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BASINSKI, WILLIAM

AlbumFormatLabel & Cat. Number DescriptionYear Price (incl. 19% VAT)  
Watermusic II CD 2o62-0302 back in stock, originally a CDR from 2003, with a long (66 minutes) one-tracker...- "Some pieces don't necessarily have to 'go' anywhere in particular, their existence is simple enough in that it presents a mood, a moment, a place and encapsulates it. Think of still-images for the ears as opposed to moving-pictures for the eyes... " - comes in translucent shell case 2005 €16.00 Order it!
Vivian & Ondine CD 2062.0902 music for the birth of 'two beautiful girls', a one-tracker of 45+ minutes created from old tape loops.. - *The power of a simple loop, played over and over, in various states of decay, hearing the sounds literally crumble before your very ears, like getting a glimpse inside music, behind the notes, within the chords, observing the magnetic particles as they drop like flakes of soot after a fire, music transformed into inert object, and the glorious sound of that transition, from light to dark, life to death, sound to silence.* [Aquarius Rec.] - BACK IN STOCK ! 2009 €16.00 Order it!
A Red Score in Tile CD 262 1301 re-issue of long deleted LP from 2003, with a tape composition made in 1979 (!) showing perfectly BASINSKIs ability to create 'dying loops', a perfectly blend atmosphere of nostalgia & decay... a one-tracker of 45+ minutes; BACK IN STOCK 2013 €16.00 Order it!
Variations: a Movement in Chrome Primitive do-CD 262 1302 re-issue of epic album from 2004, using fragile piano figures in endless repetition, evoking a feeling of timelessness and slow decay.. 2013 €24.50 Order it!
The Disintegration Loops IV CD Temporary Residence Limited TRR226 Teil IV der hypnotischen alten tape-loops, die in endlos-symphonischer Wiederholung wie nostalgische Erinnerungen an vergangene Zeiten wirken...sehr ruhig & meditativ." [Drone Rec.] - Muzak like melodies crumble into barely melodic throbbing pulses, swathed in reverb, allowing the already obscured snatches of music, to fade into wispy smears of sound. So beautiful. [Aquarius Records] re-issue of album from 2003, re-mastered 2014 €15.00 Order it!
Cascade CD 2062 the master of "dying tape loops" with two new pieces, based on piano sounds... (the second piece comes as download)____ "I wanted Cascade to become this crystalline organism like a star or a liquid crystal spaceship, a jellyfish traveling through the galaxy" [W. Basinski] 2015 €14.50 Order it!
92982 CD 2062 0901 re-issue of CD from 2009 with 4 long tracks, based on recordings dating back to 1982 => atmospheric drones of decay and nostalgia... *It is an extremely plastic and pliant piece of music, an eternally empty vessel that gets filled up from listen to listen.* [Pitchfork] BACK IN STOCK! 2016 €16.00 Order it!
A Shadow in Time LP Temporary Residence Lim. TRR278LP two long new pieces, the title track is dedicated to DAVID ROBERT JONES (aka DAVID BOWIE), the pieces have been created with synths, tenor saxophone, tape loops and electronics => very rich & multi-layered, subharmonic ambient drones and waves full of ringing overtunes, surely among his best material! The limited vinyl version contains a special mix, only available on this format 2017 €25.00 Order it!
A Shadow in Time CD 2062 - 2062.1701 two long new pieces, the title track is dedicated to DAVID ROBERT JONES (aka DAVID BOWIE), the pieces have been created with synths, tenor saxophone, tape loops and electronics => very rich & multi-layered, subharmonic ambient drones and waves full of ringing overtunes, surely among his best material! The CD version has an extented mix (6 min. longer) of the title track 2017 €15.00 Order it!
On Time out of Time CD Temporary Residence Lim. TRR311 two pieces commissioned for installations in Berlin 2017: "These works utilize, among other things, exclusive source recordings from the interferometers of LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) capturing the sounds of the merging of two distant massive black holes, 1.3 billion years ago." - the CD feat. different material/mixes than the vinyl version 2019 €14.00 Order it!
Lamentations (black vinyl) do-LP Temporary Residence TRR343 12 new tracks, constructed from tape loops and studies from his archives, 1979-2020 - "on his new album he transforms operatic tragedy into abyssal beauty - more than any other work since The Disintegration Loops, there is an ominous grief throughout the album, and that sense of loss lingers like an emotional vapor." - BLACK vinyl ed. with DL card 2020 €29.50 Order it!
Melancholia (opaque red orange vinyl) LP Temporary Residence Limited TRR236 re-mastered re-issue of this favoured BASINSKI work from 2003, fading tape-loops creating a timeless beauty... comes w. gatefold-cover and on red-orange "opaque" vinyl; * Like many of Basinski's most soul-stirring works, Melancholia began as a series of short tape loops captured in the early 1980s. Basinski then stored them away for decades, revisiting them at a different time in his life, at which point they took on a stunning new sound all their own..* 2023 €29.50 Order it!
September 23rd CD Temporary Residence Limited - TRR435 unreleased piece from 1982, based on slow piano tunes he recorded already in the 70's... 40+ min. one-tracker, CD version 2024 €15.00 Order it!
September 23rd (Arcadia Archive Series] LP Temporary Residence Limited - TRR435LP unreleased piece from 1982, based on slow piano tunes he recorded already in the 70's.. - lim. ed. dark blue vinyl - "..it bears all the key trademarks of Basinskis musical concepts. Tape manipulation in various shapes and forms, constant repetition of phrases with intricate, minute, changes, with one constant the deception of simplicity which is much more complex than piling up of notes upon notes.. " [Echoes and Dust] 2024 €34.00 Order it!
The Disintegration Loops (Arcadia Archive Edition) 4 x CD box Temporary Residence Limited ‎ TRR300 CD "These dissolving sounds, this emptying space, has gained my complete confidence. They are taking me somewhere. I am willingly following these sounds, becoming more and more transparent." [LAURIE ANDERSON] - newly re-mastered edition, all four volumes of the Ambient masterpiece (first released 2002 - 2003) slowly fading melancholic nostalgia... comes with 8 panel fold out booklet 2026 €45.00 Order it!
The Disintegration Loops (Arcadia Archive Edition) 8 x LP - BOX Temporary Residence Limited TRR300 LP // 2062 2062.0201 finally available again: all four volumes of "The Disintegration Loops" Ambient masterpieces (2002-2003) back in print as a vinyl set, spread on 8 LPs in box... machine-numbered edition, black vinyl, includes 2 double-sided inserts - one with liner notes and the other with credits 2026 €199.50 Order it!