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Aidan Baker - Already Drowning

Aidan Baker - Already Drowning

Musician: Aidan Baker
Album title: Already Drowning
Style: Avantgarde, Post Rock
Released: 2013
Country: UK
Size MP3 version: 1526 mb
Size APE version: 1101 mb
Size WMA version: 1720 mb
Rating ✫: 4.2
Votes: 244
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Genre: Rock

Aidan Baker - Already Drowning


Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Already Drowning
Accordion – Leah BuckareffCello – Nick StorringGuitar – Jessica BailiffVocals – Clara Engel
8:47
2 30 Days / 30 Nights
Cello – Nick StorringViolin – Laura BatesVocals, Synth – Jessica Bailiff
8:55
3 Mélusine
Vocals – Maude Oswald, Valérie Niederoest
6:04
4 Mein Zwilling, Mein Verlorener
Accordion – Leah BuckareffVocals, Translated By – Joanna Kupnicka
6:09
5 Tout Juste Sous La Surface, Je Guette
Cello – Nick StorringViolin – Laura BatesVocals, Translated By – Geneviève Castrée
7:59
6 Ice
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Laura RodieVocals – Liz Hysen
10:58
7 Lorelei / Common Tongue
Trumpet – Carl PaceVocals, Tape – Carla Bozulich
6:03

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured By – Disc Manufacturing Services
  • Copyright (c) – Ah Syd Music
  • Recorded At – Commonwealth Studios
  • Recorded At – Broken Spine Studios

Credits

  • Design, Layout – Aidan Baker, Richard Knox
  • Engineer – Aidan Baker, Jonathan Demers
  • Mastered By – James Plotkin
  • Photography By – Aidan Baker
  • Text By [Lyrical Conceits] – Angela Carter, Anna Kavan, A. S. Byatt*, Hubert Aquin, Philip K. Dick
  • Words By, Music By, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Flute, Drums, Trombone, Piano, Drum Machine, Sounds [Field Recordings] – Aidan Baker

Notes

A song-cycle inspired by various myths & folktales about female water spirits, featuring a different guest vocalist on each track, with vocal melodies & interpretations/translations by respective singers.

Released in a gatefold digifile.

Recorded alternately at Commonwealth Studios in Toronto & Broken Spine Studios in Berlin between 2009 & 2011.
Lyrical conceits gleaned from various folktales & these specific texts: Angela Carter - The Bloody Chamber, A. S. Byatt - Possession, Anna Kavan - Ice, Philip K. Dick - The Dark Haired Girl, & Hubert Aquin - Hamlet's Twin.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 880319615221
  • Matrix / Runout: DISC MANUFACTURING SERVICES Z12243
  • Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD02
  • Mould SID Code: IFPI 5J33

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
GZH43 Aidan Baker Already Drowning ‎(7xFile, FLAC, Album) Gizeh Records GZH43 UK 2013
GZH43LP Aidan Baker Already Drowning ‎(LP, Album, Ltd) Gizeh Records GZH43LP UK 2013
GZH43LP Aidan Baker Already Drowning ‎(LP, TP) Gizeh Records GZH43LP UK 2013



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