Adam Wiltzie is a composer, and sound engineer born in New York City, U.S. in September 1969. Although he may be best known for founding the seminal ambient classical projects Stars of the Lid, The Dead Texan, and Aix em Klemm, he also has recorded, played, and worked as a live sound engineer for famed groups such as The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Labradford, Bedhead, The Bad Livers, Windsor for the Derby, Iron & Wine, Johann Johannsson and Sparklehorse.