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A Winged Victory for the Sullen
12+ albums
ambientneoclassicalpianomodern classicalcontemporary classical
about
A Winged Victory For The Sullen is a collaboration between Stars of the Lid member Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O'Halloran. A Winged Victory for the Sullen began with a friendship. Composers Dustin O'Halloran and Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie met backstage in 2007, introduced by a mutual friend Francesco Donadello — who, as fate would have it, went on to become their longtime collaborative sound engineer. Four years after their introduction, their eponymous debut emerged in all its splendor: a grand, elegiac composition, featuring seven different harmonic landscapes, redolent of the large acoustic spaces in which it was recorded, including Berlin’s Grunewald Church and GDR radio studios along the river Spree. The duo became known for a unique combination of Adam’s ambient guitar drone and Dustin’s sparse piano with their self-titled debut album in 2011. During the summer of 2013 they recorded over sixty minutes of music while working on the score for a new oeuvre by the Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor. While recording they were inspired by McGregor to expand their sound into more electronic territory. The result became their second full length album, Atomos, a unique record that stays true to their signature chamber sound while adding flurries of electronics, harp and modular synthesizers, released on Erased Tapes in 2014. They’ve since played some of the world’s most celebrated venues, including a sold out Boiler Room performance at London’s Barbican, and a 2015 BBC Proms s
top songs
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Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears
138,5242The Haunted Victorian Pencil
118,8773We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, for the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
58,7074All Farewells Are Sudden
48,7565Minuet for a Cheap Piano Number Two
43,5856A Symphony Pathetique
40,8247Requiem for the Static King, Pt. 1
38,4528The Rhythm of a Dividing Pair
33,2389Adios, Florida (Snippet)
31,72810Atomos VII
31,260albums
A Winged Victory for the Sullen
The Undivided Five
Atomos
Invisible Cities
AWVFTS 0:5 (The Undivided Five Story)
Erased Tapes Collection IV
Atomos VII
![Iris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Bonus Track Version]](https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/c34fc5b279f854592b1fff7a093626b4.png)
Iris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Bonus Track Version]
Ti Prego, Memory Man
The Rhythm Of A Dividing Pair
All Our Friends Are Vampires
Iris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)