Adoran
Adoran
The new project from Aidan Baker (Nadja, Whisper Room, BBS, Caudal, ... ) and Dorian Williamson (Northumbria, Holoscene). Spanning nearly an hour, the tracks of this album explore Aidan's and Dorian's sludgy doom-side in a whole different way: atmospheric as ever, yet heavily relying on rhythmic patterns. Aidan's drums sound bone-crushing, and are really the pulse of ADORAN's music. Straightforward drumming or playing around with syncopations, it makes the odd sludgy sounds Dorian produces come vibrantly alive. In light of these gentlemen's oeuvre, this albums sounds both familiar and at the same time excitingly fresh. The album is mastered by James Plotkin, which contributes tremendously to the delicately brutal sounds of ADORAN. The music is full and heavy, but rich in detail. An amazing job by Plotkin, that surely has done justice to the aural experience Aidan and Dorian envisioned. If you're a fan of either Aidan or Dorian, or you're a sludgy doom fan in general, we couldn't recommend this one enough.