To mark the 10year anniversary of its original release and its forthcoming induction into the 911 memorial museum this year temporary residence ltd. The music was recorded from a series of ambient music fragments played in tape loops that gradually deteriorated each time they passed the tape head. Although william basinskis work is often tagged as neoclassical, the veteran producer is very much an electronic musician. William basinski the disintegration loops cd box set. On time out of time, selva oscura, a shadow in time, divertissement, cascade, singles. For a collection of music built around the poignant inevitability of decay, there has been a greatmany hopeful and inspired words devoted to william basinskis. In 2003, william basinski was releasing an abundance of music, including further volumes of his disintegration loops. Melancholia is probably the best basinskis record until now, even if this is. In 2012, temporary residence rereleased the disintegration loops in a limited set of 2000 vinyl copies. This is the first part of william basinski s now celebrated disintegration loops, elegant pastoral loops made from looping disintegrating old tape stock the recordings had originally been recorded onto. For over 30 years, william basinski has worked with tape loops. Melancholia isnt a lost album, but its one thats easily overlooked.
William basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has been working in experimental media for over 25 years in nyc. Includes unlimited streaming of the disintegration loops via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Once you heard it, you wanted to tell somebody about it. The disintegration loops were performed as part of the tenyear anniversary concert remembering september 11 at new yorks metropolitan museum of art in its temple of dendur by the wordless music orchestra, orchestrated by maxim moston. William and pitchfork radios elia einhorn also discuss how physical spaces inform musical presentation and just what art scientists actually do. William basinski the disintegration loops ii the river. His craft does involve plenty of deep instrumentation and symphonious arrangements, but hes been experimenting with tape loops and reeltoreels for over three decades. Constructed from his signature swirling, endlessly ambient tape loops, a shadow in time is possibly the most affecting work he has composed since the first chapter of the disintegration loops slowly weaved its way into our collective psyche. Basinski set up a camera to record the final hour of daylight while his newly recorded project played in the background and the smoke enveloped new york. The disintegration loops by william basinski, released 02 september 2014 1. Delving deeper than most, william basinski returns with the elegant sadness of his new album, a shadow in time. Buy the disintegration loops iii by william basinski on bleep.
It included a dvd of basinski s film with the audio soundtrack, and compact disc versions added a fifth disc that contained the wordless music orchestras performances at the met and the venice biennale. Listen free to william basinski the disintegration loops dlp 1. William basinski born 25 june 1958 is an american avantgarde composer based in new york city. William basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has been working in. The story goes that in the process of converting his old magnetic tapes to digital format, basinski noticed that his tapes had begun to literally fall apart. William basinski the disintegration loops 2012, vinyl. William basinski the disintegration loops iv cd, digital. William basinski is an experimental composer, sound. William basinski the disintegration loops ii 02 dp 3. His entire catalog is available for digital download through itunes. In the early part of the last decade, william basinskis the disintegration loops was the sort of music you passed around. His haunting and melancholy soundscapes explore the temporal nature of life, resounding with the reverberations of memory and the mystery of time. Remastered and now available on conventional pressed cd in trimpak previously available as a very limited cdr. Experimental composer, sound sculptor, and video artist globally renowned for his 911 elegy the disintegration loops.
The disintegration loops remastered by william basinski on. The origin story of the disintegration loops is one that passed to legend and then to myth, and what must have started as fact now seems buried under romantic hyperbole. With the disintegration loops and cascade, he has built a career from fragments of old audio tape. In next page click regular or free download and wait certain amount of time usually around 30 seconds until download button will appead. Xldwilliam basinskithe disintegration loopsthe disintegration loops live01 dlp 1. William basinski pulls another couple of tape loops out of his voluminous archives, this time containing sounds from the rare voyetra 8 synthesiser. For a collection of music built around the poignant inevitability of decay, there has been a great many hopeful and inspired words devoted to william basinskis the disintegration loops.
Still frames from this video serve as the album art for the 4 associated releases, and both the video and the albums have been inducted into. The healing power of the disintegration loops november 15, 2012 for over 30 years, william basinski has worked with tape loops. Nov 19, 2012 in the early part of the last decade, william basinski s the disintegration loops was the sort of music you passed around. I first came across the name william basinski, and his disintegration loops, a couple of years ago, but only very recently bought this box set, having heard the loops many times and struggling to understand whether this is divine music, or pretentious nonsense masquerading as profound art. Basinski is best known for his fourvolume album the disintegration loops 20022003, constructed from rapidly decaying twentyyearold tapes of his earlier music. A shadow in time is devised as a tribute to david robert jones aka david bowie, and is a typically gorgeous, slowlyexpanding work of basinskidrone. He is also a clarinetist, saxophonist, sound artist, and video artist. William basinski s gorgeous 2003 album reborn on a remastered edition. Loops is based on basinski s attempts to salvage earlier recordings made on magnetic tape, by transferring them into digital format. A stunning vinyl box set collects his bestknown work, the disintegration loops, a. Licensed to youtube by merlin sc distribution on behalf of temporary residence ltd. William basinski is an american avantgarde composer based in new york city. William basinskis disintegration loops the music show.
For a collection of music built around the poignant inevitability of decay, there has been a great many hopeful and inspired words devoted to william basinski s the disintegration loops. Melancholia is probably the best basinski s record until now, even if this is hard for me to say given my love for each one of his releases. The disintegration loops is a series of four albums by american avantgarde composer william basinski released in 2002 and 2003. Loops is based on basinskis attempts to salvage earlier recordings made on magnetic tape, by transferring them into digital format. The second part of william basinski s superlative water music series seemingly touching on the idea of mathematical music ciphers, durational ratios etc. Includes unlimited streaming of the disintegration loops iv via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. In disjunction with disintegration loops s ability to deceive and surprise with seemingly settled phrases that spiral into new ones in such intricacy that it takes multiple listens to pull apart, cascade is stagnant, and relies on simple additions rather than actual changes in key or melody, making it hard to tolerate for most of the album with. A bandcamp exclusive disintegration loops is a series of four albums by american avantgarde composer william basinski released in 2002 and 2003.
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He began experimenting with compositions for piano and tape that created a melancholy ambience via looped and overdubbed melodies with variations a movement in chrome primitive 1980, released. Limitededition box set of 2000 copies containing all four historic volumes of the disintegration loops, plus a pair of live orchestral performances from the metropolitan museum of art, and the 54th venice biennale, both previously unreleased, issued to mark the 10year anniversary of the original release and its induction into the 911. Across 15 short form pieces, his beautifully sparse and solemn piano figures become seductive silhouettes and haunting. In disjunction with disintegration loopss ability to deceive and surprise with seemingly settled phrases that spiral into new ones in such intricacy that it takes multiple listens to pull apart, cascade is stagnant, and relies on simple additions rather than actual changes in key or melody, making it hard to tolerate for most of the album with. Spread over a single piece that tops an hour, water music ii has an undulating predilection that basinski then goes on.
William basinski the disintegration loops iv cd digital album. His epic 4disc masterwork, the disintegration loops, received. William basinski disintegration loops 6 dp 6 youtube. Rightly considered one of his finest works, melancholia employs similar techniques used on his now legendary the disintegration loops to another stash of short tape loops he created in the early 80s. Tidal is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hidef video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content making it a trusted source for music and culture. Jan 20, 2017 the disintegration loops is a series of four albums by american avantgarde composer william basinski released in 2002 and 2003. The album is an eulogy to david robert jones, also known as david bowie. In the early part of the last decade, william basinski s the disintegration loops was the sort of music you passed around. William basinski disintegration loops 5 dp 5 duration. Apr 28, 2014 melancholia isnt a lost album, but its one thats easily overlooked. Download the disintegration loops remastered by william basinski at juno download.
William basinski the disintegration loops album download. Although william basinski s work is often tagged as neoclassical, the veteran producer is very much an electronic musician. For those who missed out on the nowlegendary, highly soughtafter and highly soldout box sets, we are now offering the four volumes of the disintegration loops suite as separate, individually packaged albums. Ambient producer william basinski is back with a new album a shadow in time which he has been touring extensively with in the us and europe the past year. The recordings consist of tape loops that gradually deteriorated each time they passed the tape head, the unexpected result of basinski s attempt to transfer his earlier recordings to digital format. William basinski houston, 1958, a new yorkbased classicallytrained clarinetist and saxophonist, specializes in compositions for loops and drones. Basinski is best known for his fourvolume album the disintegration loops, constructed from rapidly decaying twentyyearold tapes of his earlier music. William basinski the disintegration loops iv 2003 03 dp 1. A stunning vinyl box set collects his bestknown work, the disintegration loops, a project he finished the morning of september 11. Melancholia xiv 14 short melancholy tapeloops from the early eighties.
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