Stars of the Lid
| Stars of the Lid | |
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 Stars of the Lid live in Los Angeles |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Drone, ambient , minimal |
| founding | 1993 |
| Website | brainwashed.com/sotl |
| Current occupation | |
| Adam Wiltzie, Brian McBride | |
| former members | |
| Kirk Laktas | |
Stars of the Lid (SOTL) is an American music duo from Austin, Texas . Her musical focus lies in the area of minimalistic ambient sounds and is strongly influenced by drone elements (deep, continuous tones). Her influences include composers of classical and electronic music such as Arvo Pärt , Zbigniew Preisner , Gavin Bryars and Henryk Górecki . The style of post rock and the ambient innovator Brian Eno are further sources of inspiration .
biography
SOTL was founded in Austin, Texas in 1993 and consists of two members, Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie. According to Brian McBride, the name of the band refers to the “very personal cinema program that takes place between the eyes and the lid”, whereby it probably refers to the colors, patterns and “stars” (so-called phosphenes ) that are temporarily visible with closed eyes become.
Adam Wiltzie currently lives in Brussels , Brian McBride in Los Angeles . In addition to their engagement with SOTL, both artists run various solo projects.
In 2008, a teaser for a planned and never realized Stars of the Lid film appeared on the Internet , in which the date was given as 2010.
Discography
Albums
- 1995: Music for Nitrous Oxide
- 1996: Gravitational Pull vs. the Desire for an Aquatic Life
- 1997: The Ballasted Orchestra
- 1998: Per Aspera Ad Astra
- 1999: Avec Laudenum
- 2001: The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
- 2007: Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline
Compilations
- 1996: Monsters, Robots and Bug Men - "Goodnight"
- 2002: Brain in the Wire - "Requiem for Dying Mothers (Version i, Zamachowski op. 87)"
- 2003: 1993–2003: 1st Decade in the Machines - "I Love You, But I Prefer Trondheim"
- 2004: Compilation - "Even If You're Never Awake (Version)"
- 2008: Brainwaves 2008 - "May 2nd 2008 (Live in NYC)"
Splits
- 1997: The Kahanek Incident, Vol. 3 (12 "with Labradford )
- 1998: Split (7 "with Windsor for the Derby )
Others
- 1998: Maneuvering the Nocturnal Hum ( EP )
- 2007: Carte-de-Visite
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Stars of the Lid - Piero Scaruffi, 1998 (English)
- ↑ Interview - Roberto Martinelli, Maelstrom (English)
- ↑ Film teaser on Vimeo
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Stars of the Lid at Discogs (English)
- Stars of the Lid at last.fm
- Stars of the Lid at Bandcamp