William Basinski Vinyl

Cascade and the deluge are variations on the same tape loop and delay composition.

William basinski vinyl.

Buy lamentations by william basinski. A shadow in time is devised as a tribute to david robert jones aka david bowie and is a typically gorgeous slowly expanding work of basinski drone available on cd or vinyl with exclusive slightly different mixes on each format. Vinyl double lp 24 99 cd 11 99. Temporary residence limited trr194 2062 trr194 format.

Limited edition 180 gram white vinyl lp packaged in a heavyweight full color cardboard jacket. I first came across the name william basinski and his disintegration loops a couple of years ago but only very recently bought this box set having heard the loops many times and struggling to understand whether this is divine music or pretentious nonsense masquerading as profound art. Temporary residence limited trr236 2062 2062 0301 format. 9x vinyl lp remastered 5x cd remastered dvd box set limited edition compilation country.

For all those wondering where the reissue of basinski s first instalment of the disintegration loops series was your wait is over. William basinski is an experimental musician and composer currently residing in los angeles. William basinski on vinyl cd and tape at norman records uk. Experimental minimal ambient.

One of his main compositional tools is the tape loop on reel to reel machines and these also play the main role in his live performances. But basinski more than matches the task. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2016 vinyl release of 92982 on discogs. With the back story of their inception now well documented detailed in the liner notes basinski seems to have.

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. Temporary residence limited trr194. Recorded at 2062 and the barn los angeles. Having been held back till last the anticipation surrounding this release could cripple a lesser man.

Classically trained he has worked with various forms of experimental media for nearly 30 years mostly in new york. Cascade is the cd digital variant and the deluge is the vinyl companion. William basinski pulls another couple of tape loops out of his voluminous archives this time containing sounds from the rare voyetra 8 synthesiser.