I'm excited to hear this!! I only have the four Disintegration Loops and I love all of them. I used to work at this all night cafe and around 4 the place would clear out and I would play these as I would mop and clean up. I miss jobs where I could play music late at night.
― Jacob Sanders, Thursday, 4 February 2010 12:34 (fourteen years ago) link
available on emusic, btw
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 4 February 2010 12:37 (fourteen years ago) link
holy shit that sounds like the best thing ever xp
― dyao, Thursday, 4 February 2010 12:48 (fourteen years ago) link
distingeration loops 1 is shifted heavily towards the right channel in the mix, right? really hard to listen to on headphones.
― 99. The Juggalo Teacher (dyao), Sunday, 7 February 2010 12:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't think so, no
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Sunday, 7 February 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
hmm it definitely seems right-shifted to me, even in the iTunes samples. (NB I would buy it from eMusic but they won't let me join because I'm currently living out-of-the-states)
― 99. The Juggalo Teacher (dyao), Monday, 8 February 2010 00:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i bought mine on Amazon Mp3 and it certainly sounds "right-shifted" to me
― kshighway (ksh), Monday, 8 February 2010 00:50 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah I guess fixing it in post would be against the spirit of the enterprise. really wish I could just put it on on headphones and zone out though...
― 99. The Juggalo Teacher (dyao), Monday, 8 February 2010 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
dyao technology
― nsuomy (ramon cora), Monday, 8 February 2010 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link
(mine's not right-shifted btw)
hee waaannnt it
― 99. The Juggalo Teacher (dyao), Monday, 8 February 2010 01:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Achieved something akin to Distintegrating Loops here, using two reel to reel machines feeding back on one another. Rather than the tape itself degrading though it's the signal being obliterated by the analogue recording process. Something like this is what makes tape so exciting to work with, it seems like a natural process.
http://automating.bandcamp.com/track/soundoffsound
― Department of Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification (S-), Monday, 8 February 2010 03:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Available for download for one week:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2011/09/07/140265002/remembering-september-11-a-live-concert-webcast-from-the-temple-of-dendur
Wasn't sure about the added drums to start with, but it's growing on me.
― toby, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 10:35 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah saw that linked on p'fork. will listen tonight when writing. drums?!
― willem, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 10:36 (thirteen years ago) link
download??
― Stories from Hull City, Stories from Hull FC (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 10:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Just to the right of "hear this concert".
― toby, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 10:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow Toby, thanks so much for sharing! Going to make a listening event of this tonight!
― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 10:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Good stuff. I'm very interested in hearing this. Will zone out to it tonight.
― AnotherDeadHero, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 11:09 (thirteen years ago) link
thx toby i looked and looked and couldn't find the link.
― Stories from Hull City, Stories from Hull FC (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 11:12 (thirteen years ago) link
http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/concerts/2011/09/20110911_concerts_dendur.mp3?dl=1
― Geirge Hongriot (NickB), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link
wonderful stuff, thanks
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
heard this a few times today and it's really pretty great.
― toby, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
i was at the temple of dendur for this on sunday. writing a review now, it'll be up at frieze.com in a day or two
― geeta, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
yay frieze.com!
― Pizzataco Five (admrl), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Woah listening now, turns out my current employer sponsored this event! I knew there was a connection with Basinski and Sep 11th but didn't make the connection. You can hear them thanked at 5:23
― Pizzataco Five (admrl), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:00 (thirteen years ago) link
there were a lot of people I recognized in the audience - Antony of Antony and the Johnsons, Tony Conrad, etc. Antony is like a big teddy bear in person.
― geeta, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Antony and William Basinski are long time friends. Very cool that TOny Conrad was there!
― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah. when Conrad showed up, they asked him for his ticket, but he didn't have one (even though it was free, it was a ticketed event), so the Met guards wouldn't let him in. i gave him my +1 and got him into the show. i recognized him right away because i'd just seen him play the night before, at the Kitchen!
― geeta, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Aw, nice.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
that's awesome, geeta.
― Battlestar Gracián (crüt), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
the perfect music event??
― Battlestar Gracián (crüt), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
dude has an awesome apartment
― you got me again, beets!!! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i wrangled the +1 by telling the press desk that Tony Conrad was my 'photographer'!
he would've been a great photographer for the article, we could've done something like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJbqnztjkbs
― geeta, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
recognized him right away because i'd just seen him play the night before, at the Kitchen!
I didn't go to basinski, but just as an aside, conrad's set at the kitchen was really fun! didn't have much info beforehand and was very happy to see that he was playing with eli keszler. love that guy!
― original bgm, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Ryan McAdams, the guy who conducted this, was in the same rowboat as me at last year's performance of Xenakis' Persephassa on the lake in Central Park. We talked about music a bunch. Cool guy.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
A review in the NYT
Listening to this now. Very moving.
― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 23:00 (thirteen years ago) link
"dlp 1.1" has a stately, martial mood that the drums work well with, i think. the whole concert is lovely tho.
― Chapman Pincher Overdrive (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 12:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I made it to 1:38 before the description of the venue had me welling up. The Disintegration loops rivals on Sinking of the titanic to have me in a heap on the floor. Potentially leave this till im out of the office
― straightola, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I want an orchestration of the complete Disintegration Loops now, it really is very very well done.
― Chapman Pincher Overdrive (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Listening to this now. It really is overwhelmingly beautiful. The drums, as mentioned before, are an at first surprising but a wonderful addition throughout. An orchestration of the full Loops would be beyond amazing.
Aside of the Disintegration Loops I've only heard 'A Red Score In Tile', 'Melencholia' and '92982'. Anything else outstanding that I'm missing? I hope so!
― AnotherDeadHero, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
This is amazing. I prefer this to the recorded version of dlp 1.1.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
@AnotherDeadHero, I cannot recommend 'The Garden of Brokennness' enough, which is just utterly fantastic. His most 'silent' piece, I think, with a lot of built-in silence surrounded by melancholy piano. 'Silent Night' also is really great. But 'Garden' is an essential piece in Basinski's post-DLP era I'd say.
This concert is amazing. I listened to it in the dark last night and it really hit home. The drums are a daring touch but it works out so well. The whole concert sounds great though.
― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Oops, one 'n' too many in Brokenness there
― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes, I'm especially interested in tracking down a brass ensemble recording of Ingram Marshall's Fog Tropes II, the string quartet arrangement is beautiful but I can definitely imagine the original.
― Chapman Pincher Overdrive (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I would also check out "The River", which remains a personal all-time favorite piece of music for falling-asleep purposes. way more subtle than Disintegration Loops but still worth yr time.
― punk rock hyrax (jamescobo), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
My desperate attempts to track down a reasonably priced copy of 'The River' have proven entirely fruitless. As has my search to find it lossless. Anyone have it in FLAC? My dreams would be forever in debt.
― AnotherDeadHero, Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
boomkat have it as a flac. don't know about 'reasonably priced' though.
http://boomkat.com/downloads/87532-william-basinski-the-river
― koogs, Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
going for about $20 on discogs:
http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=43599&ev=mb
― original bgm, Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
is 2 euros on raster noton site. not sure of format
https://shop.raster-noton.net/?release=the%20river (and don't know whether it's the remix, but for 2E i'm not sure i care)
― koogs, Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I managed to get a copy of 'The River'. Normans Records were having a half price sale and I picked it up for £10. I also ordered 'Silent Night' and 'A Red Score in tile'. I've heard the latter before but the former I'm unfamiliar with.
I have to be honest though, I've only listened to 'The River' once (just disc 1 at that) and great as it was I found it mildly unsettling as sleeping music.
― AnotherDeadHero, Thursday, 22 September 2011 11:23 (twelve years ago) link