Accompanied by a string quintet, acclaimed ambient duo A Winged Victory For The Sullen will perform in Australia for the first time on Saturday 15 November at Melbourne Recital Centre as part of Melbourne Music Week.
Atmospheric and ethereal, A Winged Victory For The Sullen comprises of Adam Wiltzkie, former member of Sparklehorse and founder of revered drone-based ambient duo Stars of the Lid and acclaimed post-classical composer and pianist Dustin O’Halloran who, among a long list of accolades and impressive musical feats, wrote the score to Sophia Coppola’s film Marie Antoinette.
A Winged Victory For The Sullen’s latest album Atomos features seven landscapes of harmonic ingemination. The duo developed the recordings with the help of large acoustic spaces, hunting down a selection of 9ft grand pianos which delivered extreme sonic low end. Other traditional instrumentation was used including a string quartet, French horn, and bassoon as well as a handmade Fazioli piano and all songs were processed completely analogue straight to magnetic tape resulting in a truly unique timbre and aural ambience.
Listen to tracks from A Winged Victory For The Sullen’s second full length studio album Atomos by clicking here.
A Winged Victory For The Sullen’s secret to harvesting new melodic structures from the air of existence is for the duo to push themselves into dangerous territory, realising that clear thinking at the wrong moment could stifle compositions and the same philosophy shines through in their lauded live shows which are immersive, intense, arresting and certainly not to be missed.
Melbourne Music Week Show
Saturday 15 November, 2014
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall
Melbourne Recital Centre
For tickets and info visit www.melbournerecital.com.au
To celebrate Tone Deaf are giving readers the chance to win a double pass to see the Melbourne Music Week show on the 15th of November, enter you details below for a chance to win!
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