![]() While the interviews for this 45-minute documentary are limited to Zoom meetings and the technical complications therein (of which we are all familiar), Disintegration Loops provides a wide berth of personal footage from Basinski himself. Though, it would be paralyzed from yet another tragedy, the global pandemic. The musician is on the cusp of his latest release, which was to be marked with a worldwide tour. Director David Wexler revisits the impact of the definitive musical elegy with its father. There's also notable difference in the melody to 1.1, as the main brass melody's notes tend to overlap, thus are harder to hear separately.SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! On the cusp of the 20th anniversary of the World Trade Center attack, ambient music frontiersman William Basinski guides us through a comprehensive look at his seminal album, Disintegration Loops. I don't know why there's simply not just one loop, meaning only 1.2 that ends the album. Towards the end, it simply fades away.ġ.2-1.3 - Not much to say, than just proceeding to end the album, continuing the triumphant theme from 1.1. At one point it actually increases in volume and intensity. Why change something like this, since it's already got a perfect feel to it? This one also does not exactly "disintegrate". ![]() It has a beautiful harp melody, minimalist drums and gently smooth chords. This is perhaps my favorite loop, because there's no horror or depression in it. Not my favorite loop, but certainly remarkable, just like any other piece on this album.Ħ - How would I describe this? I guess I like to interpret each loop with words matching their themes as closely as possible. It's a confusing shift in chords progressions, a contrast to the previous loop. This is loop is about happiness and there has to be a reason why it was put right after number 4. It's not bad music by definition, just gnarly and hopeless in its emotion.ĥ - Funny how number 5 basically starts in the same way as number 4, but Basinski decides to take a completely different approach. Utter despair with little redeeming qualities. If 2.1-2.2 are supposedly the darkest loops thus far, this is much darker. I have no idea what the purpose of this loop was. Like watching puppy dogs tormented to death. It's very interesting, the power it has on emotions, but I've noticed others too commenting on how brutal and perhaps even sickening it sounds like. I can't listen to this particular loop very much, so I often decide to skip it. For me, this is pain and suffering in an audio form. The marching snares are some of the most thoughtful elements put in this particular loop.Ĥ - Now for the (dreaded) number 4. Very dreamy, but at times can be painful to listen to. ![]() A certain feeling of despair combined with hope. I find the theme to be "feelings right after a traumatic event". An quality mash-up of themes.ģ - This is definitely one of the best loops in the album. I find the disintegration part to be a relief overall, as the horror ends. Dark and long (both 2.1 and 2.2 together) the audio simply fades in 2.1 and starts to disintegrate in the latter loop. It has brass notes like in 1.1 that go to interesting places, making the experience more subtle. There's an orchestral version of this on YouTube, though I prefer this original.Ģ.1-2.2 - Horror music actually in a quite traditional sense, at least for me, but it's palatable. Disintegration kicks in pretty fast, and the track quiets down a bit too fast for my personal liking, but is still remarkable work, especially how the audio "ages" away so uniquely. It's depressing, or sad, but powerful and beautiful music. 1.1 starts with brass notes and perhaps has an unprecedented approach to making ambient music. It's like funeral music with brass and snare drums and it seems to be custom tailored for the victims of the 9/11 attacks. This is melancholic but somehow triumphant. ![]() I'll just start with 1.1ġ.1 - This is the primary theme of the album. So, I decided to review the loops in general. Playlist of all loops can be found > here < The 9/11, photo material by Basinski on rooftop.
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