Deer Park by Aidan Baker

Rolling drones and a steady march of grainy percussion lead us slowly into Aidan Baker’s Deer Park. There is something deliberate and inevitable about this initiation and indeed the breadth of the album feels like a soundtrack to a solemn, ancient ceremony - with not-necessarily human participants. Here in Japan, deer are messengers of the gods and it is perhaps these messages that are being expressed in their raw and untranslated form.
Using a minimum of sound and a maximum of craft, Aidan Baker has created a masterful work of patience and procedure . Regardless of whether we were the intended listeners, or whether it was meant for other ears, Deer Park calls out to us: steady, pulsing, and eternal.

Tracklist

1.	Steep Uphill Climb	9:41

2.	The Deer Watch From The Doorway	10:19

3.	Floating Temple	9:41

4.	Fish Speak	10:19

Credits

released November 15, 2018

MEDS017

Aidan Baker - electric guitar, bass, drum machine
Recorded May 2018 at Broken Spine Studios, Berlin
(c) Ah Syd Music 2018
www.aidanbaker.org

Photography by Aidan Baker
Design by Standard Grey

This album release was timed to coincide with Aidan Baker's solo tour through Japan. Special thanks to Club Doctor, Knock Koenji, Soni House, Space Eauuu, and Environment 0g for helping to make this happen.

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