Artist : William Basinski
Title : Variations For Piano & Tape
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2006
Date : Aug-05-2006
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 01
Label : 2062
Source : CDDA
Length : 44:37 min
Size : 49,7 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Variation #9: Pantelleria 44:37
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44:37 min
Another incredible addition to William Basinski's engrossing
catalogue, "Variations For Tape & Piano" is a melancholly
excursion through forgotten sounds and degraded memories.
Listening to this music its easy to appreciate why so many
musician's these days cite basinski as an influence, most
recently Boards of Canada in numerous interviews and features.
As ever, though, it's left to Basinski himself to explain his
work best : "Comprised of one 44 minute track, Variation #9
'Pantelleria,' this archival release is one of my all-time
favorites of the piano and tape variations from the early
eighties. Using a lilting piano melody on a small loop, the
requisite magic happened in the recording process when this
particular loop would randomly slip along the play head
revealing an extraordinary counterpoint (in reverse) on the
other side of the tape. To me, this piece evokes a lazy
Arcandian summer idyll, and will always remind me of an idyllic
artist's residency in 2003 on the beautiful Italian island of
Pantelleria." --William Basinski, June 2006. Stunning.
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