Music for Nitrous Oxide

Description

‘Stars of the Lid may have released two of the most important and influential ambient-drone albums of the 21st century, inspiring generations of musicians, authors, artists, and filmmakers, developing a cult following and near-mythic status, but back in 1995 they were nowhere. Well, not exactly nowhere, they were in Austin, Texas, to be precise, a city that Adam Wiltzie describes as a ‘rock and roll village, mostly. We were 100% in a vacuum and there was absolutely nobody that even remotely enjoyed what we were doing’. This is the environment into which ‘Music for Nitrous Oxide’ was born, the first album from Wiltzie and his accomplice Brian McBride, made in glorious lo-fi in the semi-arid live music capital of the world.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Before Top Dead Center – Stars of the Lid
2. Adamord – Stars of the Lid
3. Madison – Stars of the Lid
4. Down – Stars of the Lid
5. Lagging – Stars of the Lid
Disc 2
1. Lid – Stars of the Lid
2. Tape Hiss Makes Me Happy – Stars of the Lid
3. The Swellsong – Stars of the Lid
4. Goodnight – Stars of the Lid