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CONTENT: ‘A Winged Victory For The Sullen’ is the first installment of the new collaboration between Stars Of The Lid founder Adam Wiltzie and L.A. composer Dustin O’Halloran. The duo agreed to leave the comfort zone of their home studios and develop the recordings with the help of large acoustic spaces, hunting down a selection of 9ft grand pianos that had the ability to deliver extreme sonic low end. Other traditional instrumentation was used including string quartet, French horn, and bassoon, but always juxtaposed is the sound of drifting guitar washed melodies. The recordings began with one late night session in the famed Grunewald Church in Berlin on a 1950s imperial Bösendorfer piano and strings were added in the historic East Berlin DDR radio studios along the River Spree. One last session on a handmade Fazioli piano in a private studio on the Northern cusp of Italy, before the final mixes took place in a 17th century villa near Ferrara with the assistance of Francesco Donadello. All songs were then processed completely analogue straight to magnetic tape. Their secret to harvesting new melodic structures from the thin air of existence was for the duo to push themselves to dangerous territory, realising that clear thinking at the wrong moment could stifle the compositions. The final result is seven landscapes of harmonic ingemination. In ‘Requiem For The Static King Part One’ – created in memory of the untimely passing of Mark Linkous – they have taken the age-old idea of a string quartet and then shot it out of a cannon to reveal exquisite new levels of sonic bliss. Of the 13 minute track ‘Symphony Pathétique’, Wiltzie says ‘after almost 20 years of struggling to create interesting ambient drone music, I feel like I have finally figured out what I am doing’. Notable guest musicians include Icelandic cellist Hildur Gudnadottir, as well as Erased Tapes label comrade Peter Broderick on violin. A Winged Victory For The Sullen is not a side project – it is the future of the late night record you have always dreamed of.

CONTEXT: On May 24th 2007, in Bologna, Italy, Adam was on tour and playing with the late Mark Linkous & his beloved Sparklehorse, on what would be their final European tour. That night Adam invited friend and colleague Francesco Donadello to see the concert, and Francesco's guest this evening was composer Dustin O'Halloran (Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’ O.S.T.). Through a strange twist of backstage conversations surrounding passport cache conundrums, and love of Italian gastronomy, a curious friendship began that now has brought forth an offspring of truly curative compositions for the world to savour.

As announced by Pitchfork and Drowned In Sound the self-titled debut album of A Winged Victory For The Sullen will be released worldwide on September 9, 2011 via Erased Tapes Records (except for North America where it will be out on Kranky).

A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Steep Hills Of Vicodin Tears

A free Xmas gift in form of a wonderful remix by French artist Montauk In February from Dustin, Adam and us to YOU.
Enjoy.

Love
Team Winged & Erased Tapes

A Winged Victory For The Sullen - A Symphony Pathetique (Montauk In February Remix)

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https://rjstefanski.bandcamp.com/track/relaxing-rain-and-loud-thunder

One of my first edits from my library of found sounds: "Relaxing Rain and Loud Thunder" is designed as a brief intro into my perspective on contemporary field recording. This is actually a few different storms, recorded in different times in various places piled up on top of each other to create a uniquely soothing three and a half minutes. Use good headphones and listen loud, but be ready for those loud cracks of thunder! More of my rain recordings:
https://soundcloud.com/rjsfoundsounds/city-storm-pt-03-rolling-thunder-hd-field-recordings
https://soundcloud.com/rjsfoundsounds/city-storm-pt-05-sudden-downpours-of-relaxing-rain-with-rolling-thunder-hd-field-recordings
https://soundcloud.com/rjsfoundsounds/rj-stefanski-midsummer-thunderstorm-field-recording-96-khz-24-bit
https://soundcloud.com/rjsfoundsounds/r-j-stefanski-20-x-2-05-romeo
https://soundcloud.com/rjsfoundsounds/rj-stefanski-city-rain-falling-on-umbrella-hd-field-recordings-nyc-96k-16bit-wav
https://soundcloud.com/rjsfoundsounds/sound-therapy-sessions-001-quiet-rain-thunder-and-waves
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New artwork / image by R.J. Stefanski July 1 2020.

self titled single

"Relaxing Rain and Loud Thunder"

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Relaxing Rain & Loud Thunder (Ambient Calm Field Recording for Sleep, Relaxation Meditation, Yoga)

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Leaving The World behind

Episode 57 of Chromatic Podcast Series with @post_atlantic

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Nine minutes of audiophile recordings of rain showers and some thunder. This soundscape features three distinct storms/recordings, all taken from near Romeo, Michigan over the years 2012-2015. These field recordings were recently unearthed while in COVID quarantine, and were formed into this long collage designed for study, relaxation, or sampling. This track will close out my upcoming release RESERVOIR - a compilation of all new extended water-based soundscapes that will be out JULY 31st 2020.

Stay tuned for the full LP on all streaming platforms, as well as a limited Bandcamp physical version which is going to contain some really cool bonuses. All sounds, editing, and artwork by R.J. Stefanski. Taken on Tascam handheld recorders and maintained at HD 96 k, 16 bit WAV files. Enjoy on good headphones.

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A New Rain [Extended Nature Sounds for Relaxation, Sleep, Meditation](HD Rain & Thunderstorms)

Taken from debut album "Engravings" out now through Tri Angle Records. 

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Leaving The World behind

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