He is also a clarinetist, saxophonist, sound artist, and video artist basinski is best known for his fourvolume album the disintegration loops 20022003, constructed from rapidly decaying twentyyearold tapes of his earlier music. William basinski the disintegration loops iv 2003 03 dp 1. The disintegration loops, a compilation of songs by william basinski. Piano concerto no 2, corelli variations album mp3 flac. Released november 2012 on temporary residence catalog no. 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. Apr 08, 2004 its not the kind of thing you can say often, but i think william basinski s disintegration loops are a step toward that understanding the music itself is not so much composed as it is this. This is the first part of william basinskis now celebrated disintegration loops, elegant pastoral loops made from looping disintegrating old tape. 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.
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. 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. Loops is based on basinskis attempts to salvage earlier recordings made on magnetic tape, by transferring them into digital format. I have only listened to the disintegration loops once. William basinski the disintegration loops cd box set. His haunting and melancholy soundscapes explore the temporal nature of life, resounding with the reverberations of memory and the mystery of time. 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. Unlogic thing, william basinski the disintegration loops rework album tracks bitrate. Although william basinskis work is often tagged as neoclassical, the veteran producer is very much an electronic musician. The entire series is entirely to long, and it can be almost a chore to listen too. Over one million legal mp3 tracks available at juno download. 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.
The disintegration loops by william basinski, released 02 september 2014 1. Download the disintegration loops remastered by william basinski at juno download. William basinski born 25 june 1958 is an american avantgarde composer based in new york city. 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. The disintegration loops download freesoftprofiles. The disintegration loops by william basinski compilation. A stunning vinyl box set collects his bestknown work, the disintegration loops, a. Listen free to william basinski the disintegration loops dlp 1. The audio was remastered in 2012 from the original master tapes, and the artwork is. Once you heard it, you wanted to tell somebody about it.
The healing power of the disintegration loops november 15, 2012 for over 30 years, william basinski has worked with tape loops. William basinski houston, 1958, a new yorkbased classicallytrained clarinetist and saxophonist, specializes in compositions for loops and drones. Includes unlimited streaming of the disintegration loops iv via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. The disintegration loops iii remastered william basinski. The second part of william basinskis superlative water music series seemingly touching on the idea of mathematical music ciphers, durational ratios etc. William basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has been working in experimental media for over 25 years in nyc. William basinski is an experimental composer, sound. In the process of transferring aging reeltoreel tape loops to a digital medium, basinski found the reels originally recorded in 1982 were so old and decrepit that the tape would shed. William basinski s gorgeous 2003 album reborn on a remastered edition.
William basinski the disintegration loops album download. William basinskis gorgeous 2003 album reborn on a remastered edition. Find william basinski discography, albums and singles on allmusic. 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. The disintegration loops were performed as part of the tenyear anniversary concert remembering september 11 at new york. 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. In the early part of the last decade, william basinski s the disintegration loops was the sort of music you passed around. William basinski is an american avantgarde composer based in new york city.
A work of minimal, processbased tape music, experimental composer william basinskis disintegration loops series achieves astonishingly moving and evocative states through relatively simplistic means. William basinski album the disintegration loops is a good music album, the disintegration loops release at jan 01, 2002, song365 provider the album download and. 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. To mark the 10year anniversary of its original release and its forthcoming induction into the 911 memorial museum this year temporary residence ltd. He has become one of the most recognized sound artists and ambient composers across the globe, in large part for his careerdefining work the disintegration. Nov, 2012 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. With the disintegration loops and cascade, he has built a career from fragments of old audio tape. His epic 4disc masterwork, the disintegration loops, received. 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. For over 30 years, william basinski has worked with tape loops. The disintegration loops by william basinski released in 2012 via temporary residence. A stunning vinyl box set collects his bestknown work, the disintegration loops, a project he finished the morning of september 11.
Find william basinski discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. The disintegration loops can not be classified as any kind of traditonal music. Across 15 short form pieces, his beautifully sparse and solemn piano figures become seductive silhouettes and haunting. On time out of time, selva oscura, a shadow in time, divertissement, cascade, singles.
The disintegration loops ii remastered william basinski. Jan 01, 2009 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. The disintegration loops remastered william basinski. Sergei vasilyevich rachmaninoff, pavel jegorov, mary lebenson rachmaninoff. William basinski the disintegration loops iv cd digital album.
Delving deeper than most, william basinski returns with the elegant sadness of his new album, a shadow in time. The disintegration loops remastered by william basinski. William is playing the get together record fair at the geffen contemporary at moca november 16th. The disintegration loops, received international critical acclaim and was chosen as one of the top 50 albums of 2004 by. His craft does involve plenty of deep instrumentation and symphonious arrangements, but hes been experimenting with tape loops and reeltoreels for over three decades. Xldwilliam basinskithe disintegration loopsthe disintegration loops live01 dlp 1. William basinski disintegration loops 3 dp 3 youtube. In the early part of the last decade, william basinskis the disintegration loops was the sort of music you passed around. Spread over a single piece that tops an hour, water music ii has an undulating predilection that basinski then goes on. Basinski is best known for his fourvolume album the disintegration loops, constructed from rapidly decaying twentyyearold tapes of his earlier music.
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