William Basinski Disintegration Loops Vinyl Box Set

This massive box set contains all four historic volumes plus a pair of stunning live orchestral performances from the.

William basinski disintegration loops vinyl box set.

This set also includes all of the remastered recordings on 5 cds the rare 63 minute the disintegration loops film on dvd and a 144 page full color coffee table book featuring rare photos taken during the making of the disintegration. 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. The recordings consist of tape loops that gradually deteriorated each time they passed the tape head the unexpected result of basinski s attempt to transfer his earlier recordings to digital format. All tracks are remastered from the original recordings and pressed onto 100 virgin vinyl for the first time.

All the original recordings on vinyl all the remastered recordings on cd and an orchestral version too. The disintegration loops is a series of four albums by american avant garde composer william basinski released in 2002 and 2003. The completion of the recording coincided with the 9 11 attacks.