A Winged Victory for the Sullen

Pianist/composer Dustin O’Halloran and composer/engineer Adam Wiltzie met through a mutual friend in 2007, when Wiltzie was executing with Sparklehorse in Bologna, Italy. Backstage, both music artists struck up a camaraderie that progressed into A Winged Success for the Sullen, an electric outlet for what they’ve termed “harmonic Robitussin.” During the period of 2 yrs, O’Halloran (previously of Devics as well as the author of the rating for Marie Antoinette, among various other movies) and Wiltzie (known most for his function as one-half of Superstars of the Cover) done their self-titled recording, released in 2011 through the Kranky and Erased Tapes brands. Recorded and combined in German, Belgian, and Italian studios with several musicians on tools such as for example cello, harp, viola, violin, French horn, and bassoon, it had been among the year’s most amazing ambient-neoclassical albums. In 2012 and 2013, efforts were designed to compilations released by Erased Tapes (Erased Tapes IV, Erased Tapes V) and Ghostly International (SMM: Opiate), while a monitor through the self-titled album made an appearance within the soundtrack for BREATHE — which presented an O’Halloran rating. Commissioned to supply the music for a bit with a dance business, Wayne McGregor Random Dance, the duo produced Atomos, another expansive recording recorded in a number of places. Preceded by an EP in Apr 2014 that highlighted a remix from Ben Frost, Atomos premiered via Kranky and Erased Tapes that Oct. The pair after that went on to create their foray in to the globe of film structure with Wiltzie launching his rating for the documentary film Salero in past due 2016. The duo also released their initial collaborative rating being a Winged Victory for the Sullen for the French thriller/play, Iris in early 2017.