Disintegration Loops Vinyl

The disintegration loops iii is split into two ambient compositions clocking at twenty minutes and fifty minutes respectively.

Disintegration loops vinyl.

The disintegration loops is a series of four albums by american avant garde composer william basinski released in 2002 and 2003. Lush yet simple and deeply emotive without trying to overwhelm the listener. 1 remastered reissue by william basinski 2014 05 04 5 0 out of 5 stars 1. More than conceptually brilliant the disintegration loops are an auditory voyage unlike anything else.

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. 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. 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.

The completion of the recording coincided with the 9 11 attacks which basinski witnessed from his rooftop in brooklyn. Only 1 left in stock order soon. All tracks are remastered from the original recordings and pressed onto 100 virgin vinyl for the first time. 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. 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 record s completion coincided with the 9 11 bombings a sight which is recreated on the record s cover. The artwork features basinski s footage of the new.