HomeWilliam BasinskiThe Disintegration Loops III
The Disintegration Loops III
Ambient · 2003 · 2 tracks

The Disintegration Loops III

Seventy minutes of slowly dissolving analog tape loops. A haunting, dust-caked meditation on time, physical decay, and fragile beauty.

April 2003 · 2062

Find on Amazon

A single brass phrase slowly crumbles into static, wearing away like old film left in the sun. You are left listening to the quiet, dusty space where the melody used to be.

Tracklist · 2 Tracks
01
dlp 4
20:07
02
dlp 5
52:21
Moments Worth Listening For
01dlp 4The loop on 'dlp 4' slowly develops gaping wounds of silence as the physical ribbon sheds its coating over the course of twenty minutes.
Reviews
StylusA+
AllMusic4.5/ 5 stars
Read review
Pitchfork9.4/ 10
Read review
Spectrum Culture4.5/ 5 stars
Read review

How does The Disintegration Loops III sound next to the rest of William Basinski's catalogue?

Death Mortality+3.4σ

The album leans harder into the concepts of death mortality than previous works, letting the physical decay of the magnetic tape itself act as a literal, disintegrating elegy.

Cassette uses generative AI to enrich its catalog. How we use AI →