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Stars of the Lid

Stars of the Lid is an American ambient music duo consisting of Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie. The duo formed in Austin, Texas in 1993, and they list among their influences minimalist and electronic composers such as Arvo Pärt, Zbigniew Preisner, Gavin Bryars, and Henryk Górecki, as well as Talk Talk, post-rock artists Labradford, and ambient innovator Brian Eno. Their compositions 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. Their sound has been described as "divine, classical drone without the tedious intrusion of drums or vocals."

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Genres electronic ambient drone experimental rock

Albums

  1. Music for Nitrous Oxide
    1994
  2. Gravitational Pull vs. The Desire for an Aquatic Life
    1996
  3. The Ballasted Orchestra
    1996
  4. Per aspera ad astra
    1998
  5. Avec Laudenum
    1999
  6. The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
    2001
  7. Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline
    2007

Other releases

  1. The Kahanek Incident, Volume 3
    1997
  2. Stars of the Lid / Windsor for the Derby
    1998
  3. Maneuvering the Nocturnal Hum (E.P.)+
    1998
  4. Carte-de-Visite
    2007