A Winged Victory For The Sullen – A Winged Victory For The Sullen

Label:

Erased Tapes Records – ERATP032LP

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold

Country:

Europe

Released:

13 Sep 2011

Genre:

Classical, Electronic

Style:

Drone, Classical, Experimental, Contemporary

Tracklist

A1		We Played Some Open Chords And Rejoiced, For The Earth Had Circled The Sun Yet Another Year
A2		Requiem For The Static King Part One
A3		Requiem For The Static King Part Two
A4		Minuet For A Cheap Piano Number Two
B1		Steep Hills Of Vicodin Tears
B2		A Symphony Pathetique
B3		All Farewells Are Sudden

Companies etc

Recorded At – Begijnhof, Brussels

Credits

Artwork [Assistance As Always By] – Craig McCaffrey
Bassoon – Hugo Barone
Cello – Chris Jepson, Hildur Gudnadottir*
Composed By, Arranged By, Score [Scored By], Performer [Performed By] – Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie*, Dustin O'Halloran
French Horn – Rozanne Descheemaeker
Harp – Chester Desmond
Illustration [Cover - Nips And Lips] – Christina Vantzou
Viola – Kristina Labitzke
Violin – Elissa Lee, Marlene Ito, Peter Broderick

Notes

Including Digital Download Code.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (On Sealed Shrink-wrap): 4 050486 049488

Other Versions (Showing 4 of 4) View All

Title, Format	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
A Winged Victory For The Sullen (CD, Album)	Erased Tapes Records	ERATP032CD	Europe	2011
A Winged Victory For The Sullen (7xFile, Album, MP3, 320)	Erased Tapes Records	ERATP032DL	US	2011
A Winged Victory For The Sullen (LP, Album)	Kranky	KRANK 157LP	US	2011
A Winged Victory For The Sullen (CD, Album)	Kranky	KRANK157	US	2011

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Rated 5/5

Review by DIFFO Jan 09, 2012 (edited 4 months ago)

One of my favourite albums of 2011 ! Starts out with drawn out cello and violins for the intro and into a piano with long reverberation bass ivory key loveliness then into something that can only be orchestrated mellow madness as the sounds go into a near feedback frenzy.
The results are, almost inevitably, meditative and cinematic, but also, more unusually for music of this so-called ‘post-classical’ album, rich in melody and genuinely haunting, numinous atmosphere. Thus, tremulous, pensive opener and sometimes sending you over the edge.
Composed by two musicians at the height of their craft, the album reveals itself, thus far, as the apex of a limited genre still forming and as one of our finest contemporary acts of remembrance and ascension.