William Basinski * Disintegration Loops (Arcadia Archive Edition) [New CD] Stylus Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes

the droning resonance of a tattoo machine

Glow [4:14]

that it still sounds completely out of time

In Moonlight - By Ludwig Göransson

William Basinski * Disintegration Loops (Arcadia Archive Edition) [New CD] Stylus Violent FemmesSince the turn of this century, perhaps no other modern composition has had a more resonant healing effect than The Disintegration Loops. Composer William Basinski's deteriorating analog tape loops evolved from melodic symphonies to melancholic silence over a span of time that uncannily turned minutes into lifetimes. In her foreword for the new box set reissue of The Disintegration Loops, the pioneering multimedia storyteller, Laurie Anderson,