We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, for the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
A Winged Victory For The Sullen is a collaboration between Stars of the Lid… Read Full Bio ↴A Winged Victory For The Sullen is a collaboration between Stars of the Lid member Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O'Halloran.
A Winged Victory for the Sullen began with a friendship. Composers Dustin O'Halloran and Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie met backstage in 2007, introduced by a mutual friend Francesco Donadello — who, as fate would have it, went on to become their longtime collaborative sound engineer. Four years after their introduction, their eponymous debut emerged in all its splendor: a grand, elegiac composition, featuring seven different harmonic landscapes, redolent of the large acoustic spaces in which it was recorded, including Berlin’s Grunewald Church and GDR radio studios along the river Spree.
The duo became known for a unique combination of Adam’s ambient guitar drone and Dustin’s sparse piano with their self-titled debut album in 2011. During the summer of 2013 they recorded over sixty minutes of music while working on the score for a new oeuvre by the Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor. While recording they were inspired by McGregor to expand their sound into more electronic territory. The result became their second full length album, Atomos, a unique record that stays true to their signature chamber sound while adding flurries of electronics, harp and modular synthesizers, released on Erased Tapes in 2014.
They’ve since played some of the world’s most celebrated venues, including a sold out Boiler Room performance at London’s Barbican, and a 2015 BBC Proms show curated by Mary Anne Hobbes at the Royal Albert Hall. January 2017 saw the physical release of the duo’s score for French director Jalil Laspert’s new thriller Iris.
A Winged Victory for the Sullen began with a friendship. Composers Dustin O'Halloran and Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie met backstage in 2007, introduced by a mutual friend Francesco Donadello — who, as fate would have it, went on to become their longtime collaborative sound engineer. Four years after their introduction, their eponymous debut emerged in all its splendor: a grand, elegiac composition, featuring seven different harmonic landscapes, redolent of the large acoustic spaces in which it was recorded, including Berlin’s Grunewald Church and GDR radio studios along the river Spree.
The duo became known for a unique combination of Adam’s ambient guitar drone and Dustin’s sparse piano with their self-titled debut album in 2011. During the summer of 2013 they recorded over sixty minutes of music while working on the score for a new oeuvre by the Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor. While recording they were inspired by McGregor to expand their sound into more electronic territory. The result became their second full length album, Atomos, a unique record that stays true to their signature chamber sound while adding flurries of electronics, harp and modular synthesizers, released on Erased Tapes in 2014.
They’ve since played some of the world’s most celebrated venues, including a sold out Boiler Room performance at London’s Barbican, and a 2015 BBC Proms show curated by Mary Anne Hobbes at the Royal Albert Hall. January 2017 saw the physical release of the duo’s score for French director Jalil Laspert’s new thriller Iris.
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We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced for the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
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marina alp
listened to this song in breathe in and then normal people, and it always gives me the chills
generic username
Heavenly!
hmslf
a few years ago, there used to be a video to this song on youtube showing, in slow motion, the dance of sufi dervishes (interspersed with some 1080p planet earth footage). one of the most serene, tranquil and hypnotic things i have seen on the internet so far. waiting for a reupload ever since..
Anne Brewer
Began to listen to this channel around 2012.. still going strong. Thank you for all your beautiful uploads, it’s a great comfort knowing that wherever I go I can at least have this music.
Verity Seals
At my funeral in however many years will request for the music to be a playlist of all the uploads on this channel, please never stop blessing us
Kary Santana
Please, keep uploading new music! Is amazing!!
PianoAround
@Amy Santana yes definitely!! keep posting.
Marmonery
Where did she go? Does anyone know? I miss having these beautiful tones on my sub screen. Wherever she is though, I hope she's ok.
lostcosmonaut
Where did she come from, where did she go?
Where did you come from, Cotton Eye jybh0?
Melonica 90
She finally returned :)