For the album, basinski collaborated with ligo to record the sounds of two black holes merging 1. Beatport is the worlds largest electronic music store for djs. Melancholia ii by williambasinski william basinski. It peaked at number 4 on billboards new age albums chart. A bandcamp exclusive water music ii is more overtly active than the preceding tract.
Spread over a single piece that tops an hour, water music ii has an undulating predilection that basinski then goes. A composer of slowdrifting, ethereal ambient works, william basinski taps into deep wells of emotion in his bestknown creations, including the disintegration loops and on time out of. William basinski employs a method of musicmaking that is in time with the memoryevoking style of boards of canada. Shot from basinskis roof in williamsburg, brooklyn, this is an actual. William basinski melancholia deluxe remastered reissue lp. Listen to music from william basinski like melancholia ii, dlp 1. Listen free to william basinski melancholia melancholia i. Juni 1958 in houston, texas ist ein us amerikanischer.
William is playing the get together record fair at the geffen contemporary at moca november 16th. Listen to your favorite songs from melancholia by william basinski now. William basinski albums, songs, and news pitchfork. Melancholia ii original mix by william basinski on beatport. Having been held back till last, the anticipation surrounding this release could cripple a lesser man. William basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has been working in experimental media for over 30 years in nyc and most recently, california. Melancholia by william basinski, released 29 april 2014 1. William basinski born 25 june 1958 is an american avantgarde composer based in new york city. With the back story of their inception now well documented detailed in the liner notes basinski seems to. During the 1980s, basinski often played saxophone during multimedia performances, and was a member of the gretchen langheld ensemble, which later evolved into house afire.
Everyone from indie kids to headbangers navigated norways fastgrowing festival, which featured not only local favorites like 120 days and the new violators. In the end, melancholia really is the soundtrack to a crumbling black and white film and is a good direction to go in after his disintegration loops series. Melancholia durtro, 2003 2062, 2005 collects more loopbased vignettes from the 1980s, closer in feeling and scope to erik satie and brian eno. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from william basinski. William basinski is generally underrated and is usually overshadowed by his band current 93, but i feel his music speaks on way more many levels than current 93s music ever will. His bestknown work the disintegration loops actually chronicled the process of decadesold tapes falling apart. William basinski melancholia deluxe remastered reissue. William basinski on time out of time full album youtube. Melancholia traces a gentle, eerie path through a selection of aural vignettes that together form a sort of mental scrapbook of musical thoughts. William basinski albums, songs discography album of. Employing obsolete technology and analogue tape loops, his haunting and melancholy soundscapes explore the temporal nature of life and resound with the reverberations of memory and.
William basinski is an american avantgarde composer based in new york city. Basinski is best known for his fourvolume album the disintegration loops, constructed from rapidly decaying twentyyearold. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. In 2003, william basinski was releasing an abundance of music, including further volumes of. For all those wondering where the reissue of basinskis first instalment of the disintegration loops series was, your wait is over.
He is also a clarinetist, saxophonist, sound artist, and video artist basinski is best known for his fourvolume album the disintegration loops 20022003, constructed from rapidly decaying twentyyearold tapes of his earlier music. William basinskis melancholia gets remastered for firstever vinyl release over 10 years after avantgarde composer william basinski revealed his melancholia suite, the project will be getting. William basinskis work has always played with time. Longtime avant composer william basinski is set to drop another new collection of blissedout ambient drones this month. Its called 92982 and will followup last years untitled iiii on april. On time out of time is a studio album by william basinski. To commemorate its 10year anniversary, we are honored to present the firstever vinyl edition of this otherworldly piece of music. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. William basinski listen to william basinski on deezer. Originally released a year after the increasingly iconic the disintegration loops, a decade later melancholia still stands as william basinskis second most beloved album. The nyc maestro often lets his tape loops sit for years before releasing them. William basinski returns with cascade and the deluge. This first fulllength collaboration between soundsmiths william basinski and richard chartier proposes a reappropriation of the past with a glance at things to come.
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