Adam Wiltzie, Jóhann Jóhannsson
Friendship Survival Guide (LP)
LabelDeutsche GrammophonGenreElectronic
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The album Friendship Survival Guide by the late Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson and his close friend and composer Adam Wiltzie features a number of collaborative orchestral psychedelic drone compositions.
Wiltzie, co-founder of the now-legendary drone duo Stars of the Lid, and Jóhannsson, the award-winning composer and orchestrator, shared a decade-long friendship and creative partnership, writing, performing and recording together prior to the latter’s tragic passing in 2018. Friendship Survival Guide stems from the pair’s numerous 2013–17 studio collaborations on sessions for Jóhannsson’s scores of the 2014 Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything and director Dennis Villeneuve’s 2017 sci-fi thriller Arrival.
After years away from the recordings, Wiltzie returned to the tapes with blessings from Jóhannsson’s family, completing Friendship Survival Guide to honour Jóhann’s legacy. “Our friendship is the story here, (…) Jóhann’s not there anymore, but this artifact we created together is alive and it’s incredible. I could never have done it without him”, says Wiltzie.
Format
Subtitled "For Tape Loops, Drones, And Orchestra". Gatefold sleeve.
Made in the EU.
Publisher: Lid Music (BMI) – administered @ Bright Notion Music Ltd / Decca Music Group Ltd (all tracks); Dirty Squirrel (tracks A1 to A3, B4, B5); copyright controlled (B4).
Release notes
Subtitled "For Tape Loops, Drones, And Orchestra". Gatefold sleeve. Made in the EU. Publisher: Lid Music (BMI) – administered @ Bright Notion Music Ltd / Decca Music Group Ltd (all tracks); Dirty Squirrel (tracks A1 to A3, B4, B5); copyright controlled (B4).
| A1 | September Nineteen Sixty Nine | ||
| A2 | Dazed And Reflective Glory Part One | ||
| A3 | Dazed And Reflective Glory Part Two | ||
| A4 | Mourners Will Be Outcast | ||
| A5 | Exceptional Proportions | ||
| B1 | Give Into Gravity | ||
| B2 | White Gloves And Turtlenecks | ||
| B3 | Soft Favourites | ||
| B4 | In Ever Decreasing Circles | ||
| B5 | Where You Are Now, Voyager |
- Alice Castant
- A&R [Coordination Manager]
- Amelie Stock
- A&R [Coordination Manager]
- Nicole Maurer
- A&R [Coordination Manager]
- Anusch Alimirzaie
- A&R [Executive Producer]
- Christian Badzura
- A&R [Executive Producer]
- Adam Wiltzie
- Composed By, Producer, Orchestrated By, Recorded By [@ Aantalvier]
- Jóhann Jóhannsson
- Composed By, Producer, Orchestrated By, Recorded By [@ Jóhann's Former Studio]
- Lars Hoffmann
- Concept By [Creative Concept Manager]
- Peter Pejtsik
- Conductor
- Miklós Lukács
- Contractor [Orchestra]
- Craig McCaffrey
- Design [Package]
- Margerita Sanders
- Illustration [Cover]
- Redbird Music
- Management
- Bo Kondren
- Mastered By
- Francesco Donadello
- Mixed By [Dolby Atmos And 1/2 Inch Analog Tape Recording Mix]
- Budapest Art Orchestra
- Orchestra
- Roman Vinuesa
- Orchestrated By
- Chloe Murphy
- Product Manager
- Moritz Cornejo Weisheimer
- Project Manager [Project Coordination Manager]
- Steve Albini
- Recorded By [@ Electrical Audio]
- Gábor Buczkó
- Recorded By [Strings, Choir And Orchestra]
