William Basinski Melancholia Vinyl LP Record Only 2000 Disintegration Loops NEW

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Originally released a year after the increasingly iconic The Disintegration Loops, a decade later Melancholia still stands as William Basinski's second most beloved album. To commemorate its 10-year anniversary, we are honored to present the first-ever vinyl edition of this otherworldly piece of music. Remastered from the original recordings and pressed onto audiophile-quality 100% pure virgin vinyl, this limited-edition vinyl reissue is packaged in a stunning gatefold jacket featuring all-new artwork. 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. "Melancholia is probably the best of Basinski's records until now, even if this is hard for me to say given my love for each one of his releases. Contrarily to his 'continuing' projects such as The Disintegration Loops and Watermusic, this is a sort of a sketch album, made of short pieces all created with tape loops and some synthetic wave here and there. This music is so beautifully delicate and sad in its auto-reflective moods, it stands right there with everything ranging from the usual suspects in the 'ambient' field, to a distorted damp ghost of Claude Debussy or Maurice Ravel put into a time machine." – Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes.

TRACK LISTING 1. Melancholia I (3:24) 2. Melancholia II (6:49) 3. Melancholia III (1:54) 4. Melancholia IV (4:15) 5. Melancholia V (1:14) 6. Melancholia VI (2:15) 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 (5:53)

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PLEASE NOTE: This is a presale. The official release date for this album is April 29, 2014. All orders will ship to arrive around this date however on occasion there are release delays. If this happens all winning bidders will be notified.

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