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Birds in Hell wrote:I deleted a lengthy and aggrieved post about this the other day as I didn't want to derail the thread however, trying to keep it brief, I really don't care for the Disintegration Tapes stuff. I think the music is really dull and the focus on the process and circumstance in which they were created rubs me up the wrong way.

bodysnatcher wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:I deleted a lengthy and aggrieved post about this the other day as I didn't want to derail the thread however, trying to keep it brief, I really don't care for the Disintegration Tapes stuff. I think the music is really dull and the focus on the process and circumstance in which they were created rubs me up the wrong way.

I doubt that music would have seen the light of day as an album release had the process of accidental disintegration never occurred.

I love Basinski's discography... almost all of it. But I agree, the Disintegration release is a chore to get through. I love the folklore behind it... of accidentally creating something completely out of your control; using time as a tool. But I rarely ever listen to this. That being said, this album is how I discovered Basinski, so it will always hold a place for me.

@psycho.. I dunno even where to tell you to start. I really love Melancholia, 92982, Cascade. His collabs with Richard Chartier are also interesting. I think you can find most of his discography on Spotify

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First in a series of Six albums by The Caretaker to be released over the next 3 years, slowly cataloguing the stages of early onset dementia. Each album will reveal new points of progression, loss and disintegration, progressively falling further and further towards the abyss of complete memory loss and nothingness...

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Birds in Hell wrote:Excellent stuff as always.