Baker, Aidan & Thisquietarmy / Orange
Album: Orange   Collection:General
Artist:Baker, Aidan & Thisquietarmy   Added:Jul 2011
Label:Consouling Sounds  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-09-25 Pull Date: 2011-11-27 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Nov 20 Oct 30 Oct 23 Oct 16 Oct 9 Oct 2
Airplays: 1 1 3 5 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 23, 2017: Reckless Burning
Blood
4. Oct 25, 2011: There and Back Again
Milk
2. Dec 09, 2011: slow burners
Blood
5. Oct 20, 2011: razor's edge
Agent
3. Nov 17, 2011: razor's edge
Blood
6. Oct 19, 2011: razor's edge
Blood

Album Review
Adam Pearson
Reviewed 2011-09-25
Space drone/ambient. Original collaboration was released as an EP in 2007, but now gets a full release, including the bonus tracks, 5-8, which were originally unavailable. The album is guitar effects/loops/sustain/distorto-centric. Aidan Baker (of Nadja) is a drone stallion and releases an album probably every other week. thisquietarmy is Eric Quach and an equally competent workhorse, who has worked with Scott Cortez (lovesliescrushing) in addition to Baker. Play with Tim Hecker, Comoros, and any other Rx/loop pedal abusers. Tracks blend into each other so watch out. No FCCs.

1. Subsonic reverb echo hum, sparkly keys, futuristic, layered, swirled cocktail. (8:43)
*2. Deep submarine relaxation tones with ringing, overdriven looped distortions. (6:40)
3. An extension of 2 with denser layers of spaced-out effects, distorted guitar comes in late, lending a dark metallic feel. (7:30)
*4. Celestial out-of-body acid trip with some hypnotic looping
distortion/effects. (7:01)
5. Distorted guitar on heavy delay, dense drugscape. (2:57)
6. Sustained guitar layers amass over low-end hum. (5:43)
7. Minimalist guitar saturated with delay and distortion up to an
intense, climactic space drone. (3:36)
8. Deep keys loop near a simple, two-chord lead. (4:17)

Track Listing
1. Agent   5. Amplifier
2. Mandarin   6. Crush
3. Clockwork   7. Glow
4. Blood   8. Milk