The Disintegration Loops
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The Disintegration Loops is an album by William Basinski released in 2002. It is the first of the Disintegration Loops series, followed by II, III and IV.
Content
Loops is based on Basinski's attempts to salvage earlier recordings made on magnetic tape, by transferring them into digital format; however, the tape had physically deteriorated to the point that, as it passed by the Tape Head, the ferrite detached from the plastic backing and fell off. Basinski has said that he finished the project the morning of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, and sat on the roof of his apartment building in Brooklyn with friends listening to the project as the WTC towers collapsed.[2] In 2011, Basinski corrected earlier reports where he described recording the last hour of daylight of 9/11 in NYC with a video camera focused on the smoke where the towers were from a neighbor's roof, then set the first loop as the soundtrack to that footage. Stills from the video were used as the covers for the set of four CDs.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork Media | (10/10)[3] |
| Nth Position | (favorable)[4] |
| Stylus | (A+)[5] |
The music review online magazine Pitchfork Media placed The Disintegration Loops I-IV at number 30 on their list of top 50 albums of 2004[6] and at number 196 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[7] It was also named the 86th best album of the decade by Resident Advisor.,[8] and the 10th best of the 2000s by Tiny Mix Tapes.[9]
On the afternoon of September 11, 2011, Basinski's work was performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as a live orchestration to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.[10]
2012 Reissue
On September 4, 2012, New-York based record label Temporary Residence reissued the entire Disintegration Loops series as a massive 9xLP box set, marking the project's 10-year anniversary as well as its impending induction into the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.[11]
Named The Disintegration Loops, the remastered collection was released in a limited edition of 2,000, complete with a 5xCD version, 63-minute DVD, and 144-page coffee table book with photos and liner notes by Basinski, Antony, David Tibet, Ronen Givony and Michael Shulan.[11]
In addition to the four volumes of the series, the reissue includes two previously unreleased orchestral performances: one recorded live during a Wordless Music event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 11, 2011, and one recorded at the 54th Venice Biennale. These two tracks are included on the fifth disc of the CD version as The Disintegration Loops V.
Track listing
- "d|p 1.1"' – 63:33
- "d|p 2.1" – 10:55
References
- ^ [1] nthposition.com
- ^ http://www.hauntedink.com/25/basinski-disintegration.html
- ^ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17064-the-disintegration-loops/
- ^ http://www.nthposition.com/thedisintegrationloops.php Nth Position review
- ^ http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1691 Stylus review
- ^ Pitchfork staff (December 31, 2004). "Top 50 Albums of 2004". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
- ^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
- ^ "Top 100 albums of the '00s". Resident Advisor. January 25, 2010. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
- ^ Keith Kawaii (February 2010). "Favorite 100 Albums of 2000 - 2009". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
- ^ [2] Tiny Mix Tapes - Disintegration Loops Live NYC Performance
- ^ a b http://pitchfork.com/news/47405-temporary-residence-to-release-vinyl-box-set-for-william-basinskis-disintegration-loops-series/
External links
- Disintegration Loops at Discogs
- Disintegration Loops II at Discogs
- Disintegration Loops III at Discogs
- Disintegration Loops III at Allmusic
- Disintegration Loops IV at Discogs
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