William Basinski

B. · Post by B. » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:58 am

Yeah. I find ambient really hard to like. There must be a immediate click with it. Although I like dreamy music, there has to be something significant about it. And variations are a plus too.

Basinski does some great things. His tape loops and all. But somehow, it doesn't get stuck. Though I think I need to listen some more too it, I can't say that I'm a huge fan of his work.

I can really recommend you guys Alan Morse Davies' The Last Summer. And Machinefabriek, a Dutch ambient collective, is also something worth checking.

Naal · Post by **Naal** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:34 pm

B. wrote: I can really recommend you guys Alan Morse Davies' The Last Summer. And Machinefabriek, a Dutch ambient collective, is also something worth checking.

Machinefabriek! Yes, anyone who hasn't heard this great artist yet should really check him out. (it's one guy though i think, not a collective, although he has a lot of collaborations going)

my favorite album by him : 'Marijn' , and one of my favorite 'ambient'-albums ever. (Wolkenkrabber!)
But he has a huge discography with lot's of great and varied stuff.

B. · Post by B. » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:43 pm

Hm, I thought I read somewhere that it was a collective, but now that I did a RYM search, I found out that it is indeed just this one guy. Rutger Zuydervelt.

And yeah, heard the same thing about Marijn from someone else. For now, I've only found 5 works. My favorites are "Music for Intermittent Movements: Soundtracks for Films by John Price" and "Ranonkel". I also found a collab with Mariska Baars, Robert Deters and Rutger Zuydervelt, but that was nothing special. I like ambient. I like drone. But this was just a really low, penetrating bassline. Not even a line, actually. Like I said, I like the variation (like in the Alan Morse Davies record).

hexagon son · Post by **hexagon son** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:05 pm

playbyletters wrote:have any of you heard El Camino Real, A Red Score In Tile and The Garden Of Brokeness?

those 3 are amazing. a shame A Red Score was so limited. 600 copies!?
looking for that record is a nightmare... you'll only get it for a nice price if the record is sliced in two and the cover has water damage and cat hair glued to it

oh man! just listening to a 10 minute excerpt of El Camino Real, its so beautiful! this guy never ceases to amaze me and i never bore of his music. to think that he is only 4 years younger than my dad!

bleak. · Post by **bleak.** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:12 am

Archrival · Post by **Archrival** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:47 pm

That track aint by Basinski.

bleak. · Post by **bleak.** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:41 pm

is it not? to be honest i was mostly thrown out by the memory of actually watching that particular rugrats episode as a child. madness.

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:25 pm

Digging up an old thread....

Great interview with William Basinski on The Quietus about Disintegration Loops:

http://thequietus.com/articles/10680-wi ... -interview

Incidentally, I've made reference to a few articles in the past on The Quietus - highly recommend it.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:00 pm

A_Northern_Soul wrote:Incidentally, I've made reference to a few articles in the past on The Quietus - highly recommend it.

Indeed. Love it.

pianoforte · Post by **pianoforte** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:26 pm

Mexicola wrote:
A_Northern_Soul wrote:Incidentally, I've made reference to a few articles in the past on The Quietus - highly recommend it.
Indeed. Love it.

I've never heard of the Quietus. Looks delicious.

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:47 pm

Take it everyone has seen the outrageous 9LP 5CD Coffee table book and other such delights box set he's released recently?

If ya got 250 squids, might be worth it. An investment for sure.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:51 pm

Yeah, I saw it. I dribbled. I walked away

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:55 pm

My mate bought it, now has no money to eat but I guess when it's worth ten times that in ten years he'll be happy.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:57 pm

I recall MDG pulling me up for this once upon I time, but have you heard the similarity between dlp6 and parts of Macquarie Ridge? Scary...

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:58 pm

Yeah but I thought I was just hearing things

pianoforte · Post by **pianoforte** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:22 am

fujee wrote:Take it everyone has seen the outrageous 9LP 5CD Coffee table book and other such delights box set he's released recently?

If ya got 250 squids, might be worth it. An investment for sure.

This really makes me wish that I had USD$250 spare...

bored_of_canada · Post by **bored_of_canada** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 2:19 pm

old post, but can't say enough how much i love basinski's stuff. el camino real and garden of brokenness are the most recommended apart from the obvious disintegration series. just incredible restraint.

GH · Post by GH » Wed Jan 01, 2014 4:19 pm

I love Basinski's work.

The unfortunate thing about Basinski is circumstances need to align for a suitable listening environment to present itself in order to hear his stuff properly.

This doesn't happen too often with a young family, and so I don't get to hear him as much as I'd like.

@Mexicola re :Macquarie Ridge,
What did he say when he pulled you up?

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:09 pm

These Disintegration LP's sound absolutely amazing.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:24 pm

GH wrote:I love Basinski's work.

The unfortunate thing about Basinski is circumstances need to align for a suitable listening environment to present itself in order to hear his stuff properly.

This doesn't happen too often with a young family, and so I don't get to hear him as much as I'd like.

@Mexicola re :Macquarie Ridge,
What did he say when he pulled you up?

Hang on - found it.