William Basinski - Disintegration Loops 6 (D|p 6)

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[@bradleyhuffstetler4794]

Late at night, when your body is tired but you can't sleep, put on your shoes and go find a usually busy spot. Sit down and observe it while it's silent - this is that feeling.

[@neptune1411]

Youre on to someting and i tink you know it.

[@ImageNationProject]

Spot on

[@richardiritano1197]

You have quintessentially captured the essence of a normally busy spot during the few nightly hours that silence prevails; so brilliant of your great mind to envision what that must be like, Bradley Huffstetler. Thank you for connecting to my likeminded sentiments.

[@mikeryan2454]

Depending on where you choose it could also be breaking and entry.

[@szymonwnuk366]

&& a feeling of a wednesday morning ten days past acid before visiting the marea negra for a morning walk with your cat on a skinny white leash before anyone is awake…

[@ghostninja5035]

The Disintegration Loops are often described as depressing, but I find this one to be really calming.

[@tommygarbage237]

@kjikj_x thats exactly it!!

[@VisualDrone12]

I find it almost unbearable, especially with this video. As if a heavily concentrated dose of pure, unaltered melancholy was injected into my heart. All poetry ever written shouted out in a single, unintelligible, primal word.

[@KeyBrute]

@@VisualDrone12bruh

[@user-xs4zk7yk6k]

I know this by some Ambient stuff, where people say it sound depressiv. I think who said that, can not really enjoy sadness, or melancholic as a experience.

[@KeyBrute]

@@user-xs4zk7yk6k yeah that’s women in the west

[@precisiontime]

It is incredible how you can focus on listening to this and never get bored...

[@reflectionless]

“Ambient music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular, it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.” -Eno

[@davidcopson5800]

@@reflectionless Yes, perfect response.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Like a lovers heartbeat, the slow rhythmic pulse, or holding hands on a hot summer sidewalk, sweet smiles passing by behind rain soaked windows. We fold time with our souls that it may return to those we’ve never met yet always loved.

[@dixienormous6969]

@@BushyHairedStranger that's fckin beautiful

[@eepstein8001]

endlessly both awestruck and affirming

[@mateocuilleron1116]

This music reminds me of an apartment a friend and I rented in Berlin, Germany a few years ago. We spent two months there, and our bed was right against the window on the 12th floor of the building. The view was breathtaking. I spent so many hours watching the days unfold: light changes, the sun going up and down, clouds moving, city lights and the Fernsehturm… On the last day my friend had left, I remember sitting in our bed and staring at the view one last time. It was such a powerful moment. I am grateful this kind of music is here to remind me of it.

[@mezykin]

Sounds exactly like the whole of last year when I moved to the 7th floor in a flat on Edgware Road in London. I could see the BT Tower in the background and The Shard a bit further away. And many times I'd just leave my phone by the big window to produce a timelapse of the day with the camera. Quite a few times I got to catch rainbows and even double rainbows. All while this piece of William Basinski played in the background.

[@sebbosebbo9794]

Bearcity greets from the ,,Telespargel"

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Heights & blinking lights,…our experience living as humans is to discover the unity of consciousness. That every moment is an opportunity to not only see, but be divine! Upon high I glimpse the fiery molten star of my heart!

[@om3g4z3r0]

when you finish your life the credits roll and this music plays

[@richardiritano1197]

What brilliant poetry, TheHueisOver! Alas, if only everyone could speak with such meaning and softness...

[@marcdoutherd3424]

I don't think too many lives are this exciting.

[@corinnejordan5863]

Thank you for the laugh 😊 Not a bad way to exit.

[@fleaship6134]

My aunt died a few weeks ago so I'm here listening to William's beautiful loops to mourn and reminisce.

[@confidence9516]

respect to you. glad that such wise people do exist. hope you'll feel the connection with infinity. me too

[@AloneDBY]

I kept this on loop while preparing for an important exam. The day I passed it, the father of my girlfriend died. Five years later, I keep coming back to this song as a completely different man, with that very same girl still at my side. Ultimately, what is life, if not an eternal loop? A longing for the past while moving forward?

[@foreverfuturebound]

This is unrelated, but I love your profile picture, Daft Punk are my favorite musicians of all time :)

[@VisualDrone12]

_A longing for the past while moving forward._ Jesus, man.

[@intricaterayspace4353]

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past…

[@sebhma]

this video is perfect. i have always had a soft spot for radio masts etc. blinking in the distance. its as if they give more life to the city than the city can itself, telling us that there is always more to a place than we can know at any given point. ok this is messy.

[@pun2961]

+sebhma I totally get it man. I agree. They're comforting in a way.

[@sebhma]

+Pun Pun they're like a guardian of sorts i guess, they give the city a lot of agency in a way?

[@jasonm911]

it is another language

[@logicalfallacy234]

Wow, someone said what I've been feeling for years. I love radio masts too.

[@sebhma]

they make me feel small but also powerful

[@lowerpark4264]

i lived in Guadalajara for 3 years and recognized it in the photo. Good times.

[@demianortega1398]

was there 4 years, surreal experiences

[@transientsmile]

Ahh so that's where this is? I find it comforting because it reminds me of some of the views in San Diego.

[@himorichkel6676]

Sabía que era Guadalajara, por esto vine a ver los comentarios. Gracias.

[@djrai61]

@@himorichkel6676 Guadalajara, Mejico supongo. No Guadalajara España. Preciosa e hipnótica música. Gracias por la información.

[@PutredHedlund]

C E R R O D E L C U A T R O

[@polycass]

I wish I could see each person in the comments, look them in the eyes and give them a silent hug without words. You are the best!

[@om3g4z3r0]

if you see me you run.

[@fucsiajunio5488]

I feel the same.

[@Samuel-ve3wx]

This song reminds me of not being able to sleep for hours, tossing and turning, and then finally that feeling when you know you're falling asleep and the relief from it. It's like you worked hard for it and earned it

[@louisrichards3160]

Back a year later. Christmas Eve laying in bed being transported to God knows where. Even if you’re spending Christmas alone, you are not alone🙏💐

[@henryafro]

Merry christmas !

[@CROWIntruder]

This aged well

[@om3g4z3r0]

Given that your body is like a planet to several different bacteries, viruses and cells, you literaly cannot ever be truly alone.

[@johnconnelly2003]

I love that there are people who love this as much as I do, it is brilliant. I love watching the city lights dim as the piece proceeds to a period of stillness. May 2023 magical trip to Mexico, flew in and out of Guadalajara , driving to the city I saw a vista and was like “holy shit that looks like the video” , got to my hotel and looked out my window to see this view. A moment that confirmed I was on a journey, and was in the right path. Peace and blessings to all, thank you to whoever married the music to the video❤

[@DanielRodriguez-lp6gr]

so it is Gudalajara! This is where I live, cool experience you had, blessings.

[@RonHutchCraft2]

this is the best video of it's kind on KZbin, especially since the video is not Ststic, it actually changes over time. this is definitely one of the best!

[@sellout87]

Life is strange.

[@MountainJohn]

Strange means compared to something normal. If life is strange, what would normal life look like?

[@sellout87]

@@MountainJohn Marmalade

[@MountainJohn]

@@sellout87 indeed

[@richjones7313]

yes it is

[@gardenboydon]

Reading the comments for this song was a real pleasure.. shows the power of ambient music. I love it

[@M.as.e]

This loop honestly changed my life. Such a reflective and peaceful song for me and the footage chosen is honestly breathtaking. I sound very pretentious right now but I love this to death thank you for uploading it

[@jasondean9767]

Not pretentious at all... I know exactly what you mean... Sublime...

[@davidcopson5800]

@@jasondean9767 I was going to say just that.

[@allietarasova3560]

Meh we are all pretentious here anyway. Same tho

[@TVBehemoth]

I heard DLP 1 first. A friend insisted that I listen to it and when she played it for me I couldn't believe it. The range of emotions and feeling within that one piece of music floored me. But when I finally heard this piece (DLP 6) I was absolutely transported. It took me back to a feeling that I'd had all my life, or at least as long as I can remember. It was simultaneously tranquil and reassuring, but also filled with melancholy and a tired wisdom. It is the feeling of life right here in a single song. It is so special to me and a real treat when I sit down to listen to it. It feels so personal, but it's really great to see that so many people share an appreciation for it. I love this vid, and come back to it now and again. Thanks for sharing.

[@anirudhwodeyar8782]

"It was simultaneously tranquil and reassuring, but also filled with melancholy and a tired wisdom." - what a wonderful way to express how this music feels. I've struggled to express just that for a long time.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Note the blinking communication tower lights in the distance,...I’m there now waving to you all. All is Loved

[@redwolfe7049]

Me looking at the tower waving back to you 👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾

[@gjnelsondotcom]

Thank you.

[@reverseretreatrecall]

im so happy to be alive

[@MatheusMPL]

may the eternity beyond death be accompanied by this kind of music

[@stevebeck3863]

I don't know what city lights those are, but I am reminded of flying into LA. Those lights and this music are mesmerizing.

[@antoinefortin1386]

Now I don't do anxiety anymore, but when I was in college this was my way to handle a panic attack. Thanks a lot the help of your awesome music.

[@pablosmith5473]

If I had one single piece of music to pick for listening at the end of my life and played for eternity while I float forever, that would be it.

[@megumifllies]

This sounds like future i will never have, really nostalgic. Words can't describe as usual

[@AudioPervert1]

heard him live in Barcelona last year, two hours later people were in another universe, standing or sitting or laying down in the venue.. was epic minimalism...

[@ColinFowler]

Ambient shows should come with a pillow to relax with.

[@gardenboydon]

Seeing Ambient live must be an incredible experience..

[@gheuk984]

The disintegration loops never gets old. I've listened to this Basinski piece for years. As humans we age, keep moving along in life and people come and go in life. Then something like this piece comes along and stays with you forever. When you are alone and put this going on a good pair of headphones and sit back and think about everyone/everything that has come and gone in life...it's hard to explain the feelings and thoughts I have. Not bad ones, just a unique feeling/state of mind comes around. Also, what city is this in this video...

[@dougjohnson3299]

The experience of listening to this and the other disintegrating loops brings the trials of life and death into a sublime focus. Thank you, Mr. Basinski. My friend has Parkinson's. It's difficult witnessing the process of his mental deterioration. This music makes it less unbearable.

[@alanwood4717]

XO.

[@misius164]

A 40 minute piece that might absolve you of you fear of death

[@nieksint]

Normally I don't like to watch clips while listening to music, but this video is so mesmerising and it fits perfectly. Hope it stays online forever. The music and the images go hand in hand

[@simeonstylites5800]

It has something cosmogonic . It seems to contain within itself the secret of existence in its infinite reverberation. One of my favorite pieces with Caprice - Celer; Transience - Andrea Calligaris; All this has Passed Forever - Abul Mogard

[@doncorson5485]

I listen to this once or twice a week. One of my favorite pieces....

[@jannis01]

have you tried listening to tim hecker? Also very nice imo

[@doncorson5485]

I will check him out. Thanks...

[@kewlec7855]

if you check how the disintegration loops were done, it's almost as if they were made by themselves through basinski. If it weren't for chance these loops would probably never been published, left archived in storage forever.

[@POLARTTYRTM]

I always liked to look to the distance, it makes me so calm and relaxed. I keep imagining what is going on there, what are these lights, the story of the life of the people that live there, how it looks so peaceful and beautiful, the external world, and its problems seem to fade away for some time, it is a feeling I can't find words to describe, it is so astonishing. This video makes me travel in time, in space, in emotion, distant dreams and memories, there's no word for the feeling I get from this, this is pure magic.

[@bernardokubrick]

honey for the soul

[@brandonluco]

A couple months ago I was just staring at Niagara Falls from my hotel room while this song was playing on my laptop, I just sat back and watched the falls till the song was over, so calming.

[@yossarian1633]

i could easily envision this going quite well with watching waterfall/s

[@NeverRubARhubarb]

No way. I was listening to a recording of Niagara Falls while watching someone in their hotel room staring at Niagara Falls who was listening to this track. Coincidence? I don't think so!

[@acsola3909]

Most powerful loop.

[@lsd322]

This is a "loop" from heaven

[@drew9312]

lsd322 So true...

[@spoonssoup6739]

Cameron Yamaguchi why is there always someone

[@youtubeisevil]

If a "loop" from heaven existed, this would be it.

[@chamberscmt]

My older brother introduced my to the disintegration loops maybe 20 years ago. I loved them then but in the intervening years I forgot about them. Then one day the algo brings them back to my world. Life is fascinatingly circular, everything comes back around. Much like they nature of a loop.

[@TheResistance8969]

I love it that the people in the comment section are my kind of people. People who understand me because they can understand this type of art. Some people dont understand me and ask me why I listen to this boring music. They say its boring but its the feeling I get when I hear this and alot of others dont understand and wont feel the same like you guys...

[@8w73]

I've been thinking on ending my life, due to various reasons, I don't enjoy life. I've been listening to William Basinski and it has given me a bit of peace. I'm thinking on ending it all while listening to them. Thank you.

[@8w73]

Nobody supports me, I hate my body, my life, my reality. I'm tired of pretending I'm fine, I don't want to make my family worried, I just want to be in peace with myself.

[@ribbedel]

I understand that feeling as well. I don't know what specific things are afflicting you right now but I want you to know that you're life is precious and valid. Please keep on fighting and don't give up. 💙

[@redwolfe7049]

@@8w73 Please I hope you're still around and listening to this. Life can suck. I lost 3 people I was so close to within the year and I've been feeling empty ever since but I find solace in music like this and think of them and smile. Your life is your own and only you can live it and you only live it once. I hope you find peace and happiness.

[@doctorhilarious7782]

Simply beautiful.

[@ginopacini4999]

One day, if I'll ever go to Mexico, I will go to Guadalajara, sit somewhere in the distance and watch Cerro del Cuatro the whole night till dawn, thinking about life and what will be as this Loop plays. You have given me the inspiration for a truly Spiritual experience. Thank You.

[@polycass]

Yeah. That's my goal, too. The dream.

[@johnconnelly2003]

Wow! I was just in Guadalajara yesterday and looked over and thought, “ damn , that looks like the setup in the Disintegration Loops video🙃

[@NeverRubARhubarb]

And all the while a great wind carries you across the sky.

[@dixienormous6969]

The Sopranos?

[@antonimalachowski5262]

I think he meant the airplane at 14:30

[@esprocsllib]

@@antonimalachowski5262 no, it's a Sopranos quote

[@drew9312]

This music is another spiritual level- gets to my soul every time. Amazing.

[@btkbells]

This is the best thing I have ever found on the internet. I don't know how many times I have put this on. I've downloaded it for safe keeping.

[@d.novzee]

how did you download both the vid and track?

[@simonboland]

@@d.novzee youtube-dl allows you to download content

[@aiodiacho]

Why not buy the album?

[@btkbells]

@@aiodiacho I own it already. But we're talking about a video here.

[@DanaGold-eq2le]

Very peaceful and serene. The music channels into my cerebral center and massages my mind. I'm being poetic, but I love this D. Loop here.

[@trevorbarre5616]

This music is transcendent. I don't use the term lightly. I've been listening to experimental electronic music for over 50 years, and Basinski's Loops have touched areas that I have previously been unaware of. I can't think of equivalents - early Popul Vuh maybe, but that's inadequate. This is new territory, mainly because it taps into emotions, rather than ideas.

[@vertsk8er419]

I have the feeling whoever uploaded this was staring at this mountain while listening to this by themselves and had such a response to it that they had to grab the hd camera and share it with the world...

[@gjnelsondotcom]

Oh, it's been too long since I sat before this video. I can't describe the feeling it gives me.

[@josephdegregorio1370]

These deeper and sadder questions inside that we were never able to answer, are contained in this music and video. It is like a sigh, just before eternal rest.

[@dareboiman1020]

I listen to this everyday, sure it's simple and is just an endless loop. But there's something about it that I cannot explain, something profoundly beautiful. To me it sounds like an ambient noise that can occur in nature....perhaps the harmony of the entire universe

[@polycass]

I am so happy that I found this masterpiece

[@raingirlcat2245]

William found a GOOD tape loop/sample, then repeated it with reverb/tape echo until disintegration.

[@dareboiman1020]

@@raingirlcat2245 Yeah, your point?

[@beebus44443]

This song gives a sense of humanity existing in a supposed empty and vast space. A weird comfort that there is something always happening, albeit in another language perhaps.. something is always happening on our home.. Earth. Never Alone.

[@gerrymcentagart164]

Listened to this repeatedly during college exams only thing that kept me sane!

[@w00df0rd]

👍

[@mikewatson2055]

Makes the hairs stand up on my arms. A brilliant piece of music.

[@chrishiggins7715]

Watching this on acid was honest a life changing experience. So beautiful

[@NeverRubARhubarb]

Tbf watching a blank TV screen on acid is probably life-changing.

[@jlg0351]

haunting and beautiful. like waking from a dream

[@youtubeisevil]

I remember being 14, crying in the shower while listening to Basinski loops front to back sometimes even two times in a row, then after being in fresh cold water getting ready to sleep waiting for the next day as the ambience filled in lack of thoughts (I am 16 now not too much of a difference) Edit: 17 and still listening to this masterpiece Edit: 18 now

[@ladyblackstardust390]

I'm so happy I found William Basinski. Incredible. Fires up all the chakras, energy centers. "Basinski is best known for his four-volume album The Disintegration Loops (2002-2003), constructed from rapidly decaying twenty-year-old tapes of his earlier music." Wikipedia

[@aidentabbert1816]

Many comments on this video try to apply the profundity of this work to their personal lives. While I think that's admirable, there's an irony to the lack of their awareness, which ignores what I think the real meaning behind this piece. Nobody actually cares about what your life is like, ultimately. I suppose it means something personally, but at the same time human life is so fleeting that the opinions and values we hold don't seem to matter as much as we'd like them to. But what these people do seem to get right is the feeling of being an observer. That's all we can really be successful at in this life. Be an outsider, witness, and servant to everyone and everything else around you, even yourself.

[@drew9312]

Beautiful- gives me the feeling of another life I've lived but I can't quite put my finger on it. Never have I been able to listen to a music loop for so long with it still sounding so fresh...

[@giovanna8187]

I get that "another life lived" feeling as well. Remembrances of another dimension.

[@chrispatrick369]

The sound of our ego dissolving away as we transcend the boundary of this shared reality into the next...

[@vertsk8er419]

music, video, comments; all beautiful... my favorite part of youtube.

[@ShadowShift7]

The feeling present in these comments is what the world needs. Peace, insight, awareness, compassion. We can apply these things in our everyday lives; if we practise these qualities within ourselves, they will be practised and present in the world. And from there, the world will hold just a little more peace, a little more insight, a little more awareness, a little more compassion. And that, I think, is exactly what the world needs. We have the power to create so much.

[@1337SHAMAN5ki11z]

This view gives me a surreal vibe, like staring at the view of your world one last time before moving on to another.

[@salpuma9145]

When you listen to something long enough, you start catching melodies that aren't there....it's absolute ecstacy.. All my years listening to People Like Us and Ekkhard Ehlers had trained me for Basinski.

[@trothgard6309]

This is really getting me through the PhD thesis, inspiring yet soothing, providing the means to get the job done! A lovely piece to think with, as well as listen to.

[@unknownpleasures100]

it soundtracked my phd too as well as the prep for my upcoming defence

[@filippocaucci2747]

This is my favourite KZbin video

[@drew9312]

Unbelievably atmospheric track. Strangely very suited to the video.

[@davidcopson5800]

Or the video is strangely suited to the music.

[@drew9312]

@@davidcopson5800 Yes indeed, that too & both great.

[@louisrichards3160]

It's Christmas night 7 PM EDT 2017 and I wish the whole planet could hear this at the same time. Perhaps many would pay attention to this ... instead of constantly going somewhere- but nowhere. Listen within ... and give the other 4 senses a rest🙏♥️💐

[@richardiritano1197]

Now, that is so very well said, Rick Krasco, that it embraces perfection personified!

[@aedan1225]

It’s 7/20/18, 9:57 PM, I feel like crying tears of joy because I feel like this song is the answer to everything

[@louisrichards3160]

ENCRYPTED I will again and post here. Somehow I feel a connection with all on here🙏

[@louisrichards3160]

Richard Iritano thank you sir and Merry Christmas 🙏

[@richjones7313]

@ENCRYPTED ill try and join you british time

[@dennis_mennis]

My fave video of all time. Who could downvote this?

[@diggerbarnes5708]

Mesmerizing

[@ph9674]

when I listen to this while studying my focus is 100%

[@Ann-sj4pt]

I’m here for the light flashing.

[@lennonacid]

It really does make it feel like you actually there! I love it!

[@TheCheky]

She, the one who cleans the light

[@edwardpasby8609]

Grand, majestic and calming

[@glennn1950]

amazing, being able to put the emotions you feel while looking at landscapes into sound.

[@hermanmelville8151]

THIS IS PURE LIFE!!!

[@Berevezje]

Visualisation brilliant in its simplicity. Thank you for the upload!

[@joebaker2841]

This is the most beautiful thing on youtube

[@Anjuna921]

I have no words to describe what I feel to hear these magical sounds !! I am flying my eternal dreams !! thanks for sharing with us dreamers!

[@witchslaugh]

Thanks so much for the beautiful films, Gabriel.

[@hardcore_w00dland_creature18]

I've never seen such a sense of clarity in a comments section. My open eyes seek your open eyes. Bismillah.

[@brianlong9100]

This is an amazing video to set this track to. Nice job!

[@lanakorvin570]

love it the comfort and transference !!

[@wabbab]

Returning to a favorite after my evening just got absolutely soured by a guy I met on a street corner in Ota, Japan. I agreed to get food with him later, worked my schedule around him, and then he tried to convert me to Buddhism and as he pulled out the pamphlet some of his other lies fell into place Totally a different time than last night which was a beautiful evening, but that's life.

[@Ann-sj4pt]

I have had that but with Christianity,but the situations got worse.Good to escape into the ethereal beauty here❤

[@Hansprivate]

This is one of my favorites. Beyond the beautifully meditative quality of the music I love the video. Sunrise, even when it’s overcast, is still my favorite time of day.

[@RafikCezanneTV]

Perfect in every way. Thank you for posting.

[@henryhull4456]

Tivoli, NY 2020 April, I sat shirtless upright in bed with all the windows open. The spring afternoon fading slowly into dusk. Dlp 6 playing in the background of my computer while I wrote my last final. When I finished writing, my bedroom was dark, no longer illuminated by the afternoon sun, but instead by the glow of my computer. I can still remember the feeling of cool summer air floating in through the open window kissing my chest.

[@sammyhowell9246]

I will hereafter forever associate this moving piece of music with your wonderful video.They fit together so perfectly.

[@charbelel-hani5199]

Indeed. Basinski is so touching, so lyrical

[@dangermoose2000]

Charbel El-Hani No, i've listened twice and there ae NO lyrics

[@charbelel-hani5199]

dangermoose2000 Lyrical can meansimply that a piece of art xpresses the writer's emotions in a beautiful way. It doesn't need to have kyrics, something that obviously Basinski's piece doesn't have.

[@richjones7313]

so lovely the more you listen the more hypnotic it becomes

[@user-ui1ze2vg4p]

This loop lift me up

[@josiahronco]

This is amazing, thank you so much for making this

[@silverspaceflyer]

That's just fucking beautiful !

[@ericsheaffer5083]

the past, present and the future... good stuff, thanks for sharing.

[@Shawneecamu]

Thanks for uploading the full version man

[@hermanmelville8151]

my god!!!THIS IS A MASTERPIECE!

[@drids.]

everything i see is more beautiful when im hearing this song

[@theinfinitecalling]

This is one of my favorites. Excellent body of work overall.

[@polycass]

Perfect for everyday meditation.