STARS OF THE LID
The kind of music that makes consciousness seem like an annoying state... most ambient outfits demand a close, meditative listening, but few deliver with as many sonic rewards as Stars of the Lid - Pitchfork Media

D_RRADIO

MARIPOSA

SATURDAY 24 MAY 2008
ST THOMAS THE MARTYR, NEWCASTLE
8PM - £10 advance/£12 on the door


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"I simply feel that they are making the most important music of the 21st century." Ivo Watts-Russell (4AD label founder)

fakeindielabel and Distraction Records are incredibly honoured to host Stars of the Lid for their debut Newcastle-upon-Tyne outing at The Church of St. Thomas the Martyr on Saturday 24 May 2008.

Stars of the Lid are easily one of the most important and influential bands or our times. Read a review of any ambient or experimental band these days and you will see their name being dropped, and it's not hard to hear why: few bands deliver such aural delights as SotL. Stars of the Lid are masters of weaving sonic textures gorgeously into beautiful, absorbing, minimalist epic drones, wavering between subtly mournful and gloriously triumphant, offering the perfect soundtrack to lucid daydreaming.

There are hints of modern classical, drone-ridden soundscapes, effects-treated guitars along with piano, strings, and horns; for Stars of the Lid, it's the silences between the sound that matter. Think Brian Eno, think Labradford, think Stockhausen, think Arvo Pärt, think of the most original and beautiful music being produced today. There are thousands of artists creating ambient music. But Stars of the Lid simply sound unlike anybody else doing this sort of thing.

Further reading:
Stars of the Lid on Wikipedia
Adam Wiltzie on Wikipedia

Listen To Stars of the Lid:
Stars of the Lid on last.fm
Stars of the Lid on myspace
Kranky Records

Stars Of The Lid Videos / Projectionist
'Apreludes In C Sharp Minor' video
Luke Savisky in the Austin Chronicle

2007 Year End Best Album Charts for 'And Their Redefinement Of The Decline'
Brainwashed
Pitchfork
Metacritic
Boomkat
cokemachineglow

Selected Interviews
Lost at Sea
cokemachineglow
eMusic
Maelstrom

Selected Reviews
Pop Matters
Paper Thin Walls
Pitchfork (And Their Refinement Of The Decline)
Pitchfork (The Tired Sounds Of)
Dusted
Tiny Mix Tapes
Stylus
Scene Point Blank
Debug

	FIL093: Stars of the Lid
	w/ d_rradio, Mariposa
	Saturday 24 May 2008
	St Thomas The Martyr, Newcastle

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