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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Lars Jannik
The beautiful set list: <3
00:10 Intro
03:29 Atomos I
12:45 Atomos II
16:22 Atomos III
21:14 Atomos V
25:21 Atomos VI
31:40 Atomos VII
39:18 Atomos VIII
43:39 Atomos X
47:56 A Symphony Pathetique
57:47 ? To Build A Home (The Cinematic Orchestra Cover) ?
1:02:57 Atomos IX
1:08:02 We Played Some Open Chords And Rejoiced, For The Earth Had Circled The Sun Yet Another Year
1:15:04 Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears
1:21:27 Atomos XII
KnownTruthTimeSpaces
Sullen, We Are.
Our Wings
Are Music.
Music Is
Our Wings.
This Music.
This Music!
Our Victory
Is
The Phenomenon Of
Us Surviving The
Causes Of Sullenness
Long Enough
To Be Again Ascending
With These Wings.
This Music.
Today.
This Moment.
Again.
Lars Jannik
The beautiful set list: <3
00:10 Intro
03:29 Atomos I
12:45 Atomos II
16:22 Atomos III
21:14 Atomos V
25:21 Atomos VI
31:40 Atomos VII
39:18 Atomos VIII
43:39 Atomos X
47:56 A Symphony Pathetique
57:47 ? To Build A Home (The Cinematic Orchestra Cover) ?
1:02:57 Atomos IX
1:08:02 We Played Some Open Chords And Rejoiced, For The Earth Had Circled The Sun Yet Another Year
1:15:04 Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears
1:21:27 Atomos XII
Nagui Charky
The juxtaposition of the erratic radio interference and the string instruments at Atomos X is pure genius. The interplay of chaos and the sublime is as real a representation of our modern world as I've ever heard played in music. I'm in awe at this piece, one of the best ever.
Un Cactus.
❤️😭
Un Cactus.
Atomos ll is Amazing
Steven B.
I want to see this group play live so badly, but it'd be embarrassing, as I think I'd just cry the whole time.
Guilherme Martins
men... that's it. you will be not alone. lake of tears in the place
Ben Truckell
I went to see them on a gram of golden teachers it was one of the best experiences of my life.
Guilherme Martins
@Ben Truckell whats that?
John Gregory
I was lucky enough to see them in a really close intimate gig in an old church just before lockdown. One of the best gigs I've been to, the way they filled the whole space with sound was perfection.
1Eleven
@Guilherme Martins magic mushrooms