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COMING 2010
Environmental Defense Fund - Polar Bears
SOTL'S "a meaningful moment through a meaningless process" was used for a public awareness message created for the Environmental Defense Fund by über ad agency OGILVY & MATHER
live recording of Stars of the Lid playing Arvo Parts "FRATRES"
recorded in Utrecht, the Netherlands(DEC.2007)
projections by Luke Savisky
APRESLUDES IN Csharp MAJ. directed by LUKE SAVISKY
Although it has been since the turn of the millennium that either member of Stars of the Lid has lived in Austin, the story began as such
In 1990, Adam drunkenly wandered into the former KTSB radio station on 21st. and Speedway where Brian was rockin the airwaves with some nifty records by Rod Mckuen. He was proclaiming that his car was out of gas, and he hit a deer. It turned out that he was definitely drunk. And although there was blood on his car, Brian saw no deer. This incident was the catalyst that ignited their strange musical relationship. Originally formed in Austin, Texas on Christmas day 1992, Stars of the Lid (one of the most apropos names in all of music) have scratched out quite a niche for themselves in the amorphous world of ambient classical music. From their almost-rock beginnings to the almost-classical fugues of recent albums, Stars of the Lid have excelled at designing subtle, minimalist epics which sound like they're being played on a single multifaceted organic instrument. They offer subtle, endlessly evolving stories about the dynamics of sonic texture, at the same time seeming to offer a picture of pure, unfettered consciousness. Their music are largely beatless soundscapes composed of droning, effects-treated guitars along with piano, strings, and horns; volume swells and feedback fill the gap of rhythmic instruments, providing dynamic movement within the songs. A wise man once described SOTL as "divine classical drones without the tedious intrusion of drums, or vocals."
SIDE PROJECTS:
Adam Wiltzie has recorded and played on the first 3 full length records by Windsor for the Derby. He is 1/2 of Aix em Klemm, a project created with Bobby Donne of Labradford. He is also the man behind The Dead Texan audio video project. As a live, and studio sound engineer, Adam has worked with Labradford, The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev, Bedhead, The Bad Livers, Sparklehorse, Low, Iron & Wine and many others.
Brian McBride was a member of the now defunct Pilot Ships, and has released the solo record "When the Detail Lost its' Freedom' on Kranky in 2005.
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