Originally posted by the church puddle:
Originally posted by core memory:
[b] Spent the last couple of days listening to William Basinski: Vivian & Ondine
Tonight I’m back on the Basinski, listening to
El Camino Real, heard it in the past and decided last week I should get around to having the actual disc, fantastic, haunting. Along with
Vivian & Ondine its a sweetly accessible piece, can’t wait to listen to it in bed whilst dropping off to sleep at night - It’s pure undiluted dream juice! Easily my favourite chapter now in that distinctive Basinski lush ‘drowned orchestral’ world, playing like a half remembered memory, the same elusive scene going around in your head with a subtle shift of perception taking place as it repeats itself.
Church Puddle, I also recommend
Watermusic with its subliminal 'not quite there' quality,
Watermusic II, and also
92982 - (of which track 4 is particularly beautiful in a Stars Of The Lid style).
Melancholia I’m not so sure about this one for me, its faded piano sound reminds me slightly of The Caretaker, (who I prefer in that context), it’s different to the other Basinski works that I like. At some point I may get around to buying
Silent Night its slightly eerie, but kind of romantic.
