Sunday, July 26, 2009

Thursday, July 23, 2009

William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops I (2002)

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If you have an hour in solitude and some headphones, check this out.
Wikipedia: "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 read/write head, the ferrite detached from the plastic backing and fell off."