Tenebrist

DOWNLOAD DIGITAL DIRECT FROM THE ARTIST: aidanbaker.bandcamp.com/album/tenebrist WATCH THE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO STREAM OF ‘TENEBRIST I’ COURTESY OF THE SLEEPING SHAMAN: www.thesleepingshaman.com/streams/aidan-baker-tenebrist-i/ Aidan Baker is a classically-trained multi-instrumentalist from Toronto (now resident in Berlin) with the electric guitar his primary instrument. Using prepared and alternate methods of playing the guitar, along with various electronic effects, Baker creates music which generally falls within the ambient/experimental genre but draws on influences from rock, electronic, classical, and jazz. A highly prolific artist, Baker has released numerous recorded works, both solo and with various group projects, including Nadja, ARC, Caudal and Mnemosyne. 'Tenebrist' is Baker's second release for CN, following 2021's 'Stimmt'. Where that was big on atmospherics and abstraction, 'Tenebrist' shoots a bullet straight into the heart of the riff and explodes it, in all its scorching white-out fuzzed-up glory. Low-down and heavy, it serves up swathes of grunge, pummeling the senses and scattering rhythms through its maximalist energy. "Tenebrist hurts. It’s immense and devastating on every level. The volume hurts. It’s a beast, and exactly the exercise in punishment we all need." (Aural Aggravation, auralaggravation.com/2022/05/22/aidan-baker-tenebrist/?fbclid=IwAR1TfAWH8zHc5OGt_gh4PyomNQEPHbMbvPZvb5UTvjz6fvzQ2dBISyAvMPc) "akin to Loop collaborating with Godflesh on a collection of post-punk numbers" (Predominance www.thepensivequill.com/2022/05/predominance-17.html) "I closed my eyes and let the thick, repetitive, fuzzed-out riffs envelop me… I loved this album" (The Sleeping Shaman, www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/aidan-baker-tenebrist/) "jazzily abstract space rock, like Skullflower covering Heldon in a dusty moon crater. Potent!" (JR Moore, The Quietus thequietus.com/articles/31717-pink-mountaintops-aidan-baker-randy-holden)