William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops I (2002)

(b) William Basinski is a New York based Ambient-Artist. The day was the 9th September 2001 when he was trying to transfer his experimental 70's music from old magnetic tapes into a digital format. The process went terribly wrong when the ferrite detached from the plastic backing and fell off, destroying the originals and creating something completely new. While listening to his "new" piece of work with a couple of friends on the roof of his appartment, he noticed two planes crashing in the Twin Towers. Therefore, this album is, so macabre it may sound, the soundtrack to 9/11. It's epochal and sad and a truly unique experience.

P.S.: The album-cover is a picture of the events, taken by William Basinski.


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