Stars Of The Lid / The Ballasted Orchestra

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Artist

Stars Of The Lid

Album Title:

The Ballasted Orchestra

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Primary Genre

Electronic

Format

Released

00/00/1996

Reissue Date

03/10/1997

Label

Kranky

Catalog No

KRANK 015

Bar Code No

none

Packaging

Jewelcase

Tracks

1.	Central Texas (3:43)
2.	Sun Drugs (12:20)
3.	Down II (1:22)
4.	Taphead (12:34)
5.	Fucked Up (3:57 AM) (8:32)
6.	Music for Twin Peaks Episode #30, Part I (8:01)
7.	Music for Twin Peaks Episode #30, Part II (13:32)
8.	The Artificial Pine Arch Song (18:00)

Date Acquired

10/24/2013

Personal Rating

Acquired from

Kranky.Net

Purchase Price

14.00

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Notes

Recorded on four track cassette in East Austin.
CD release does not include the tracks "24 Inch Cymbal" or "(Untitled)" found on the double vinyl release.

Reviews

All Music Guide Review:

Review by Stephen Cook

While ambient outfits are not especially prevalent in the United States, Texas' Stars of the Lid have found a niche as an unlikely American drone duo with an impressive discography. Taking in such ambient milestones as Brian Eno's Apollo recording, Stars of the Lid's Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie fashion eight floating gems with touches of industrial noise and movie soundtrack atmospherics. No drums or clanging guitars here, just darkish, elegiac slabs of ethereal sound taking up 12 to 18 minutes at a pop. The overall effect is both calming and provocative. And adding a bit of welcome irony to the somber proceedings, the duo come up with such bluntly perverse titles as "Sun Drugs" and "Fucked Up (3:57 AM)." A bit cheeky? Yes. But the music will find even the most skeptical in a state of modern-age bliss.

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