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- Date Released: December 7, 1999
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative
- Label: kranky / Iris
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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. Reportedly recorded by mail between SotL members Adam Wiltzie and Brian McBride, Avec Laudenum is a magnificent piece of minimalist ambience. [Originally released in 1999 by the Belgian Sub Rosa label, the album was reissued in America by Kranky in late 2002.]
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The Atomium Part 1 |
5:32 |
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| 02. | |
The Atomium Part 2 |
10:43 |
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| 03. | |
The Atomium Part 3 |
6:16 |
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| 04. | |
Dust Breeding (1.316)+ |
9:08 |
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| 05. | |
I Will Surround You |
10:28 |
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05 Total Tracks, 42:07 Total Length
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Credits
- Adam Bryan Wiltzie - Arranger // Adam Bryan Wiltzie - Composer // Stars of the Lid - Main Performer // Stars of the Lid - Main Performer // Luke Savisky - ? // Craig S. McCaffrey - ? // Brian McBride - Arranger
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