William Basinski - Shortwave Music Reissue

William Basinski's first album Shortwavemusic has been reissued as a tape reel by Indiana based record label Auris Apothecary, for the 30th anniversary of the album's creation.

Basinski created Shortwavemusic in 1982, using sounds recorded from the radio, edited into loops and slowed down. Auris Apothecary has recorded the album on to 1/4 inch tape on recycled reels, in reference to the way Basinski constructed album. It was originally released on clear vinyl by Raster-Noton in 1998, and was reissued on CD by 2062 in 2007.

The label, which produces objects as much as it releases records, has a back catalogue full of awkward formats: cassettes coated in shattered glass, wrapped in leaves and filled with sand, as well as olfactory CDs and a double floppy disc.

This reissue of Basinski's Shortwavemusic (released on 31 December 2012) has been produced by Auris Apothecary in a run of 101, and comes with artwork specially created by Basinski for this release.

http://aurisapothecary.org/AAX-101.html

Tape... releasing something on tape in 2013... why.

  On 1/6/2013 at 12:19 PM, Friendly Foil said:

Tape... releasing something on tape in 2012... why.

Because it's super underground, maaaan... and it just sounds so much better than CD and digital formats, oh mah gawd

  On 1/6/2013 at 12:19 PM, Friendly Foil said:

Tape... releasing something on tape in 2012... why.

...hahaha, 2012?

: < I'm still getting used to it.

2013 is where it's at, man.

flol

That's just so typical Basinski.

"Saddle-stitched 8-panel transparent mylar booklet" - damnit, why didn't anyone tell me about this release earlier, it'd sit perfectly on my hand crafted pan-european mid tudor influenced ceramic/marble shelving unit

i prefer short.wav

So they're not re-releasing this album on actual shortwave radios?

Pass.

  On 1/6/2013 at 9:59 PM, mcbpete said:

"Saddle-stitched 8-panel transparent mylar booklet" - damnit, why didn't anyone tell me about this release earlier, it'd sit perfectly on my hand crafted pan-european mid tudor influenced ceramic/marble shelving unit

 

 

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LOL, I'm actually reading American Psycho right now.

  On 1/6/2013 at 12:19 PM, Friendly Foil said:

Tape... releasing something on tape in 2013... why.

check this

http://www.discogs.com/Snuff-Untitled/release/1697486

Dumbest shit I've ever seen. Why would anyone buy that?

Because girls just loves guys with big cassette collections... that's why.

  On 1/7/2013 at 5:02 AM, Nebraska said:

  On 1/6/2013 at 12:19 PM, Friendly Foil said:

Tape... releasing something on tape in 2013... why.

 

check this

 

http://www.discogs.com/Snuff-Untitled/release/1697486

Holy shit.. that review..

music is information, all information is inherently material, and all that is material will be consumed in our universe's incessant march towards total entropy. Plenty of wankers will still buy this I reckon, fair play to the Bazz

  Bob Dobalina said:

Plenty of wankers will still buy this I reckon, fair play to the Bazz

They have and they did (if by 'Out Of Print' it means sold out) in under a week. Out of interest does anyone know how much they were being sold for ?

p.s. Has anyone seen the batshit insane formats this label puts things out on. Tape reel is one of the more normal !

Unplayable 10'' record made of glue anyone ?

How about drilled CDrs coated in various herbs and spices -

lol

  Friendly Foil said:

Dumbest shit I've ever seen. Why would anyone buy that?

i ask myself that of most popular music

  mcbpete said:

p.s. Has anyone seen the batshit insane formats this label puts things out on. Tape reel is one of the more normal !

i once bought from them a microcassette which was inside a candle. to play the music, you had to burn the candle then get the tape out. still haven't finished burning the candle through so i haven't listened to the music yet.

  On 1/7/2013 at 10:14 AM, Npoess said:

Because girls just loves guys with big cassette collections... that's why.

 

  On 1/7/2013 at 5:02 AM, Nebraska said:

  On 1/6/2013 at 12:19 PM, Friendly Foil said:

Tape... releasing something on tape in 2013... why.

 

check this

 

http://www.discogs.com/Snuff-Untitled/release/1697486

 

Holy shit.. that review..

o_o

  Quote

"Black chrome tapes comes in two separate tape shells with J-card, enclosed in a sealable box with xeroxed insert. Everything sealed in a black plastic bag including a used con-dom full of sperm and blood."

Personally if I was to release a lo-fi tape of noise and cover it in human excrement I'd record it to Type I and not the higher quality Type II chrome, but that's just me. Based on this, it looks like the Finns are the first to catch up with the batshit insanity benchmark set by the Japanese noise scene.

  On 1/7/2013 at 5:31 PM, Nebraska said:

i once bought from them a microcassette which was inside a candle. to play the music, you had to burn the candle then get the tape out. still haven't finished burning the candle through so i haven't listened to the music yet.

I bought a cheap microcassette player/recorder on a whim, thinking I could sell it on ebay (it was an early model) but also figuring I could play around with it in the meantime. I returned it when I realized that no one sells microcassettes beyond niche stores on ebay.

  On 1/7/2013 at 4:40 PM, mcbpete said:

p.s. Has anyone seen the batshit insane formats this label puts things out on. Tape reel is one of the more normal !

It'd be fun coming up with format ideas:

My Dealer's Digits (limited run of 50)

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Paper [clipped] (limited to 40, each unique)

Extreme digitally saturated waveform reproductions of various Christmas no.1 singles, hand constructed from the bending and straightening of rusted paperclips glued onto distressed sandpaper. Digital copies available on Bernoulli cartridges soaked in batter and fried in Belgium.

The next William Basinski reissue is going to self-destruct after it's first listen.. it's going to be hella cool.

  joshuatx said:

Personally if I was to release a lo-fi tape of noise and cover it in human excrement I'd record it to Type I and not the higher quality Type II chrome, but that's just me. Based on this, it looks like the Finns are the first to catch up with the batshit insanity benchmark set by the Japanese noise scene.

these guys released the ultimate noise album limited to 1 copy and not for sale

http://www.discogs.com/Gerogerigegege-Masonna-Split/release/1450340

  On 1/7/2013 at 5:31 PM, Nebraska said:

  Friendly Foil said:

Dumbest shit I've ever seen. Why would anyone buy that?

 

i ask myself that of most popular music

Don't be silly. There's pop music and then there's dumb shit like this.