William Basinski

On Time Out of Time

papi basinski keeping us fed with a tasty portion of space ambient (featuring actual samples of black holes).

Basinski's music has always, for me, maintained a remarkably human quality. Basinski's masterpiece, 'The Disintegration Loops' is a painful and beautiful reflection on the futility of our brief, fleeting lives. And Basinski, for the most part, has consistently managed to tie his strange, alien sounds to human emotions.

This album is a little different. This album sounds like it was recorded in the far reaches of space, somewhere far, far away from human influence. There's a cold, isolating ... read more

I get why someone could love this and it may sound like I don't understand the point of ambient by calling this record boring but really this album just doesn't have much to it. The atmosphere here doesn't make me feel anything that a different ambient album could do better.

Best Track: On Time out of Time
Worst Track: 4(E+D)4(ER=EPR)

it’s the sound you would mentally associate with floating in space, though the space isn't really that noisy. this is an album I would recommend playing at night, because the day's loud sounds can overshadow its best qualities