____twoism

I'm so conflicted.

I have a session near me on May 28th in Dallas. It's coincidentally my son's 11th birthday, and his party and the listening session happen at nearly the same time. The party couldn't be any further away from the Inferno session. I'm also supposed to grill for the party, so it's ...

Broke my heart hearing about this on Monday morning. Some days SotL are all I can listen to. Two of the most spellbinding gigs I've ever seen too. RIP Brian...

They were amazing live. Watching them play December Hunting at their Dallas gig was a spiritual experience.

Stars of the Lid have been ...

Harold Budd and now Brian McBride.

We’re losing legends of the genre lately. So sad.

I talked to Brian after a couple of their shows. Super nice guy. He will be missed.

Hey Fredd-E, nice list. What would you say is your favorite record/artist you've found off the beaten path in recent years?

I think it's a nice remix on its own, but I still wonder why they would reuse a familiar sound (open the light), this "laziness" kinda bothers me and has me doubting its legitimacy. Maybe it's the work of a hoaxer? Mind you, it's a very proper hoax then. The sound quality of this remix in my car ...

Except in rare cases, I try not to dwell too much on the humans behind the music.

If you really take in the lives of a lot of great musicians (let's just take Miles Davis or John Lennon as examples), you might be inclined to stop listening to music altogether.

Hell, the Sandisons might be really ...

https://pitchfork.com/news/harold-budd-iconic-ambient-composer-dead-at-84/

I don't know if a lot people here listen to him, but this one hit me hard. Ambient 2, the Pearl, and In the Mist were all soundtracks to some difficult times in my life. I'm sorry I was never able to see the man live.

Rest ...

Just finished. Gorgeous. Everything I wanted and more.

@mechanismj @Aesthetics oh man, it has been a while. Posting here brings back good memories. I don't know why I've been gone for so long.

Been doing good. Life has changed a lot for me, but I still listen to these records I found in college (largely with the help of the good people on this board ...

Hello, world!

:D Incunabula (1993) -> Untilted (2005)
:| Quaristice (2008) -> L-event (2013)
:cry: Exai (2013) -> NTS (2018)

Guess their forthcoming music will remain as abstract, seemingly random, and freezing cold as the last 12 years. I much prefer their early work. More focus on sounding ...

As much as I've loved their latest records (pendulu hv moda might be one of their all time highs), I can't help but hope that this record might be........... tuneful? Ha it's not going to happen.

(a) bloody hell, you're alive! ;-)
(b) I quite agree.

Brother, I've been lurking. Twoism has always ...

As much as I've loved their latest records (pendulu hv moda might be one of their all time highs), I can't help but hope that this record might be........... tuneful? Ha it's not going to happen.

This is very well done. Do you plan to make it available for download?

Kind of a mundane post - but for those of you Americans who ship records from Europe (in this case France) do you find that 15 euro is a lot for shipping a single 12"? I just want to confirm I'm not getting taken for a ride.

I've been in Spotify land for so long that I've forgotten the details of ...

Just about had a heart attack when I saw Stars of the Lid in Pitchfork's news feed. 8 years later and I'm still a little kid when it comes to this band.

The market for this will be small - but that's how it is with all audiophile stuff I'd imagine. I used to be crazy about flacs and stuff - until one day I realized that the mp3s I had of Brian Eno's "Apollo" were crappy 128kbps - and that I had never noticed and was only now aware that they were ...

Their devs have great taste.

I think Avec Laudenum is my favorite album in the world; such immensity and desolation... Hunting for moths in a windless country field on a warm, summer evening. Cabin lights still visible, grass up to my neck.

I get the feeling from years of posts with you that we'd get along just fine.

No ...

Goiter Sanchez wrote:I think Avec Laudenum is my favorite album in the world; such immensity and desolation... Hunting for moths in a windless country field on a warm, summer evening. Cabin lights still visible, grass up to my neck.

I get the feeling from years of posts with you that we'd get along just fine.

Amo Bishop Roden wrote:All I've got is Avec Laudanum on vinyl. Not that that's a valid complaint, it's a beautiful album and truly one of SoTL's best... but man, what I wouldn't give for Decline on wax...

Still my favorite. I think Tim Hecker described it best: beautiful and terrifying.