(idm) Stars of the Lid - Ballasted Orchestra

From Ernesto Ikerd
Sent Fri, Jul 9th 1999, 17:18

Just picked up my copy of "Stars of the Lid: Ballasted Orchestra" and its 
GREAT.. Its long drony ambience is hypnotic and warm, kind of reminds me 
of Eno or GAS without the 'Microphon-Tinte' beats!!!  ;)  The track names 
are SPOT-ON:

Central Texas
Sun Drugs
Down II
Taphead
Fucked Up (3:57 am)
Music for Twin Peaks Episode #30 Part I&II
The Artificial Pine
Arch Song

The liner notes say "Recorded in East Austin on a 4 Track" - *sigh*.  
Just listening to it reminds me of getting up artificially early after a 
great night of blissful partying and heading over to Flipnotics for an 
oversized cup of coffee and a mooched clove.

Use one of your CDNow Coupons (and check out some RA snippets) and pick 
this up asap if you even think you like drony ambience - its quite yummy! 
 I cant wait until the new album "Avec Laudenum" comes out!  Till then Im 
filling up on their backcatalog!

Homepage:         http://www.brainwashed.com/sotl/

ernie

Ernesto Ikerd,  (817) 763-4795
Company Graphics, Dept 17, MZ-1156
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems
Fort Worth, Texas