To commemorate its 10year anniversary william basinskis melancholia gets the remastered, virgin vinyl treatment on this, its first ever wax edition. If you liked the background world ending, check out william. The eighteenth century consisted of a wide range of theories that presented. Watch the video for melancholia i from william basinski s melancholia for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Rightly considered one of his finest works, melancholia employs.
Text insert documents a skype conversation between the two artists. Electronic, techno, electro, house, experimental, grime, dubstep, hip hop, alternative, indie, and many more. Originally released a year after the increasingly iconic the disintegration loops, a decade later, melancholia still stands as william basinskis second most. If you liked the background world ending, check out william basinski s disintegration loops ambient close. In 2003, william basinski was releasing an abundance of music, including further volumes of his disintegration loops. Melancholia has a deeper continuing resonance, for me, than any of his other films. With angeli bayani, perry dizon, roeder, dante perez. On time out of time, selva oscura, a shadow in time, divertissement, cascade, singles. Three people engage in a strange therapy to get away from their agonies. Heidi explained clearly why she liked certain lines and images, and why they worked. He is also a clarinetist, saxophonist, sound artist, and. No spoilers i was in a short skype call with david lynch at an event in belgrade, where he also had some words on the fourth season.
If you liked the background world ending, check out william basinskis disintegration loops ambient. Join facebook to connect with william basinski and others you may know. Its a kind of love letter from basinski, one of avantgarde musics greatest pop stars, to bowie, pop. Basinski says he knew that he was gay from an early age. His father was a scientist contracted to nasa, which caused the family to move often. William basinski the deluge 2015, white, vinyl discogs. If you liked the background world ending, check out william basinskis disintegration loops ambient close. To commemorate its 10year anniversary william basinski s melancholia gets the remastered, virgin vinyl treatment on this, its first ever wax edition. Memorial tributes leave a tribute candle lit by corinne eisenstein on december 5th, 2016 we.
She seemed to grasp intuitively, exactly what i wanted to express. Across 15 short form pieces, his beautifully sparse and solemn piano figures become seductive silhouettes and haunting. Worshiped by some as the heir apparent to brian enos throne, he could more accurately be described as one of the ambient originators few true peers and contemporaries. In melancholia, a person grieves for a loss he is unable to fully comprehend or identify, and thus this process takes place in the unconscious mind. It totally absorbs you and compels rumination about the deepest questions in life. Melancholia traces a gentle, eerie path through a selection of aural vignettes that together form a sort of mental scrapbook of musical thoughts. To commemorate its 10year anniversary, we are honored to present the firstever vinyl edition of this other worldly piece of music. Nov 19, 2012 william basinskis the disintegration loops came about by happy accident. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. William basinski is an american composer, multiinstrumentalist, producer, and soundvideo artist. William basinski is an experimental composer, sound.
A bandcamp exclusive melancholia i remastered 2014 users who like william basinski melancholia i remastered 2014 users who reposted william basinski melancholia i remastered 2014 playlists containing william basinski melancholia i remastered 2014 more tracks like william basinski melancholia i remastered. Melancholia, an album by william basinski on spotify. Limited edition, 180 gram white vinyl lp packaged in a heavyweight fullcolor cardboard jacket. This is a wonderful opportunity to discuss your poetry on a onetoone basis with poet and tutor heidi williamson, wherever you live. William basinski is an avantgarde composer based in new york city.
Melancholia by william basinski, released 29 april 2014 1. Melancholia isnt a lost album, but its one thats easily overlooked. Cascade and the deluge are variations on the same tapeloop and delay composition. No spoilers i was in a short skype call with david lynch. Listen to music from william basinski like melancholia ii, dlp 1. Bleep we sell the best music from the best record labels and artists in the world. Apr 28, 2014 melancholia isnt a lost album, but its one thats easily overlooked. Stream william basinski melancholia i remastered 2014 by temporary residence ltd from desktop or your mobile device. This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, mia basinski. He was raised in a catholic family, and states that he had his first really mystical, wonderful, magical musical experiences as an infant at houstons st. Melancholia ii original mix by william basinski on beatport.
To get started, i need to know what type of computer you are using, a windows xp, vista, windows 7, windows 8, windows 10 or a mac. The loops were all culled from the airwaves, short bits of string melody taken from the muzak radiostation, slowed down and mixed live to cassette from two 50s norelco reeltoreel decks with a random accompaniment of shifting shortwave radio static. Beatport is the worlds largest electronic music store for djs. In mourning, a person deals with the grief of losing of a specific love object, and this process takes place in the conscious mind. Having begun to accumulate in 1978, basinskis hugely influential recordings only started to be discovered and understood. In 2003, william basinski was releasing an abundance of music, including. This week on the talkhouse podcast, critically acclaimed electronic artist and composer william basinski speaks with fellow rising electronic musician jlin. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from william basinski. I first came across the name william basinski, and his disintegration loops, a couple of years ago, but only very recently bought this box set, having heard the loops many times and struggling to understand whether this is divine music, or pretentious nonsense masquerading as profound art. Melancholy customdesigned illustrations creative market. William is playing the get together record fair at the geffen contemporary at moca november 16th. William basinski was born in 1958 in houston, texas. William basinski employs a method of musicmaking that is in time with the memoryevoking style of boards of canada.
Stream tracks and playlists from william basinski on your desktop or mobile device. This online memorial is dedicated to mia christine basinski. Listen free to william basinski melancholia melancholia i, melancholia ii and more. Produced and recorded 1983, using tape loops and shortwave radio static. We specialise in finding the highest quality products regardless of format or genre. William basinski melancholia deluxe remastered reissue lp. Oct 19, 2012 william basinski is an american composer, multiinstrumentalist, producer, and soundvideo artist. Basinski is the undoubted master of emotional, decayed tape loop passages and this selection ranks amongst his most revered and referenced work. Media in category melancholia 2011 film the following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. In this essay, freud argues that mourning and melancholia are similar but different responses to loss.
William basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has. Melancholy tells the story of a man stephen mccabe consumed by grief at the loss of his wife, who attempts to rebuild her amid his faltering relationship with his child a puppet, moved by laura romerormiston and sarah morgan whom he has neglected. It peaked at number 4 on billboards new age albums chart. Lp includes a free download code and an 11x17 poster. Notes produced and recorded 1983, using tape loops and shortwave radio static. Composer william basinski joins electronic musician jlin on. Having begun to accumulate in 1978, basinskis hugely influential recordings only started to be discovered and. Listen to william basinski soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create new york city. I needed an outside, objective assessment of my writing from an experienced poet and that is exactly what i got. William basinski s gorgeous 2003 album reborn on a remastered edition.
A shadow in time is experimental processmusician william basinskis eulogy to bowie, and its two tracks contain, quite appropriately, his most blissful a shadow in time and sorrowful for david robert jones work to date. William basinski is a vintage automobile enthusiast. Composer william basinski joins electronic musician jlin. Melancholia xiv 14 short melancholy tapeloops from the early eighties. The release comes with a download code for the deluge. William basinski the disintegration loops live and reissued. Rightly considered one of his finest works, melancholia employs similar techniques used on his now legendary the disintegration loops to another stash of short tape loops he created in the early 80s. Png elements, expressive posters, cards, creative textures. To embed this comic using a forumstandard format, copypaste this code img.
In the summer of 2001, the composer was engaged in transferring various loops secondslong snippets of symphonic music he had recorded in the 1980s from analogue tape to a more durable digital form. Apr 11, 2020 the skype session with heidi was excellent. No spoilers so there was an event yesterday in belgrade called online with david lynch, as a part of the small stories exhibition, where fans had the opportunity to ask david lynch some questions. William basinskis the disintegration loops came about by happy accident. What began as a relaxing session in which billy conducted a pickup band of itinerant. In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, justine kirsten dunst and michael alexander skarsgard are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister claire charlotte gainsbourg, and brotherinlaw john kiefer sutherland.
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