Maillist
William Basinski
- Variations for Piano & Tape
- Format: CD Album
- Catalogue Number: 2062.0601
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: 2062
- Release Date: 7 August 2006
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PRICE: £10.99
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Variations for Piano & Tape
Comprised of one 44 minute track, Variation #9 "Pantelleria", this archival release is one of my all-time favorites of the piano and tape variations from the early eighties.
Using a lilting piano melody on a small loop, the requisite magic happened in the recording process when this particular loop would randomly slip along the play head revealing an extraordinary counterpoint ( in reverse) on the other side of the tape. To me, this piece evokes a lazy, Arcadian summer idyll, and will always remind me of an idyllic artist’s residency in 2003 on the beautiful Italian island of Pantelleria.
