tracks

Already Drowning
30 Days / 30 Nights
Mélusine
Mein Zwilling, Mein Verlorener
Tout Juste Sous La Surface, Je Guette
Ice
Lorelei / Common Tongue

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.

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

companies

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

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