Further with…The Disintegration Loops I-IV (MMLXII/2062, 2001-2003)
In the next of our continuing 'Further with...' series we consider William Basinski's The Disintegration Loops. This work comprises six unique loops spread over four separately released discs.
Extracts from compositions Basinski had recorded to tape in the 1980s provide the source material for these loops. As they were replayed to be digitised the magnetic tape flaked and corroded to varying degrees, we hear the results.
Through the week we will be posting a series of connected sources, a hypothetical "further listening"(/reading!) list.
As ever, the best way of introduction (or reintroduction) to this work is to hear the series of releases in full yourself. You can buy the releases direct from the artist here. The video above is an extract from a dvd accompanying the series.
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