The Dead Texan

The Dead Texan is the audio/visual duo of musician Adam Wiltzie and Greek video artist Christina Vantzou. Wiltzie is better known as one half of the ambient project Stars of the Lid, opposite Brian McBride. Vantzou has done work for MTV Netherlands, and a promotional video for the band Interpol. Her work was also featured in the June 2006 edition of Tokion magazine.

As of yet, there has been only one Dead Texan release, a self-titled CD/DVD package. The music is very similar to that of "Stars of the Lid": long, droning, ambient soundscapes with "Stars"-esque instrumentation. The songs on "The Dead Texan", however, are generally shorter, and lyrics can be heard at times. Indeed, the songs were initially intended to be released as another Stars of the Lid album, but it was ultimately deemed, as Wiltzie put it, "too aggressive."

Discography

*"The Dead Texan", 2004, KRANK 072

See also

* Stars of the Lid
* Kranky

External links

* [http://www.brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/krank072.html Official Homepage for "The Dead Texan"]
* [http://www.christinavantzou.com Christina Vantzou's website]
* [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17277/Dead_Texan_The_Dead_Texan Pitchforkmedia.com review of "The Dead Texan"]
* [http://www.kranky.net Kranky Records]