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The August Most Listened playlist is a perfect example of a deep, singular focus! This list is a contemplative journey into the world of ambient music, which has clearly been the soundtrack to the past month. With its calming textures and expansive soundscapes, this playlist is a tribute to the power of atmosphere.

#MostListened #AmbientMusic #Atmosphere #Playlist #BrianEno #StarsOfTheLid #Contemplative https://tidal.com/mix/0084895fb23e12f3ab9f3fbd6672e7

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Today's mail call: "Music for Nitrous Oxide", by Stars of the Lid, first time on vinyl from Artificial Pinearch Manufacturing.

(Really excited to finally have this one!)

#StarsoftheLid #sotl #kranky #krankyrecords #artificialpinearchmanufacturing #vinyl #music

Ended the weekend and welcomed a Monday off work with Salero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
by Adam Wiltzie, released on Erased Tapes in 2016

“I have always said that composing music is infinitely easier when you have beautiful images to be inspired by. It was a pleasure to write a score over this captivating place of endless, glimmering salt before its impending demise. I was fascinated by this mythical space and its ability to define the identities of the people who live in its vicinity, where this vast salt flat itself would be a central character” – Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie

https://adamwiltzie.bandcamp.com/album/salero-original-motion-picture-soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5hmb8l3Dbc&list=OLAK5uy_ks72_udq-brYhCQBAQ8xyCjonoKztxcO0

#AdamWiltzie #StarsoftheLid #AWingedVictoryForTheSullen #soundtrack #salero #saltflat #bolivia #erasedtapes

Since "Toute en Musique" hosted by Marie-Christine Poitier went on summer hiatus, and "Rêveries" hosted by Julie-Christine Parent became inaccessible through Android devices due to #Ohdio app engineering changes, I am in need of "Sonic Barbiturates" online radio streams along the lines of BBC Radio 3 #NightTracks (e.g. #BrianEno #HiroshiYoshimura, #Eluvium, #Satie #NilsFrahm, #Chopin #Debussy #ChillyGonzales, #StarsoftheLid, #CarolineShaw) #ambientMusic #minimalism #classicalmusic #lullabies

30 years later and one half of SotL is dead, but here we are with a remix of the first album of one of the most sublime acts ever to grace Ambient

https://starsofthelid.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-nitrous-oxide-30-year-anniversary-remastered-2

#StarsOfTheLid #Ambient

Music for Nitrous Oxide (30 Year Anniversary Remastered), by Stars of the Lid

9 track album

Stars of the Lid

That surreal feeling when you just discover a musician you loved passed away.

For a long while now I’ve been listening to and loving “The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid.” It’s a beautiful collection of music:

https://starsofthelid.bandcamp.com/album/the-tired-sounds-of

I was curious what other records the duo may have done on their own. That’s when I learned Brian McBride left us in late 2023.

Music feeds the soul. Musician loss is big loss.

#Music #RIP #BrianMcBride #StarsOfTheLid #Ambient

The Tired Sounds of, by Stars of the Lid

19 track album

Stars of the Lid

I have now listened to all 3hrs 4mins of the expanded edition of Selected Ambient Works Volume II.

It's alright. It has some really good moments. But also loads of things that are just sketches of ideas, or just plain boring & uninspired.

I love ambient music but I definitely don't rate #AphexTwin as highly for this as, say, #StarsOfTheLid or #Loscil or #Biosphere or even #BoardsOfCanada

And for weirdness I'd still plump for either hippy-dippy #FSOL or brain-shredding #Autechre instead

Remembering Stars of the Lid’s Brian McBride With 10 Essential Records

The ambient artist, who recently died at age 53, made music that felt almost unbelievably pure, like a visitation from the divine.

Pitchfork

This 'Ambient Americana playlist' currently on the 6 Music is absolutely sublime, and I'm going to guess some Stars Of The Lid will be dropped....

#BBC6Music #Ambient #StarsOfTheLid