lol
― death and darkness and other night kinda shit (crüt), Monday, 3 March 2014 06:43 (ten years ago) link
is he producing new music these days? seems like the only things i've seen him release the past few years are reissues and reworkings of older pieces.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 02:09 (ten years ago) link
he's on bbc6 freak zone this week talking about stuff. probably these upcoming gigs.
http://www.factmag.com/2013/11/20/william-basinski-to-recreate-his-storied-arcadia-venue-in-east-london-recruits-charlemagne-palestine-and-rhys-chatham-for-shows/
― koogs, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 09:23 (ten years ago) link
(which start tonight)
― koogs, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 09:24 (ten years ago) link
Performing in Pasadena next month: http://axsfestival.org/2014/program/solunaris/
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 11:33 (nine years ago) link
only really knowing basinski as the disintegration loops guy, this is somewhat surprising to see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmL3NR9nrFI
― cis-het shitlord (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 14:42 (nine years ago) link
i had a heavy phase with this guy years ago, i even got to do an amazing phone interview with him once...but for some reason, for the past year or so, i just haven't been able to get the same feeling out of his music. i still let it run when a track comes up in my sleep or writing playlist, and it's nice, but i don't know...i have some kind of mental blockage with it now. re: ambient, this also happened for me with stars of the lid, though eno, budd, gas, and ambient vangelis are still fine...
― soyrev, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
<3 this:
https://twitter.com/WilliamBasinski/status/628610802526752769
― feargal czukay (NickB), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 17:10 (eight years ago) link
^ looking very debonair as usual btw, like some sort of parisian gangster mountie
― feargal czukay (NickB), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
London Gig
http://store.unionchapel.org.uk/events/23-feb-16-william-basinski---shadow-in-time-uk-premiere-union-chapel/
― koogs, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 14:21 (eight years ago) link
I'm going to try and use disintegration loops to get my toddler to go to sleep at night. Max Richter and Eluvium have failed. I'm counting on you William.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 14:33 (eight years ago) link
Should work like a charm. Some weeks last year during a distressing period my girlfriend used 92982 with great success.
― the european nikon is here (grauschleier), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 15:03 (eight years ago) link
http://www.mmlxii.com/products/576589-92982-2xlp
― the european nikon is here (grauschleier), Thursday, 1 September 2016 08:35 (seven years ago) link
First great news of 2017: new album! http://p4k.in/1GqqFRZ
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 20:41 (seven years ago) link
Looking forward to listening to this Friday.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Thursday, 19 January 2017 01:43 (seven years ago) link
Actually, check that. At work, at least during the inauguration, I'll have my Disintegration Loops playing in the background.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Thursday, 19 January 2017 01:45 (seven years ago) link
If U.S.A is still a thing when I get up on Saturday, I'll check the new one out...
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Thursday, 19 January 2017 01:47 (seven years ago) link
Next month in Pasadena William Basinski is being honored at a benefit for Fulcrum Arts, and he and Lawrence English will perform their new Selva Oscura live for the first time.
Fulcrum (with which I’m involved) supports a lot of amazing artists including sound artists and experimental music. They’ll be presenting a new piece by Lawrence English later this year, for instance, also in LA.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fulcrum-arts-annual-benefit-honoring-william-basinski-and-ligo-caltech-tickets-51407507238
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 15:43 (five years ago) link
tonight in manchester was wonderful - and efficient! took to stage at 9pm sharp with nothing more than a laptop. 40 meditative minutes - no encore. and so down to earth for a chat afterwards!
― meaulnes, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
The first version of the 'bored nightclub girl' meme I saw was a disintegration loops based one. That probably says more about me than anything else.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Thursday, 25 October 2018 08:24 (five years ago) link
An entertaining short interview here.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/10/music-william-basinski-interview-9-11-the-disintegration-loops
― brain (krakow), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 13:45 (five years ago) link
Ha, thanks for that. The new record is vintage stuff btw.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 14:02 (five years ago) link
I somehow didn't know or had forgotten about his 9/11 beliefs.
In terms of his music, I'm quite out of the loop.
― brain (krakow), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 15:31 (five years ago) link
And now for something completely different
https://williambasinski.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-of-oblivion
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:40 (four years ago) link
… so he's been waiting for an apocalypse?
― kraudive, Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:43 (four years ago) link
I rather like this! It's not nearly as apocalyptic once you're halfway through, bordering on hopeful towards the end.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link
kind of shocking to hear his voice! just getting started
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
I know right?! There's a hint of Michael Hutchence in there, which fits with it being recorded 30 years ago. Would like to hear what you make of it once you've listened all the way through.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 22 March 2020 15:52 (four years ago) link
tbh i don't see myself returning to it too often, but there are some really compelling tracks! probably unsurprisingly, i think i favor the songs with slower, sparser arrangements. in some ways it reminds me of dead can dance's Spleen and Ideal (referencing that particular one because it's the DCD album i'm most familiar with since it's the only LP of theirs i own so far)
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 22 March 2020 17:23 (four years ago) link
"because", "the great warriors", and "the chemistry of life" were the ones that stood out to me on first listen
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 22 March 2020 17:25 (four years ago) link
ok what the hell is going on
2020 is a very confusing year
https://sparkledivision.bandcamp.com/album/to-feel-embraced
― L. Prague de Scamp (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 25 July 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
Adds a bit of extra meaning to this twitter comment the other day in reply to The Quietus and Heather Leigh...
We are Sparkle Division! comin' through....thank you very much!) xoxox, you go girl! i love you!!!— william basinski (@WilliamBasinski) July 24, 2020
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 25 July 2020 22:21 (three years ago) link
Also, a few tracks in and this sounds great.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 25 July 2020 22:24 (three years ago) link
Ha, yeah, this is pretty mental considering the Basinski seal over it. I do like it! It half reminds me of Matthew Herbert's 'Goodbye Swingtime', which was 'cleaner' in its approach but came from an equally unusual suspect. This gets more choppy, glitchy and OPN-y as it continues.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 26 July 2020 11:05 (three years ago) link
I don’t know WB’s stuff but I’ll just leave this album by UK ambient drone master Sangam here: http://newmotion.ca/album/escapism-path
― calstars, Sunday, 26 July 2020 11:43 (three years ago) link
this Sparkle Division alb is really nice and features the late great Henry Grimes on the poignant Oh Henry. can't ask for more than that really.
― calzino, Monday, 17 August 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
I'm banned from using violent speak so I won't describe it as "kaleidoscopic"!
― calzino, Monday, 17 August 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
the sparkle division record is good. the other day i was watching lethal weapon 2 and thought "why don't people make more music that sounds like the soundtrack to lethal weapon 2" and lo
― adam, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
thought this was going to be about the slight lamentations delay (LP pressing related, of course)
― just another 3-pinnochio post by (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link
idk how people listen to this stuff on LP, every time you really make progress toward achieving oneness with cosmic godhead you gotta get up and flip the fuckin record
― adam, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
I never realized he was so queer and fabulous
https://mif.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/FEATURE-e1497260395653-650x397.jpg
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link
he's in the new Wire and the first picture looks like one for the old men that look like lesbians thread. (and the others looks like iggy pop). not sure i'd seen a pic of him before.
― koogs, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 17:26 (three years ago) link
that's the pic I was looking for! the poolside shot
another music group I'm in was laughing about this:
I was comfortable picturing Basinski as a man who made no effort to look cool and the new wire cover has him out here tryna be Bowie. Can't listen to his ambient sounds with same trust now. He is not committed to serenity and anonymity he is trying to be a rock star.— Harmony Holiday (@Harmony_Holiday) October 19, 2020
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
also, he played saxophone on the 1980 LP by LA punk supergroup Black Randy & The Metrosquad!
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link
Basinski has the best publicity photos
― brimstead, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
!!!
― adam, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 18:05 (three years ago) link
and the name of that album is...
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0348063897_16.jpg
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
A few years ago at The Lab in SF, he presented an all night sleepover where he would perform Out of Time Out of Mind (a few months prior to release) and then play back all of the Disintegration Loops for about 6 hours (event went from like 10pm to like 5am). Everyone brought comfy pillows and mattress pads and stuff, it was great.
But... I never had seen the dude before and when he walked out he was wearing a skin tight disco outfit made of either sequins or that disco fabric you see a lot and dark sunglasses. He was FABULOUS and definitely a ROCK STAR. He also spoke with a gay southern drawl too. Had no idea he was a Texan, gay and utterly and completely fabulous. I was basically like "holy shit I know nothing about you dude, but the music you make evokes a very different mood and personality than your physical self expression and I am definitely here for it".
― octobeard, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link