Lamentations

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Lamentations
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Length
12 tracks, 57:31
Release Date
13 November 2020
William Basinski’s reputation as the foremost producer of profound meditations on death and decay has long been established, but on his new album, Lamentations, he transforms operatic tragedy into abyssal beauty. More than any other work since The Disintegration Loops, there is an ominous grief throughout the album, and that sense of loss lingers like an emotional vapor. Captured and constructed from tape loops and studies from Basinski’s archives – dating back to 1979 – Lamentations is over forty years of mournful sighs meticulously crafted into songs. They are shaped by the inevi… read more
William Basinski’s reputation as the foremost producer of profound meditations on death and decay has long been established, but on his new album, La… read more
William Basinski’s reputation as the foremost producer of profound meditations on death and decay has long been established, but on his new album, Lamentations, he transforms operatic tr… read more

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Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track For Whom the Bell Tolls
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 4:10 23,020 listeners
2 Play track The Wheel of Fortune
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 3:20 21,114 listeners
3 Play track Paradise Lost
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 1:22 21,598 listeners
4 Play track Tear Vial
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 4:45 18,634 listeners
5 Play track O, My Daughter, O, My Sorrow
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 6:43 21,051 listeners
6 Play track Passio
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 6:21 10,325 listeners
7 Play track Punch And Judy
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 3:06 9,963 listeners
8 Play track Silent Spring
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 6:20 9,029 listeners
9 Play track Transfiguration
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 3:37 9,973 listeners
10 Play track All These Too, I, I Love
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 11:06 8,742 listeners
11 Play track Please, This Shit Has Got To Stop
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 5:04 11,432 listeners
12 Play track Fin
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 1:37 10,650 listeners

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William Basinski (Houston, 1958), a New York-based classically-trained clarinetist and saxophonist, specializes in compositions for loops and drones. He began experimenting with compositions for piano and tape that created a melancholy ambience via looped and overdubbed melodies with Variations - A Movement in Chrome Primitive (1980), released on Variations - A Movement in Chrome Primitive (Durtro, 2002 - Die Stadt, 2004), and A Red Score in Tile (1979), released on A Red Score in Tile (3 Poplars, 2003). Shortwave Music (1982), some of which appear on Shortwave Music (Noton, 1998), … read more
William Basinski (Houston, 1958), a New York-based classically-trained clarinetist and saxophonist, specializes in compositions for loops and drones. He began experimenting with composition… read more
William Basinski (Houston, 1958), a New York-based classically-trained clarinetist and saxophonist, specializes in compositions for loops and drones. He began experimenting with compositions for piano and tape that created a melancholy… read more

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