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William Basinksi – A Shadow In Time (2062, 2017)

Chris — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 19:07:06 +0000

Death is a spectre that makes itself known in many of Basinski’s works; it’s an inevitable side effect of the entropic tape loops he plays with so frequently, inherently futile in their reductions as they are. Complex essences are distilled into short bars whose value is only given power when stretched across many minutes of […]

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Albums of the Decade: William Basinski – The Disintegration Loops (2062 Records, 2002)

Chris — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 15:46:01 +0000

Over the years this record has become increasingly more difficult for me to come to terms with and talk about; it’s the polar opposite of virtually every record I’ve ever listened to in that regard, but when you consider that the whole thematic approach and significance of the Loops revolves around life and death and entropy, […]

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William Basinski – Cascade (2062, 2015)

Chris — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:51:06 +0000

People struggle with tape loops and William Basinski, it’s easy to see why as well: for many people the prospect of listening to the same short fragment of music over and over again is not an appealing prospect, even for people with a big love of ambient music. I suppose I can’t blame them; I […]

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