William Basinski - Variations; A Movement In Chrome Primitive (Full Album)

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[@giovaniprodan3]

Never in a point of time will i ever be more receptive than now, listening to this masterpiece for the first time. Perfection is ineffable, Basinsky taught me that. Maybe perfection doesn't mean to be taught, just, tapped in to. That's the secret of the artist, making you tap into perfection without dissecting the moment at all with your doubts. Universal. I hope people will listen to this in the year 3987 when I'll be long gone and dead.

[@EmilAliev7]

That tone, so unnecessary. Keep it to yourself next time.

[@metanoiafilms3087]

@Prodan Giovani YES! :D 'Perfectly' said :)

[@rottenshrimp420]

the disintegrated audio has damage to the analogue tapes, which were then recorded onto a fresh medium, which was then lossless (i.e. an accurate representation of the actual sound). Lossy youtube files have damage to the digital file, due to compression, causing loss of data, giving an inaccurate representation of the actual sound. It's like saying you should watch a 1930's film in 240p, instead of a blu-ray copy of the original film.

[@sorryvalentine]

Start by writing his name correctly

[@elektrozil9728]

decent thread here. good balance of the gross profane, and transcendent audiophile points of view

[@richardmccrorie5814]

The first variation, on this album of haunting loops, makes the most impression on me. The melancholic gravity of the muffled piano chords with the distortion feedback. I imagine a cobweb covered piano in a derelict house playing an endless loop for eternity.

[@victorwasright8382]

it's restorative...somehow, it cancels out negative self-dialogue. it's antacid for the soul, especially the latter movements.

[@augustinerathjen-duffton6784]

sounds like the sound i heard in the womb when i cant remember

[@TakeThePillsOfficial]

It does spark that kind of feeling actually, I like your point of view.

[@Dimitrija69]

Just on KZbin doing as everyone else typically does. Finding interesting and great stuff.

[@Unidentifying]

the forest in my mind is on fire but the colors are blinding blinding like the low suns rays in the autumn evening closing closing in the sounds wrapping the meticulous patterns of a dream and we all had nothing and now the love is killing us shadows moving like beings from the unknown watched and learned where do we go

[@Aiden819]

the best ambiance to me slowly losing my mind because my friends left me, I am also scared for my future.

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

future is now, don't be scary.

[@cmasseylynch]

🙁hang in there

[@samschlenner6582]

Hang tough. You're the hero now.

[@newsungsails3651]

Incredible! He is at the top of his form here. Well done, William.

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

top 10 works from W. Basinski, that's it. super clean.

[@savitridworkin2514]

1-1 Variation I 00:00 1-2 Variation II 14:23 1-3 Variation III 37:35 1-4 Variation IV 48:54 2-1 Variation V 58:22 2-2 Variation VI 1:13:30 2-3 Variation VII 1:27:08 2-4 Variation VIII 1:47:35

[@gado__]

That's a lot of variations!

[@gado__]

That's a lot of variations!

[@gado__]

That's a lot of variations!

[@gado__]

That's a lot of variations!

[@gado__]

That's a lot of variations!

[@brianbullis6253]

Beautiful and broken. It makes me think of melting ice

[@saityavuz76]

Thank you William Baskinski.

[@essemmetv]

(this haunting piece was used as a soundtrack for Australian masterpiece movie The Rover)

[@davevultur5680]

Basinski & James Leyland Kirby will be seen as our Mozart & Beethoven in the foreseable future.

[@hanshandkante5055]

Bullshit!

[@nihil6501]

@@hanshandkante5055 nope, he’s right, sorry :)

[@hanshandkante5055]

@@nihil6501 No he is not right and that has a simple reason. Mozart and Beethovens music can always be reproduced because it is WRITTEN. As long as their are people who can read this notes and play those instruments their music will not die. Basinskis and Kirbys music on the other hand is - even more then most contemporary music - based on sound design and recording techniques. When the last MP3 or CD is lost, the music is lost too. Also neither Kirby nor Basinsky are exceptionally talented. Basinsky biggest stunt was to play ambient from tapes who slowly fall apart while playing until the point where the music is not longer recognizable. That might be an interesting concept but certainly not enought to be on the same level as Mozart or Beethoven - two of the greatest composers that ever lived. And Kirby is just a totally untalented hipster who is more into conceptual art crap then into making music. All he does is he plays old 78 jazz orchestra records and rerecords them, then he timestretches them a littel bit with paulstretch or ableton live and abruptly ends them from time to time and calls it an album. Basinsky is nothing special, just an average ambient drone producer but at least he makes his own music while Leyland Kirby is just an untalented wannabe musician who steals music from long dead people. He is as usefull as a third ball and the most overrated person in todays music business. I can't stand him nor his hipster fans.

[@wildtortuga2351]

@@hanshandkante5055 not all music has to be approached so analytically. basinski and kirby can be appreciated because of the emotional understanding people have of them

[@hanshandkante5055]

@@wildtortuga2351 That was not the question discussed here.

[@savitridworkin2514]

His best work

[@GANDEIA]

Hi, i am a Brazilian independent artist. I composed, mixed and made the cover of this album over a year, thinking about the sleep experience and the layers of consciousness. It is a 28 minute album with two songs. I wanna be heard by people who connect with ambient music. Basinski introduce me to it. (I am discovering ways to spread my art and my work.) This is very special. It means a lot to me. Enjoy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqGVgWiJYtmrjKs

[@MattyMMW]

Whoever would've thought something so simple could be so brilliant

[@quueueq]

simplicity stands next to brilliance

[@fleaship6134]

Hey Butters.

[@astradan3640]

It feels like people in the future on other planets will listen for that as a full understanding of what Earth was this time.

[@username4996]

lost sight of humanity

[@timofej_asejev]

It is sounds like the last days before a heaven.

[@villekylatasku4332]

composing the eternal breath. beautiful.

[@placer7412]

Ville Kylätasku what does that even mean

[@MegaCowBLAM]

It means he was tripping balls.

[@allietarasova3560]

@@placer7412 lmao

[@robtheservantof6257]

@@placer7412 😭😭😭

[@BitchinnShoes07]

I imagine this playing over the PA in an art gallery

[@ericjohnson8169]

beautiful . . . glad I happened upon this . . .

[@mendaciumputrid]

i had been searching for songs that would be perfect to a project of mine: a doll. a doll made from scrath that i want to put all of my heart into. and this is simply perfect for her, it's exactly the kind of song i think would suit her.

[@hokslol]

That sounds beautiful please continue to create that doll do what you want to do, that is all that matters you will thank yourself for doing what you love

[@mendaciumputrid]

@@hokslol for sure i will! i want to do my best in this one project :)

[@RolodexEnigma]

How did it turn out?

[@usneasubfloridana4072]

wtf are you even saying

[@Adam-ui3bl]

how did it turn out? By the way, check out Shizuka, lead singer was a doll artist

[@kusher9935]

What a change from first to second variation!

[@softsun2134]

thank you basinski

[@thewfranklimcwb]

Os primeiros 12 minutos são a pura perfeição!

[@pedrolucaslopesballiana6702]

Esse álbum inteiro é incrível

[@BC-gg8nq]

Q bom q tem brasileiros q curtem esse tipo de música.

[@johannvilhjalmsson1686]

wow..wow..wow..

[@edwardpasby8609]

Well done

[@Gargoyle33]

I never wanted it to end.

[@joshbaino3087]

Life?

[@pierovivar8661]

i think in the desintegration loops... this sound like desintegrating too.. very good to 2016 listening

[@babyirene3188]

Wow. Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow. Wow.

[@GANDEIA]

Hi, i am a Brazilian independent artist. I composed, mixed and made the cover of this album over a year, thinking about the sleep experience and the layers of consciousness. It is a 28 minute album with two songs. I wanna be heard by people who connect with ambient music. Basinski introduce me to it. (I am discovering ways to spread my art and my work.) This is very special. It means a lot to me. Enjoy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqGVgWiJYtmrjKs

[@LuminousAnima]

This couldnt feel anymore like 2004

[@michael-gz3ty]

It's crazy to me that this existed back then. I wish I was exposed to this when I was a child because I would have loved it. I didn't discover ambient music until around 2015

[@moonsun9312]

... I am touched...

[@ChadKingOfficial]

😳

[@Ramblin-Man]

Brian Eno, Cluster, Popol Vuh, Jon Hassell, George Winston (RIP June 4) et al did this already 45-50 years ago (and Erik Satie 150 years ago)...

[@unslept_em]

time to fall asleep to this again

[@woodlandcritterpunch]

Aren't you that person who came to the Max MSP discord server asking about emulating Disintegration Loops

[@unslept_em]

@@woodlandcritterpunch yup that was me. I forgot about that lol

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

Brilliant.

[@artistteti6781]

j'adore

[@beaumiller7046]

00:45 and im already crying please help me

[@tommasomenegazzi8979]

52.00 is great

[@hellbenthornball1153]

A million ads sprinkled throughout this music ruins the experience.

[@snelfofthevoidgina4252]

Adblocker

[@heqrusteoffde739]

Just buy physical copy

[@chaotickreg7024]

Go to the end of the video and hit replay. It shouldn't show ads on a replay.

[@maxgregorycompositions6216]

adblock.

[@robbestfire]

46:39

[@michachorazak7037]

Absolutely love it but to my ears it requires a remaster. If there is even such a thing in this genre. Desintegration loops sound more clear, organic.

[@unknown-np3ii]

Michał Chorążak It’s supposed to be lofi but he has remastered his material before so anything can happen.

[@moya9744]

Variation VII just makes me want to jump off a cliff.

[@DigDowner]

Variation II makes me want to climb back up.

[@paolovallejo5500]

@@DigDowner i enjoyed both comments

[@JFKHaircut]

16:39 53:45 58:31

[@Xx_Eric_was_Here_xX]

desolate like my soul

[@stevesunil8356]

1:27:08

[@evilershark_2043]

This feels like the type of song i would play as i slowly bleed to death wondering why my parents opted to leave me instead of aborting me.

[@theeternalempire7235]

Go outside, I say this with the utmost love. Go to nature and that will make you focus on something greater than yourself, so you’ll stop obsessing over yourself and your life in a constant echo chamber of hate or pride. It really helps. Go to the forest, a field, feel the radiating heat of the sun onto your skin

[@joaofujiokapedroso644]

BEATUFIUDL DRESS IUND GAN=RA HARMONY

[@ollieboy117]

37:40

[@ofthosewholiveinthecloudyriver]

16;00

[@aortcg]

bad for the 7 ads

[@ShadovvGazer227]

I know it's been 6 months or more but if you drag the video thingy all the way to the end and click the replay button it'll play all the way through with no ads.

[@BojanVasilev]

thanks for the tip!:)@@ShadovvGazer227

[@atomspacejunkman134]

leeches

[@atomspacejunkman134]

punk?

[@joshbaino3087]

a river

[@Juixable]

@@joshbaino3087 cold sand

[@joshbaino3087]

@@Juixable the pale sun

[@Juixable]

@@joshbaino3087 solid clouds

[@flynyster9581]

Oh, does it penetrate my heart Oh, is it magnificent as the night, which holds a veil upon human insanity Oh, am i insane? We should question our self about our sanity, a lot, nobody knows when we all will break, shatter like the glass, onto a thousand of pieces, which we will never collect.

[@RayZappa]

try putting the kettle on, nowt like a good brew to help you get a grip