William Basinski - Disintegration Loops

9x12inch vinyl lp 5cd dvd 144pg book box

http://www.experimed...roducts_id=6174

added to the list of things i would love to have if only i could afford them.

what's on the fifth cd?

*ordered*

i wish there was just a cd only re-release. like 30-40 bucks for the albums and a cool but simple package, they'd sell. but no, instead they're still $13 a pop. lame. MISSED OPPORTUNITY BILLY BASINSKOOO

How on earth does Disintegration Loops work on 12'', aren't they pretty much all 1 hour tracks?! I would've thought having to flip the bastard every 20 minutes or so would lose some of it's hypnotic long-form quality, no ?

"//Object Cost | $275.00"

holy crap

best hoax ever

hoax or not i enjoy what of them i've heard so far. good music is good music.

I'm going just out of darned curiosity (oh and I'm a fan of the series) as I'm guessing there'll be more to it than just bunging a pre recorded loop of tape onto his reel-to-reel machine and leave it playing for an hour ?!

  On 8/7/2012 at 12:34 AM, mcbpete said:

I'm going just out of darned curiosity (oh and I'm a fan of the series) as I'm guessing there'll be more to it than just bunging a pre recorded loop of tape onto his reel-to-reel machine and leave it playing for an hour ?!

lol yeah i don't quite understand that either

"This unique performance presents a symphonic reinterpretation of the piece, the European premiere of 1.1, and 2.1 is performed for the first time anywhere in the world."

Yep london contemporary orchestra are involved in this. Matmos are playing a show for meltdown as well, should be super.

oh shit Elizabeth Fraser had a concert today

wonder how that went!

holy shit this is great!

*no evidence of hoax found*

It's definitely not a hoax. The price direct from the label will be $225, with $48 for UK shipping (I assume this'll also be the same for all int shipping too)

Dennis Blackham has done the mastering, so it'll be guarenteed to sound lovely. I know first hand that stuff like this costs a FORTUNE to produce, so even though it's expensive, I don't think they're trying to rip anyone off. Chances are they're probably making a loss actually.

https://www.facebook.com/temporaryresidence is the source.

The whole DL passed me by. That set is a bit rich for my blood, especially as a newcomer to the series. Should I just grab the first one on digital (from bleep) and take it from there?

Yeah defintely, you don't want to splash that sort of money about not knowing anything about the series. My favourite one is probably the second in the series: https://bleep.com/release/11784 (with the forth one coming a close second)

$275? seriously? wow..

http://temporaryresidence.com/descriptions/trr194.php

$225. Shame there aren't any pictures of the actual box set. Not quite sure the track times are correct either, because putting 60 minutes on a single sided 12" may as well be silence, heh.

  On 8/6/2012 at 11:09 PM, auxien said:

i wish there was just a cd only re-release. like 30-40 bucks for the albums and a cool but simple package, they'd sell. but no, instead they're still $13 a pop. lame. MISSED OPPORTUNITY BILLY BASINSKOOO

agree.

I snagged the whole set on digital from bleep for a cheap price. Someone at bleep done derped up; you can buy the individual tracks of each album in total for £8.91 (99p per track), or all albums for £19.96 (£4.99 per album).

I was heavily into Brian Eno long time ago and also stumbled over Basinski. Eno/Basinski share some methods and sounds but I never got really into Williams music. I found the concept to record the last seconds of muzak and create shifting landscapes out of it more interesting than the audible result.

Maybe I should make a second try and look if I have the same opinion after all the years.