Name: Shortwavemusic
Brand: William Basinski

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

20620701

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2007-04-02

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

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Tax rate GB

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

William Basinski

Genre GB

Modern Composition

Label GB

first time on cd, re-issue after 10 years - full length cd with bonus track. originally released on noton in 1997 in limited edition clear vinyl. this album was the first of three resulting from a series of experiments in 1982 using lo-fi technology to extract sounds from the airwaves and weave them into musical tapestries. using two norelco reel-to-reel decks from the '1960s, a radio and a shortwave radio. basinski recorded samples of music from the radio, edited the tape into loops of varying lengths, and slowed them down. these themes were then layeded together in real time to an accompaniment of randomly shifting shortwave radio static. the themes explored were often brief excerpts (3 or 4 notes) from musak versions of popular standards by manipulating these themes and mixing them with an existing symphony of electronic information, basinski has created a series of melancholy, atmospheric aural landscapes for the listener to inhabit. the music is timeless and compelling a remarkably original experimental music album.

Shortwavemusic

Music GB