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A Winged Victory for the Sullen: We played some open chords…

July 24, 2013 By guillaume

Neo-classical duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen emerged in 2007 following a chance encounter between Californian pianist Dustin O’Halloran and ambient drone composer Adam Wiltzie (Star of the Lid). Focusing on Dustin O’Halloran’s piano, the sustain of Adam Wiltzie’s electric guitar and traditional strings, the pair have generated a haunting collection of spacious sonic landscapes. To create that space, the musicians deliberately sourced old or handmade grand pianos for their superior acoustic qualities and installed them in a church and a historic radio studio in Berlin. To minimise compression, the tracks were processed solely with analogue straight to magnetic tape.

A Winged Victory for the Sullen (2011)
A Winged Victory for the Sullen (2011)

Conceived and crafted over a two-year period, A Winged Victory for the Sullen’s self-titled début recording was released in 2011. Opening the album, a track like “We played some open chords and rejoiced, for the sun had circled the earth yet another year” (to give its full and unabridged title) translates the duo’s subtle sonic approach into a superb restrained and contemplative acoustic experience.

A Winged Victory for the Sullen was released on the Erased Tapes record label.

http://www.awvfts.com/

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Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: A Winged Victory for the Sullen, ambient, piano

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  1. kate says

    February 11, 2014 at 8:30 pm

    how can I get the piano sheets from this wonderful music?

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    • guillaume says

      February 12, 2014 at 10:24 am

      Apart from “Dustin O’Halloran – Piano Solos, Volumes One and Two” (Paperback/Chester Music – available on Amazon) or a few piano tutorials on YouTube, I don’t think any songbook from AWVFTS is available at this point in time.

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      • Joy says

        August 9, 2020 at 8:09 pm

        Which “Opus” is considered the notes from “We played some open chords…”

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        • guillaume says

          August 10, 2020 at 8:36 pm

          “We played some open chords…” is a standalone tune composed and interpreted by AWVFTS – All the numbered “Opus” tracks are separate and relate to Dustin O’Halloran’s solo piano work.

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