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Re: Radio Lab - Show on loops with middle section about a magnetic tape loop dying.
Christopher Darrow wrote:
In particular (and this is why I post) the middle segment regards some 25
year old
> tape loops being transferred to digital but apparently too late as
they began to deteriorate
> with each pass. What results is the death of the loop, physically and
sonically, as the
> metallic/magnetic (whatever) fragments fall as dust to the floor, bit
by bit, until the tape
> itself is clear rather then brown.
Haven't heard the Radio Lab episode, but from the description it sounds
like you're talking about William Basinski, "The Disintegration Loops".
Beautiful and sublime; IIRC there are actually four complete albums
(DL I-IV). "Disintegration Loops III" is one of my favorite "rainy
Saturday morning with a cup of tea" disks.
Good choice, for both conceptual art and looping!
--m.