Hecker – An Imaginary Country
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Recommendations: KODA ~ Children Of Ishizuke ~ TwinSisterMoon ~ Below The Sea ~ Aarktica
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