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Stars Of The Lid

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Stars Of The Lid is the duo of Adam Wiltzie and Brian McBride and thy create some of the most ethereal, blissful music out there. It's not new age, but it's most often very peaceful and totally ambient, on the brink of not being there. The melodies are often made out of two or three tones drawn out until the slowly decay only to be replaced by a new tone; add in a few rare field recordings and you have pretty good picture of what this sounds like. Wiltzie is also a member of Windsor For The Derby and most recently The Dead Texan. The group was formed in Texas, USA, but Wiltzie is now based in Belgium.

It's my love of drone and a suggestion from a friend that made me listen to them for the first time, they had just released The Tires Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid on Kranky. This album single handedly made me the drone addict I am today. I purchased all of their albums shortly after this, but none of the others succeeded in impressing me as much as Tired Sounds. I sold all of them for my move to Sweden except one, guess which one it was?

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Album Cover Gravitational Pull Vs. The Desire For An Aquatic Life
Label: Kranky Records
Release: 1996
Format: CD
Cat. no: KRANK 020

Song list:

  1. The Better Angels Of Our Nation (3:56)
  2. Cantus II; In Memory Of Warren Wiltzie (19:03)
  3. Jan. 69 (9:24)
  4. Lactate's Moment (12:18)
  5. Be Little With Me (6:27)


Album Cover The Ballasted Orchestra
Label: Kranky Records
Release: 1996
Format: CD
Cat. no: KRANK 015

Song list:

  1. Central Texas (3:44)
  2. Sun Drugs (12:21)
  3. Down II (1:23)
  4. Taphead (12:35)
  5. Fucked Up (3:57AM) (8:32)
  6. Music For Twin Peaks Episode #30: Part I (8:02)
  7. Music For Twin Peaks Episode #30: Part II (13:32)
  8. The Artificial Pine Arch Song (18:01)


Album Cover Per Aspera Ad Astra
Label: Kranky Records
Release: 1996
Format: CD
Cat. no: KRANK 028

Song list:

  1. Low Level (Listening)+: Part I (6:23)
  2. Low Level (Listening)+: Part II (8:43)
  3. Low Level (Listening)+: Part III (5:30)
  4. Anchor State: Part I (4:28)
  5. Anchor State: Part II (8:51)
  6. Anchor State: Part III (6:46)


Album Cover Avec Laudenum
Label: Kranky Records
Release: 1999
Format: CD
Cat. no: KRANK 059

Song list:

  1. The Atonium: Part One (5:32)
  2. The Atonium: Part Two (10:43)
  3. The Atonium: Part Three (6:17)
  4. Dust Breeding (1.316)+ (9:08)
  5. I Will Surround You (10:28)


Album Cover The Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid
Label: Kranky Records
Release: 2001
Format: 2CD
Cat. no: KRANK 050

Song list:

CD 1:
  1. Requiem For Dying Mothers Part 1 (6:37)
  2. Requiem For Dying Mothers Part 2 (7:37)
  3. Down 3 (5:46)
  4. Austin Texas Mental Hospital Part 1 (2:48)
  5. Austin Texas Mental Hospital Part 2 (12:18)
  6. Austin Texas Mental Hospital Part 3 (5:47)
  7. Broken Harbors Part 1 (3:31)
  8. Broken Harbors Part 2 (6:47)
  9. Broken Harbors Part 3 (9:16)
CD 2:
  1. Mullholland (6:49)
  2. The Lonely People (Are Getting Lonelier) (10:05)
  3. Gasfarming (3:18)
  4. Piano Aquieu (10:56)
  5. Fac 21 (3:08)
  6. Ballad Of Distances Part 1 (3:36)
  7. Ballad Of Distances Part 2 (3:00)
  8. A Love Song (For Cubs)+ Part 1 (6:45)
  9. A Love Song (For Cubs)+ Part 2 (8:05)
  10. A Love Song (For Cubs)+ Part 3 (7:45)


Album Cover Carte-De-Visite
Label: Self-Released
Release: 2007
Format: CD
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. The Mouthchew (Part 2) (3:46)
  2. JPRIP (4:38)
  3. Requiem String Melody (2:46)
  4. Porch (Version#28) (5:01)
  5. The Kraut (9:43)
  6. Slight On The Childproof (5:01)
  7. Virginia (20.03) (20:06)
  8. Hunting For Pops (5:24)
  9. The Funereal (2:28)


Album Cover Stars Of The Lid And Their Refinement Of The Decline
Label: Kranky Records
Release: 2007
Format: 2CD
Cat. no: KRANK 100

Song list:

CD 1:
  1. Dungtitled (In A Major) (5:54)
  2. Articulate Silences Part 1 (5:24)
  3. Articulate Silences Part 2 (5:37)
  4. The Evil That Never Arrived (5:05)
  5. Apreludes (In C Sharp Major) (3:44)
  6. Don't Bother They're Here (10:10)
  7. Dopamine Clouds Over Craven Cottage (5:55)
  8. Even If You're Never Awake (Deuxième) (9:20)
  9. Even (Out) + (4:51)
  10. A Meaningful Moment Through A Meaning(less) Process (4:32)
CD 2:
  1. Another Ballad For Heavy Lids (4:32)
  2. The Daughters Of Quiet Minds (13:22)
  3. Hiberner Toujours (1:49)
  4. That Finger On Your Temple Is The Barrel Of My Raygun (5:04)
  5. Humectez La Mouture (5:31)
  6. Tippy's Demise (8:18)
  7. The Mouthchew (3:40)
  8. December Hunting For Vegetarian Fuckface (17:45)