The new 4CD release of William Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops. So-called because they are recordings of loops of old tape gradually shedding their oxide and slowly turning silent. The effect is - to me at least - rather moving. You can almost hear the music struggling against the odds to stay alive. The suspicious-looking old person seen here is me, showing off my new copy in the industrial-chic stairwell leading up to (or down from, in this case) Seismic Records, from whom I have just bought it. If you are ever in Leamington Spa, I urge you to visit them.

I first heard #TheDisintegrationLoops a decade ago and its sense of decay and death as the music literally crumbled away made a deep impression. Today I bought the new box, though now nearly 70 I’m apprehensive of the emotions it will stir. At least it made a sale for the excellent #SeismicRecords.

William Basinski "The Disintegration Loops", 2062 Music & Media Laboratories & Unknown Industries, Inc., 2002 (2012 reissue on Temporary Residence). #williambasinski #thedisintegrationloops #temporaryresidence #vinyl #nowplaying #musicsky #vinylsky #vinylcommunity

A screenshot from record label, Temporary Residence, LTD. for the preorder of a new pressing of William Basinski’s groundbreaking and expansive ambient recordings called ‘The Disintegration Loops.’ Only $200, so you should buy it for me.

Anybody got $200 they want to lend me? Well, give me, actually. If I could pay you back I wouldn’t be trying to borrow it in the first place. Thanks! #williambasinski #thedisintegrationloops

Is there a better time than now for engaging with William Basinski’s ‘The Disintegration Loops’?
“I didn’t know then if I was composing or not, but I was playing around, painting with sound, making something out of nothing.”
#art #thedisintegrationloops #williambasinski