Stars Of The Lid - Avec Laudenum
Originally released in 1999 on Belgian label Sub Rosa, Avec Laudenum was re-issued in 2002 by the label that SOTL are most associated with - Kranky Records, out of Chicago.
Avec Laudenum bridges Stars Of The Lid's earlier, more abstract work with the orchestral, melodic approach that the duo would later be celebrated for, with The Tired Sounds of... and Their Refinement In Decline.
Avec Laudenum moves at a glacier's pace and, slowly yet surely, calls to mind the glazed eye, vacant trance, and pure (temporary) euphoria of the heavy laudanum user. "The Atomium," a three-part work, takes all of 16 minutes to gradually build from a series of softened drones into the exquisite ambience of an orchestra lulling heaven itself to sleep, only to halt the reverie by (just as gradually) introducing ominous backmasked guitars. Of the other two pieces, "Dust Breeding" has much the same effect and feeling of transcendence, while "I Will Surround You" has slightly more of a Technicolor feel. Avec Laudenum is a magnificent piece of minimalist ambience - AllMusic
1. The Atomium Part 1
2. The Atomium Part 2
3. The Atomium Part 3
4. Dust Breeding (1.316)+
5. I Will Surround You
Originally released in 1999 on Belgian label Sub Rosa, Avec Laudenum was re-issued in 2002 by the label that SOTL are most associated with - Kranky Records, out of Chicago.
Avec Laudenum bridges Stars Of The Lid's earlier, more abstract work with the orchestral, melodic approach that the duo would later be celebrated for, with The Tired Sounds of... and Their Refinement In Decline.
Avec Laudenum moves at a glacier's pace and, slowly yet surely, calls to mind the glazed eye, vacant trance, and pure (temporary) euphoria of the heavy laudanum user. "The Atomium," a three-part work, takes all of 16 minutes to gradually build from a series of softened drones into the exquisite ambience of an orchestra lulling heaven itself to sleep, only to halt the reverie by (just as gradually) introducing ominous backmasked guitars. Of the other two pieces, "Dust Breeding" has much the same effect and feeling of transcendence, while "I Will Surround You" has slightly more of a Technicolor feel. Avec Laudenum is a magnificent piece of minimalist ambience - AllMusic
1. The Atomium Part 1
2. The Atomium Part 2
3. The Atomium Part 3
4. Dust Breeding (1.316)+
5. I Will Surround You
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