William Basinski
Melancholia
Temporary Residence
/2014
LP (orange/red)
€32.99
TRR236-23c
2023 repress, gatefold sleeve
CD
€15.99
TRR236CD
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Tracklist
1 | Melancholia I | 3:25 | |
2 | Melancholia II | 6:51 | |
3 | Melancholia III | 1:54 | |
4 | Melancholia IV | 4:15 | |
5 | Melancholia V | 1:13 | |
6 | Melancholia VI | 2:16 | |
7 | Melancholia VII | 2:26 | |
8 | Melancholia VIII | 3:08 | |
9 | Melancholia IX | 3:36 | |
10 | Melancholia X | 1:08 | |
11 | Melancholia XI | 1:15 | |
12 | Melancholia XII | 7:10 | |
13 | Melancholia Xiii | 2:00 | |
14 | Melancholia XIV | 6:04 |
Originally released a year after the increasingly iconic »The Disintegration Loops«, »Melancholia« still stands as William Basinski's second most beloved album.
It is truly a sight and sound to behold. Like many of Basinski's most soul-stirring works, »Melancholia« began as a series of short tape loops captured in the early 1980s. Basinski then stored them away for decades, revisiting them at a different time in his life, at which point they took on a stunning new sound all their own – one that many consider to be among the finest of the past decade.
Remastered from the original recordings.
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