Stars of the Lid: Biography

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• Flying Saucer Attack
• Windy & Carl
• Bedhead
• Labradford
• Amp
• Jessamine
• Bowery Electric

• Mokira
• Owl City

• Adam Bryan Wiltzie
• The Pilot Ships
• Brian McBrian
• The Dead Texan

Genres:

Ambient Music, Rock Music, Alternative Rock Music

Decades Active:

1990's|2000's

Ambient drone duo Stars of the Lid was formed in Austin, TX by guitarists Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie, the latter also a member of Windsor for the Derby as well as the longtime soundman for Bedhead. Debuting in 1994 with Music for Nitrous Oxide, the duo returned the following year with Gravitational Pull vs. the Desire for an Aquatic Life; signing to Kranky, Stars of the Lid next resurfaced in 1997 with the epic The Ballasted Orchestra. 1998's Per Aspera Ad Astra, a collaboration with painter Jon McCafferty, preceded the Sub Rosa release Avec Laudenum.

- Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide