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Brian McBride
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Brian McBride has been a member of Stars of the Lid since he met Adam Wiltzie in Austin Texas in 1990. McBride had a radio show on the local college station. As he described it to The Weekly Dig in fall 2002: “I used to record any sound that caught my ear. The sounds of in-need-of-repair ice cream dispensers in large cafeteria rooms would eventually be mixed with other found sounds on a four-track recorder for radio broadcast. ” This use of sound as a raw material and source of information has been a continuing theme in McBride’s musical endeavors. With Adam Wiltzie in Stars of the Lid, McBride has recorded a number of albums and toured North America and Europe since the mid-90s. Mcbride also contributed to two albums by the hushed pop band The Pilot Ships. As one half of Stars of the Lid, Brian McBride has contributed to the essential drift music of our time.
His debut solo album, When the Detail Lost its Freedom was recorded mainly on an ASR X keyboard sampler. The instruments recorded were guitar, piano, vocals, harmonica, trumpet and strings. There were no synthesizers or keyboards used in the creation of the album. There’s a lot of sampling in the sense of capturing a tone, isolating its tuning, and playing it on the keys of a piano. The album was recorded somewhere in between Los Angeles and Chicago, always at home, in random moments of duress over the last four years. The final mix was arranged from December 2004 to January 2005.
His debut solo album, When the Detail Lost its Freedom was recorded mainly on an ASR X keyboard sampler. The instruments recorded were guitar, piano, vocals, harmonica, trumpet and strings. There were no synthesizers or keyboards used in the creation of the album. There’s a lot of sampling in the sense of capturing a tone, isolating its tuning, and playing it on the keys of a piano. The album was recorded somewhere in between Los Angeles and Chicago, always at home, in random moments of duress over the last four years. The final mix was arranged from December 2004 to January 2005.
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Piano ABG
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Prelude
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Overture (For Other Halfs)
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I Will
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A Gathering to Lead Me When You're Gone
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Silent Motels
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For Those Who Hesitate
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Our Last Moment in Song
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Retenir
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Latent Sonata
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Stringer to Light Feed Frenzy
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The Guilt of Uncomplicated Thoughts
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The Journey Of 1806
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Romantic Splendor
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Shoutbox
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greene1994 wrote:
27 shouts and 160,000 plays... so underrated :(
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Jordan4444 wrote:
"When the Detail..." is incredible, I wish I had gotten it sooner.
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Subtle_Darkness wrote:
i agree, "When The Detail Lost Its Freedom" sounds better than SOtL. it is a more coherent and interesting vision
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NovemberDirge wrote:
I like "When The Detail Lost Its Freedom" more than anything Stars of the Lid has produced, which is saying a lot.
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irregulargirl wrote:
i took a bunch of photos of brian at his house a few weeks ago and am slowly uploading them here for all of his fans to enjoy.
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adamcooleyisdea wrote:
I worship him.
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InKursion wrote:
Such a sublime album, surprisingly memorable.
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soondra wrote:
so pure and lovely
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hemlokk wrote:
Please join my group: http://www.last.fm/group/Stoner+Music Thanks!
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AndreaUrbanFox wrote:
OMFG! Another great musician out of Austin! Awesome music scene!
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InKursion wrote:
Wow I love this album, wonderful.
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cesper wrote:
enchanting.
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FlibbleT wrote:
I wondered what he had been up to since he stopped playing for Fulham :)
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spiderland77 wrote:
addictive
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ingnosis wrote:
bonded, but free.
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kschro wrote:
very very good stuff
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wendell3 wrote:
Utterly gorgeous sounds.
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Phasics wrote:
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themusicaddict wrote:
So awesome.
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Deepspace_ wrote:
So Beautiful.
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