As Basinski explains: "The original piano recordings were made on a piano belonging to my downstairs neighbour, John Epperson – later known more famously as world-renowned drag artist, Lypsinka – at 351 Jay Street aka Casa Degli Artisti, our first loft in New York. It was recoded with a little portable (probably Radio Shack) cassette deck sitting on the piano as I improvised a piece I had been working on since high school. It was pretty terrible, but when I did the John Giorno/William Burroughs cut-up technique, suddenly I had something to put through the Frippertronics loop and feedback loop tape delay system – and boy did I get results. A very prolific time for a young, wacked-out queen in NYC."
“At its best, William Basinski’s music inspires the sort of rapturous testimony usually reserved for peak experiences, cult leaders and the dead.” – Pitchfork.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: A wonderfully immersive piece from Basinski that has some of the hallmarks of his legendary 'Disintegration Loops' series, but with a more melancholic edge. Flickering echoes and building ambient washes coalesce together into a river of piano-adjacent echoes and barely perceptible atmospheres.TRACK LISTING
1. September 23rd (40:11