A Winged Victory for the Sullen – The Undivided Five (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:58 minutes | 835 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ninja Tune
Purveyors of contemporary ambient and electronic inspired music, a Winged victory for the Sullen make a bold return on new album “The undivided five”, their debut for Ninja Tune. The pair, made up of Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltz, have created iconic film scores and forward-thinking ambient groups, releasing a series of game changing Records for erased tapes and cranky and have amassed over 30 million streams on Spotify alone. Critical acclaim for their 2011 self titled debut album came from Pitchfork (7.3/10), The Guardian, Mojo (4*), UNCUT (4*), Drowned in sound (9/10), The Quietus (feature), Mojo (best of 2011) and many more. In 2014 their second studio album “atomos” Gained once again fantastic press support from the Guardian (4*), the arts desk, financial times, a (4*), evening standard (4*), the times (4*), the observer (4*), UNCUT (7/10), London in stereo (feature), music week, and more.
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A Winged Victory For The Sullen – Atomos (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:30 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Erased Tapes
Between the release of their self-titled 2011 debut and the recording of this, their second album, Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O’Halloran’s studio work as a Winged Victory for the Sullen was limited to appearances on compilations released by Erased Tapes and Ghostly International. Commissioned by choreographer Wayne McGregor for his Random Dance production of the same title, Atomos supplies another hour of what the duo terms “harmonic robitussin.” While this material was composed and recorded to suit a specific purpose, it resembles a proper follow-up that varies only slightly from the debut. The only obvious difference here is in the presence of some droning organ and a little bass, along with an apparent increase in Wiltzie’s sound processing and sampling, like the soft bristles and TV or radio chatter dispersed throughout “Atomos X.” As with the self-titled album, this is all glacial, entrancing ambient-neoclassical — with O’Halloran’s sensitive and melodic piano a central element — that soothes, suitable for both foreground and background listening. “Atomos VII,” issued separately (with a Ben Frost remix) prior to the album, is one of the duo’s more forceful pieces, with gorgeously tugged and distended strings and a bass figure that, during the second half, bobs in and ducks out. ~ Andy Kellman
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