Avec Laudenum moves at a glacier's pace and, slowly yet surely, calls to mind the glazed eye, vacant trance, and pure (temporary) euphoria of the heavy laudanum user.
"The Atomium," a three-part work, takes all of 16 minutes to gradually build from a series of softened drones into the exquisite ambience of an orchestra lulling heaven itself to sleep, only to halt the reverie by (just as gradually) introducing ominous backmasked guitars.
Of the other two pieces, "Dust Breeding" has much the same effect and feeling of transcendence, while "I Will Surround You" has slightly more of a Technicolor feel.
Reportedly recorded by mail between SotL members Adam Wiltzie and Brian McBride, Avec Laudenum is a magnificent piece of minimalist ambience.
[Originally released in 1999 by the Belgian Sub Rosa label, the album was reissued in America by Kranky in late 2002.].
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dust Breeding (1.316) + | Stars of the Lid | Play | 09:08 | 20 MB | 33 MB |
| 2 | I Will Surround You | Stars of the Lid | Play | 10:28 | 23 MB | 35 MB |
| 3 | The Atomium- part one | Stars Of The Lid | Play | 05:32 | 12 MB | 17 MB |
| 4 | The Atomium- part two | Stars Of The Lid | Play | 10:43 | 24 MB | 41 MB |
| 5 | The Atomium- part three | Stars Of The Lid | Play | 06:16 | 14 MB | 22 MB |
| 42 mins | 96 MB | |||||
| 42 mins | 148 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian McBride | Arranger, Guitar, Member of Attributed Artist, Sampling |
| 2 | Craig McCaffrey | Unknown Instrument |
| 3 | Luke Savisky | Member of Attributed Artist, Unknown Instrument |
| 4 | Stars of the Lid | Primary Artist |
| 5 | Adam Bryan Wiltzie | Arranger, Composer, Guitar, Member of Attributed Artist, Sampling |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |