Disintegration Loops Vinyl

Considered an attempt at making sound cyclical the disintegration loops is now being given a second re release due to the high demand of its boxset each of the four volumes being released as an individual record.

Disintegration loops vinyl.

The music creates an intimate space for quiet contemplation and a refuge from the hustle bustle of modern life. 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. This set also includes all of the remastered recordings on 5 cds the rare 63 minute the disintegration loops film on dvd and a 144 page full color coffee table book featuring rare photos taken during the making of the disintegration loops and liner notes. The artwork features basinski s footage of the new.

From it s 20 year gestation period to it s infamously fateful completion the disintegration loops is one of the most powerful manifestations of the inevitable cycle of life ever committed to tape even as it documents the inevitable decay of all that is committed to tape. 1 remastered reissue by william basinski 2014 05 04 5 0 out of 5 stars 1. Lush yet simple and deeply emotive without trying to overwhelm the listener. The disintegration loops vol.

From its 20 year gestation period to its infamously fateful completion the disintegration loops is one of the most powerful manifestations of the inevitable cycle of life ever committed to tape even as it documents the inevitable decay of all that is committed to tape. The disintegration loops is a series of four albums by american avant garde composer william basinski released in 2002 and 2003. More than conceptually brilliant the disintegration loops are an auditory voyage unlike anything else. All tracks are remastered from the original recordings and pressed onto 100 virgin vinyl for the first time.

The disintegration loops iii is split into two ambient compositions clocking at twenty minutes and fifty minutes respectively. The very passage of time is its most effective instrument. There s an irony to the four volumes of the disintegration loops appearing here on vinyl for the first time since the defiantly analog origin of the music is central to its appeal. The completion of the recording coincided with the 9 11 attacks which basinski witnessed from his rooftop in brooklyn.