William Basinski- The Disintegration Loops (albums, bands)

IndieShotYou · 05-01-2007, 08:41 PM

It's really a fantastic series of music. One of the greatest ambience albums of all time.

Sparky · 05-01-2007, 08:49 PM

you should include links in your threads, im interested in the bands. but not enough to open a new window and do a search

clutnuckle · 10-21-2010, 07:10 PM

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The Disintegration Loops is an album by William Basinski and was released in 2002. It is the first of the Disintegration Loops series, followed by II, III and IV.

Loops is based on Basinski's attempts to salvage earlier recordings made on magnetic tape, by transferring them into digital format; however, the tape had physically deteriorated to the point that, as it passed by the read/write head, the ferrite detached from the plastic backing and fell off. Basinki has alleged that he finished the project the morning of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, and sat on the roof of his apartment building in Brooklyn with friends listening to the project as the WTC towers collapsed.[2]

The beauty of these albums imitate life. Their melodies are constant, but no loop is ever played the same way twice, just as in nature. III is my personal favorite of the series; it has "d|p 4", which disintegrates abruptly and "d|p 5", which takes far more time to dissolve and fall apart.

Good review from allmusic: http://www.allmusic.com/album/r682725

05-01-2007, 08:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
IndieShotYou Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: In the middle of nowhere! And by Nowhere I mean in a suburb Posts: 56	William Basinski- The Disintegration Loops It's really a fantastic series of music. One of the greatest ambience albums of all time.

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Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	you should include links in your threads, im interested in the bands. but not enough to open a new window and do a search