http://philsbootlegs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/william-basinski-disintegration-loops.html
― Barnaby, Hardly, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/11/12/164978574/divinity-from-dust-the-healing-power-of-the-disintegration-loops
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 November 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
gr8 editing npr
"an old pile of old recordings"
"he keep the loops running"
― am0n, Friday, 16 November 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
was listed in boomkat newsletter today, £299, free postage.
http://boomkat.com/vinyl/561223-william-basinski-the-disintegration-loops-deluxe-box-set
― koogs, Saturday, 17 November 2012 00:41 (eleven years ago) link
the frustrating thing, about being a record store that wanted to stock this, was that i placed a pre-order with a distributor. so it arrives and i'm trying to figure out what to price the damn thing at so that it's reasonably competitive, only to find that you can buy it direct from the label as a consumer for less than i paid for it wholesale. which is.. frustrating, wanting to be a retailed who carries something cool like this, but also being in a position where it's almost impossible to be competitive w/r/t pricing. meaning... i probably don't sell these things.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 17 November 2012 00:53 (eleven years ago) link
Just been listening to Radiolab's podcast (http://www.radiolab.org/2011/oct/04/) where they talk about the disintegration loops and interview WB himself. There's a little discussion about the relationship between the sounds on the tapes and the way in which the tape degrades; the decay parts of the chords decay first, the attack parts last. Do any of you have any idea why this might be?
― neilasimpson, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
i was just listening to that episode the other day! it's a great one. the only thing i could think of is that perhaps it has to do with the direction that the tape was looping. imagine a surface with a series of bumps. if you repeatedly ran your hand from right to left over the bumps, the bumps on the right might wear down faster than the ones on the left. maybe it's similar with the tape - with the attack on the left and the decay on the right.
― dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
in other personal listening relationship to william basinski news, i love disintegration loops, but i think i love melancholia and 92982 even more. what a guy!
― dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
new Basinski:
http://boomkat.com/cds/711685-william-basinski-nocturnes
― koogs, Thursday, 16 May 2013 19:24 (ten years ago) link
Ausgezeichnet.
― the europan nikon is here (grauschleier), Friday, 17 May 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
http://devonrecordclub.com/2013/10/16/william-basinski-the-disintegration-loops-round-55-robs-choice/
― J-Lo Biafra (Rob Mitchell), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
Roughly a dozen Basinski albums just showed up on Spotify--more or less his entire discography *except* for Disintegration Loops. http://open.spotify.com/artist/6u5axd0rpDsWSmzhFfb2VB
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 2 February 2014 18:07 (ten years ago) link
good spot, thank you -- i feel like the (unexpanded) loops used to be on there but i don't know if i trust that
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Sunday, 2 February 2014 21:03 (ten years ago) link
yeah thanks - I have an "orphaned artists" playlist for ones like Basinski where the only things on Spotify were by accident as part of some other comp or soundtrack (i.e La Monte Young, Zoviet France, etc) - now I can take Basinski off that list.
― sleeve, Monday, 3 February 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
https://24.media.tumblr.com/60a5c656311fc310e7d7cffaace5bbe6/tumblr_n1ujj93P1F1qzoue7o1_1280.jpg
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 3 March 2014 06:42 (ten years ago) link
I think this tweet was the highlight of the Oscars for me.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 3 March 2014 06:43 (ten years ago) link
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