March 11th, 2002:
The big day is here - our first release is now available! It's a wonderful
album by ARC called "Repercussion", and you can find out more about it by
scrolling down to the bottom of this message. Initial subscriber copies are
about to go into the mail, but it's definately not too late to sign up for
a series subscription if you haven't done so already. Just visit the
Piehead website (www.pieheadrecords.com) for more info.
A release party for "Repercussion" will be taking place on Thursday, March
21st at Rancho Relaxo, 300 College St. in Toronto. ARC will be performing
live along with fellow Piehead artists hellothisisalex and naw (appearing
under the name Dropfile), and Piehead's Greg Clow will be spinning sounds
before and between the live sets. Admission will be $5 (or $15 for
admission and a copy of the CD), and series subscribers will be on the
guest list.
In other news: recording of our second release, "The Canadian Spelling
Program" by hellothisisalex, is nearing completion. An info page for the
album, hopefully including an MP3 sample or two, should be online in the
next week or so. We've also received some preliminary material for our
summer releases from Multiplex and Your Favorite Horse, both of which sound
mighty fine. A short track entitled "Shot" from YFH's album is currently
available on their website - visit www.scarcelight.com and click on the
Radio Esoterica section to check it out.
That's the scoop for now - and here, as promised, is the complete info
about PIE001:
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ARC/Aidan Baker
Repercussion
1st volume in the Piehead Records 2002 limited edition series
Llimited to 311 copies
Release Date: March 11, 2002
Tracks
1. Transform (13:14)
2. Arise (9:45)
3. Writhe (12:17)
4. Slight Return/Raze (20:36)
Cover image and MP3 samples can be found at
http://www.pieheadrecords.com/releases/pie001.html
ARC formed spontaneously in the Fall of 1999 at a performance at The
Ambient Ping, Toronto's weekly live ambient series. Aidan Baker & Chris
Kukiel had never met Richard Baker before he came up on stage and started
playing with them. They decided to capitalize on this idea of newness,
freshness & improvization, and resolved not to rehearse in order that each
performance would be individual, unique, spontaneous...
ARC have since played at many of Toronto's clubs and performed in Montreal
& Chicago. ARC's sound is centred on the melodic loops, textures & samples
provided by Aidan's heavily-effected guitar. This is overlaid with Richard
& Chris' tribal-esque rhythms provided by various percussive instruments;
drum kit, djembe, tabla, wood blocks. With this combination, the trio
creates a rolling tapestry of both rhythmic & ambient sound, a sound
simulataneously prim(ev)al & avant-garde.
In Sept 2000, ARC independently released their self-titled debut CD
recorded live and compiled from performances at The Ambient Ping & The 360
Club. July 2001 saw the release of their album "TWO" on Chicago's Mathbat
Records. This disc features two live, completely unedited performances from
Lee's Palace & Holy Joe's in Toronto. A split disc with UK ambient/noise
artist Ashfordaisyak was released in Oct 2001 on Menschenfiend Productions.
"Repercussion" features a core of improvised ARC material recorded live at
The Ambient Ping in January of 2002, with subsequent layers and/or
extensions overdubbed by ARC guitarist Aidan Baker. Expanding on the usual
guitar and percussion instrumentation (adding woodwinds, strings, kitchen
utensils), "Repercussion" possesses a fuller - and a somewhat more angular
& harsher - sound than previous ARC releases.
AIDAN BAKER is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist, educated at
McGill University in Literature & Religious Studies. He divides his time
between writing & performing music with ARC and as a solo artist.
RICHARD BAKER is an accomplished percussionist & aspiring
ethno-musicologist, informally educated at University of Toronto.
CHRISTOPHER KUKIEL is a percussionist & DJ, educated at Ontario College of
Art & Design in Lithograhy. He currently divides his time between playing,
spinning (as DJ Subterranean) & various fine arts.
ARC website:
http://fade.to/arc
Aidan Baker website:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/mokka/
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