The Disintegration Loops

The Disintegration Loops
The Disintegration Loops
Studio album by William Basinski
Released	2002–2003
Recorded	1982, August – September 11, 2001
Genre	Tape music, ambient, drone
Length	74:28 (I); 74:27 (II); 72:28 (III); 74:26 (IV); 295:49 (I-IV)
Label	2062
William Basinski chronology

The Disintegration Loops is a series of four albums by the American avant-garde composer William Basinski, released in 2002 and 2003.^[2] The albums comprise tape loop recordings played for extended time, with noise and cracks increasing as the tape deteriorated. Basinski discovered the effect while attempting to transfer his earlier recordings to digital format.

The completion of the recording coincided with the 9/11 attacks, which Basinski witnessed from his rooftop in Brooklyn; the artwork features Basinski's footage of the New York City skyline in the aftermath of the World Trade Center's collapse. He dedicated the music to the victims of the attacks.^[3]

The Disintegration Loops gathered critical acclaim. It was initially released in four parts, and was reissued in 2012 on its tenth anniversary as a nine-LP box set. Two orchestral renditions have also been performed and were included in the reissue.

^ Ian Simmons. "'The disintegration loops' by William Basinski". Nth Position. Archived from the original on 2009-04-13.
^ The Sound of Decay|The New Yorker
^ Stubbs, David (2018). Future Sounds: The Story of Electronic Music from Stockhausen to Skrillex. London: Faber & Faber. p. 352. ISBN 9780571346974. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

[nth-1] Ian Simmons. "'The disintegration loops' by William Basinski". Nth Position. Archived from the original on 2009-04-13.

[2] The Sound of Decay|The New Yorker

[stubbs-3] Stubbs, David (2018). Future Sounds: The Story of Electronic Music from Stockhausen to Skrillex. London: Faber & Faber. p. 352. ISBN 9780571346974. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

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