Stars of the Lid Side Project Due in October

Poor Texas is really getting the shit beat out of it these days

One half of sound-art combo Stars of the Lid, Adam Wiltzie's latest project, The Dead Texan, is an audio/visual collaboration with artist Christina Vantzos. The self-titled CD/DVD set is scheduled for an October 4th release on Chicago's Kranky label.

Vantznos is a filmmaker from Wiltzie's adoptive hometown of Brussells, and her work has recently been showcased at festivals in the U.S. and Europe. According to Kranky, Vantznos is also currently working on a documentary film on teenage life in Scotland.

Wiltzie's contributions to the project are reportedly nebulous would-be Lid tunes, worked over with strings, piano and a wash of SOTL guitar trademarks. The arrangements have been dubbed "mini symphonies" by their composer, with Kranky's online press drawing comparisons to the soundtrack work of George Delerue and Zbigniew Preisner. The chamber-style compositions range from wide-scoped and melodic to atmospheric vignettes, scored to compliment the seven accompanying video selections.

Kranky.net has released the following tracklist for the audio portion of the set:

01 The Six Million Dollar Sandwich
02 Glen's Goo
03 A Chronicle of Early Failures - Part 1
04 A Chronicle of Early Failures - Part 2
05 Taco de Macque
06 Aegina Airlines
07 When I See Scissors I Can't Help But Think of You
08 Girth Rides a (Horse)
09 La Ballade d'Alain Georges
10 Beatrice Part 2
11 The Struggle

Posted by Jason Henn on Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:00am