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"The Circle Is Not Round began as a series of live recordings that Baker blurs into a concoction that lays somewhere in between the spiraling melancholy of a non-aggressive Troum and the '70s progambience of Popul Vuh." -- Aquarius Records ARC formed spontaneously in 2000 at a performance at the Ambient Ping, Toronto's longrunning live ambient/experimental music series. ARC is a trio made up of Aidan Baker (guitars, flutes, tape loops), Richard Baker (drum kit, percussion), and Christopher Kukiel (percussion). The group's music is a mixture of Popul Vuh acoustic compositions, Pink Floyd's Ummagumma era, Voice of Eye, or Subarachnoid Space, with dense, organic drones and hypnotic ethnic rhythms. ARC's sound is centered on melodic loops, textures, and samples provided by heavily effected guitars and other melodic instruments. This is overlaid with tribal rhythms provided by various percussive instruments: drum kit, djembe, tabla, wood blocks, and more. With this combination, ARC creates a roiling tapestry of both rhythmic and ambient sound, simultaneously primeval and avant-garde. ARC, regular performers in Toronto and Montreal, has released a number of CD-R releases on such labels as Piehead Records, Worthy Records, and the band's own Arcolepsy Records. The Circle Is Not Round, the band's debut CD release, is packaged in a special cardboard digisleeve with varnished images.