William Basinski’s seminal ambient work The Disintegration Loops is getting a deluxe reissue.
The Disintegration Loops (Arcadia Archive Edition) includes the entire five-hour collection that Basinski originally recorded while looping analogue tape as it deteriorated in the process. The original music has been remastered especially for its updated release, which will be made available in an 8xLP set and 4xCD edition.
All eight vinyl records will be housed in full-colour jackets featuring the restored original artwork. The deluxe reissue also includes a 1,000-word foreword written by Laurie Anderson.
In her forerword, Anderson writes: “These dissolving sounds, this emptying space, has gained my complete confidence. They are taking me somewhere. I am willingly following these sounds, becoming more and more transparent. I am willingly following these sounds, becoming more and more transparent. And how does it end? The final fade isn’t about the end of the music. It’s like the music continues and I have stepped out of the river and moved away. The music itself is continuous, always there.”
Listen to a brief excerpt from the newly remastered ‘Dlp 1.1’ below.
Temporary Residence Ltd. will release The Disintegration Loops (Arcadia Archive Edition) on November 7, 2025.
