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.
Disintegration loops vinyl.
The completion of the recording coincided with the 9 11 attacks which basinski witnessed from his rooftop in brooklyn.
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 record s completion coincided with the 9 11 bombings a sight which is recreated on the record s cover.
All tracks are remastered from the original recordings and pressed onto 100 virgin vinyl for the first time.
William basinski created his ambient and much storied record the disintegration loops by feeding his compositions on loop through a tape head until a myriad sounds were made in its place.
The very passage of time is its most effective instrument.
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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.
More than conceptually brilliant the disintegration loops are an auditory voyage unlike anything else.
The disintegration loops is a series of four albums by american avant garde composer william basinski released in 2002 and 2003.
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.
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 disintegration loops iii is split into two ambient compositions clocking at twenty minutes and fifty minutes respectively.
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 music creates an intimate space for quiet contemplation and a refuge from the hustle bustle of modern life.
