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Since the turn of this century, perhaps no other modern composition has had a more resonant healing effect than “The Disintegration Loops”, which were originally released as a box set of nine LPs, five CDs, and a DVD in 2012 and dedicated to the memories of the people who died in the September 11, 2001 attacks. Composer William Basinski’s deteriorating analog tape loops, evolved from melodic symphonies to melancholic silence over a span of time that uncannily turned minutes into lifetimes. In her foreword for the new box set reissue of “The Disintegration Loops”, the pioneering multimedia storyteller, Laurie Anderson, describes the impact of this transformation in poetic detail: 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. “The Disintegration Loops – Arcadia Archive Edition” is an expansive new box set that includes the entire 5-hour suite of iconic work. Newly remastered from the original recordings by Josh Bonati, the hefty package includes eight vinyl records (or four CDs for the less analog-inclined) in sturdy full-color jackets featuring the restored original artwork, and a new 1000-word foreword by Laurie Anderson – all housed in a striking heavyweight, case-wrapped box. It is the ideal encapsulation of one of the 21st Century’s most truly transcendent works. As Anderson concludes in her foreword, this music has created another world, a world to be carried away in.
