D/B Recommended: Aidan Baker & Rivulets @ Bis auf’s Messer Berlin | Monday, 07.02.2011

Rivulets is the nom de plum of minimalist singer-songwriter Nathan Amundson. Nathan was born in Denver, CO, grew up in Anchorage, AK, & started Rivulets in Minneapolis, MN in the year 2000.

[audio:Rivulets – i told jesus christ how much i love her.mp3]Rivulets has relased albums on Chair Kickers’ Union & Important Records; & EPs on Silber, Acuarela, BlueSanct, & Tract; as well as numerous compilation tracks & singles.

Additional musicians who have performed live or on record as part of
Rivulets include: Jessica Bailiff, LD Beghtol (the Magnetic Fields), Haley Bonar, Chris Brokaw (Codeine), Jon DeRosa (Aarktica), William Faith (Faith & the Muse), Christian Frederickson (Rachel’s), Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jarboe (SWANS), Brian John Mitchell (Remora), Aaron Molina (if thousands), Mimi Parker (Low), Alan Sparhawk (Low), Aaron Spectre, Nathan Vollmar, and Bob Weston (Shellac).

Rivulets | You Are My Home
httpv://https://youtube.com/watch?v=8bscoD25o-c

Nathan Amundson is also a member of Vlor and frequent collaborator with artists such as Annelies Monseré, Clara Hill, Jessica Bailiff, if thousands, & Remora.

Aidan Baker is a musician and writer alternately based in Toronto and Berlin.

[audio:01-aidan_baker-thisquietarmy–imagistic_continuity.mp3] Classically trained in flute, he is self-taught on guitar, drums, and various other instruments. As a solo artist, Baker explores the deconstructive sonic possibilities of the electric guitar as a primary sound source, creating music that ranges from experimental to post-rock to contemporary classical.

He also performs in the experimental collective ARC and the ambient/doom metal project Nadja.

Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker | Hymn to the idea of night
httpv://il.https://youtube.com/watch#!v=cj0NBfrMJI0

He has toured in both North America and Europe, and has made appearances at the OM Festival, MUTEK, South by Southwest, and the Distillery Jazz Festival.