He said that "the events gave new meaning to the musical pieces created by catastrophic decay in my studio a few weeks before". Stills from the video were used as the covers for the set of four CDs, and several weeks later Basinski dedicated the work to the victims in a postscript in the liner notes. He filmed the fallout during the last hour of daylight from a roof, and the following morning he played "Disintegration Loop 1.1" as a soundtrack to the aftermath. īasinski finished the project the morning of the Septemattacks in New York City, and sat on the roof of his apartment building in Brooklyn with friends as the World Trade Center collapsed. He further treated the sounds with a spatializing reverb effect. He allowed the loops to play for extended periods as they deteriorated further, with increasing gaps and cracks in the music. Decades later, while transferring the recordings from magnetic tape to digital format, Basinski found that the tape had deteriorated as it passed the tape head, the ferrite detached from the plastic backing. In the 1980s, Basinski recorded from found sound sources, shortwave radio and delay systems, influenced by musicians such as Steve Reich and Brian Eno. Two orchestral renditions have also been performed, and were included in the reissue. It was initially released in four parts, and was reissued in 2012 on its tenth anniversary as a nine-LP box set. The Disintegration Loops gathered critical acclaim. He dedicated the music to the victims of the attacks. The completion of the recording coincided with the 9/11 attacks, which Basinski witnessed from his rooftop in Brooklyn the artwork features Basinski's footage of the New York City skyline in the aftermath of the World Trade Center's collapse. Basinski discovered the effect while attempting to transfer his earlier recordings to digital format. The albums comprise tape loop recordings played for extended time, with noise and cracks increasing as the tape deteriorated. The Disintegration Loops is a series of four albums by the American avant-garde composer William Basinski, released in 20.
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