Music for Nitrous Oxide

by Stars of the Lid

Music for Nitrous Oxide cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Sedimental
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:16:31
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Neal Weinberg

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Texan duo debuted with an incredibly lo-fi, deeply unsettling exploration of guitar-based drone music. Heavily utilizing four-track cassette recorders, the pair stretched heavily distorted guitar tones and obscure film dialogue into slow, isolating ambient textures. The claustrophobic, medication-inspired soundscapes laid a remarkably dark foundation before their transition into pristine, orchestral minimalism.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, atmospheric, droning, ambient, long-form, lo-fi, shimmering

Tracklist

  1. Before Top Dead Center (5:25)
  2. Adamord (11:51)
  3. Madison (9:24)
  4. Down (6:34)
  5. Lagging (3:58)
  6. (Live) Lid (9:48)
  7. Tape Hiss Makes Me Happy (13:05)
  8. The Swellsong (9:24)
  9. Goodnight (7:02)

Credits

  • Stars of the Lid - primary artist
  • Brian McBride - musician [stars of the lid:]
  • Kirk Laktas - musician [stars of the lid:]

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