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Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone

Music: Rock & Indie

Adventures in underground and experimental music. A partner to the Freak Zone Playlist.

Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone: William Basinski: The Disintegration Loops

Music: Classic Pop & Rock: Experimental & New

Music: Rock & Indie: Experimental & New

19/02/2012

William Basinski: The Disintegration Loops

BBC Radio 6 Music - Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone, William Basinski: The Disintegration Loops

Stuart Maconie's featured album is The Disintegration Loops.

King of Freaks Stuart Maconie presents two hours of weird and wonderful music. The week's featured album, The Disintegration Loops, has a little story behind it...

King of Freaks, Stuart Maconie presents two hours of weird and wonderful music. This week's featured album, The Disintegration Loops, has a little story behind it...

In 2001 American composer William Basinski dug out some old tapes that he had recorded back in the early 80s. The tapes were old and were beginning to disintegrate as he played them back. Where most people would have stopped and thrown them away, Basinski hit record.

Beautiful yet melancholic the tapes took on a whole new life and it's these recordings that make up the eerie and decaying sounds of The Disintegration Loops.

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