Melancholia - William Basinski

[MagnaCartaTwo]

Basinski Instinct.

[TheClarenceter]

@intermsofart That is so cheesy.

[eetherealflux]

utterly beautiful

[skrapadelix]

Just think, some poor souls searching for e insightful comments on the 1972 World Series courtesy of Brooklyn Dodger Eddie Basinski will stumble across this,

[Osthropek]

it really takes enormous talent to create utmost beauty and emotion with just a couple of notes.

[Vulmen311]

Very depressing to see the only overly retarded comments on this beautiful song/video in the comments here in german. I come from germany myself, but comments like "Dammse420" make me feel ashamed to share the same country. Just shut the fuck up and listen to the good music. If you don't enjoy it, listen to something you like, perhaps?

[IAmAudishaDoom]

hauntingly beautiful. it has something "final" to it. I can't help but imagiine the camera angle is from the back of a hearse. the video really gets to me and makes me want to weep so bad. I have to think of a person I loved who died recently.

[DAMMSE420]

Just booooring

Kotz

[Seanus32]

@DAMMSE420 Then go and listen to disco if this is not 4 u

[mariAZNMSK]

@DAMMSE420 du hast keine gefühle, kann das sein?

[DAMMSE420]

@mariAZNMSK

äh und du hast du wohl zu viele x>D

heul doch :P

das lied ist nur einfach scheise du SPASTII

komm kla ^^

[mariAZNMSK]

@DAMMSE420 das jemand mit so 'nem schreibstil das hier nicht versteht, hätte ich mir eigentlich denken können.

ich mag es ganz einfach nicht, wenn leute auf so stupide art und weise musik kritisieren.

"das lied ist nur einfach scheise" solche kommentare sind der grund dafür, dass ich youtube scheiße finde. :)

[Peppepoppldoppl]

@mariAZNMSK Do not type in German please.

[DAMMSE420]

@mariAZNMSK

Ey kommt mal alle auf euer Leben kla xDD

Ich schreib das der track scheise ist und werde hier zugespaamt

shut the fuck off

Schonmal was von freier Meinungsäuserung gehört ;D

wenn ihr nicht mit kritik kla kommt dann springt von na Brücke xD

Oder scheis ganz einfach auf ytube wenn du dem druck nicht gewachsen bist

/ shit auf rechtschreibung

bin hier nicht in der schule xD

kinder alta !

[mariAZNMSK]

@DAMMSE420 "das lied ist nur einfach scheise"

hat nichts mit meinungsäußerung zu tun.

"ich finde dieses lied scheiße"

wäre meinungsäußerung, allerdings trotzdem total dämlich.

du wirkst btw. nicht sehr intelligent, wenn du auf rechtschreibung "shit"est und dann andere als kinder bezeichnest.

geh mal wieder öfters in die hauptschule, vielleicht können die dir ja doch noch was beibringen. :)

[DAMMSE420]

@mariAZNMSK boahh ich glaubs nicht was hast du davon mich hier vollzulabern du pendecho ? hast du keine freunde ? nix besseres zu tuhn JEDES mal log ich mich ein und denk mir so alter der hat echt nix zu tuhn ey und wenn ich sage das lied ist scheise ist das natürlich MEINE ANSICHT nur weil du mongo alles so verdrhst bis es dir in den kram passt kann ich auch nix für und ich hab mein abi vor 2 jahren abgeschlossen xD bwl ? schonma gehört ? schwanz ey geh weinen wenn du nich kla kommst xD

[DAMMSE420]

@mariAZNMSK UND JEDER DER DAS LIED GEIL FINDET IST ENTWEDER EIN N STOCKSCHWULER BASTARD ODER AUF KLEBSTOFF HÄNGEN GEBLIEBEN IHR MISSIS xD REINE ZEITVERSCHENDUNG IHR SEIDT DUMM WIE SCHEISE UND IHR BLEIBT DUMM WIE SCHEISE PEACE OUT ICH BIN DER GEILSTE UND IHR SEIDT HUANKINDER UND JEDER SCHWANZ DER HIER DRAUF ANTWORTET HAT ANSCHEINEND NICHT BEGROFFEN DAS ICH DEN KONTACKT MIT EUCH SUBJECKTEN IN KEINSTER WEISE PFLEGEN ODER UNTERHALTEN MÖCHTE BITTE UM EUER VERSTÄNDNIS IHR HUAN XD

[BlueSeaWendy]

I LOVE THIS SOOOOO MUCH!!!!! It's perfect, the music the vid. just love it.

[Peter1945]

.. it´s a long and windy road ....

[MagnitudePerson]

Tears...

Just amazing

[MagnitudePerson]

Tears...

[MoonchildMindaugas2]

Walk alone... in a park... at night... moonlit night... they say - it's creepy... well... I don't mind... I like it, actually... it's part of me...

[iwasbornspecial]

im glad i found this, i don't find it sad. I just find it soothing like a cup of ginger tea. Drink away your misery and still keep your dignity

[Gracie1ou]

How sad and lovely



[Thaaiel]

What's the film's title? It matches perfectly to the track.

[WakeUpEveryone]

Beautiful....Is this melancholia #1?

[Merettich]

@WakeUpEveryone

It's a part from melancholia II

[MoonchildMindaugas2]

@Merettich part XIV

[KnightvisionsMedia]

I only just found this artist, truly inspiring from a soundtrack writing perspective!

[MonZe66]

I melt inside!

[MrWatoz]

this song and video amazing...

[valeo626]

@xBLOODBAFx my links wont post!??... hear Reckoner or Weird Fishes by Radiohead from In Rainbows

your words echo these songs for me

[xBLOODBAFx]

@valeo626

i removed the comment cuz it was kind of personal.. but thanks and i will

[kinzeUK]

I am going to now check out some more stuff by this guy

[N8moto]

<3

[caitlinx54]

Can someone help me? Is this Melancholia II or Melancholia XIV? And why are there two?

[Kelavmeister]

@caitlinx54 Well there is no Melancholia XIV, I can tell you that. But this is the the second track of the album, and the track after it is ALSO a variation of this loop.. And I believe in the Variations album, the last track is also based from this loop? Hope that helps!!

[caitlinx54]

@Kelavmeister But, the album has 14 tracks, and the last track is the same as the second except it's 47 seconds shorter.

[Kelavmeister]

@caitlinx54 Does it really?? I must be thinking of Variations.. Hmm.. I get those two confused a lot :/

[FriendlyShadow1]

Wow. This is like my feelings translated into sound.

[kinzeUK]

@FriendlyShadow1 Can I please virtually high five you, Gumbyrearygood and unitedguns for just describing to a fucking tee what I am going through and what I think of this after hearing this for the first time?

This is why I fucking heart youtube - thanks

[FriendlyShadow1]

@kinzeUK *high five!* I hope all the best to you.

[kinzeUK]

@FriendlyShadow1 thanks mate :)

[HanzSygnal]

Not only is this is this fantastic-- but I spoke to him after a show and he's as genuinely a nice person you could imagine. 5*

[FowlerDNB]

The most beautiful part of this is the silence that comes after the song, where you think: "Wow..."

[elambing]

this seems to be an excerpt from Melancholia II from the album Melancholia, it is available on itunes for anyone wondering

[fjeljep]

its simillar to Jacaszek

[tahloolahlee]

Gorgeous! And now I miss Queens more than ever. (Yes, @Serten, Flushing Meadows Park, the Unisphere from the 1964 World's Fair.)

[MagnitudePerson]

Wow.. These "unofficial, fan" videos are quality, visuels can actually be a part of a song, it can add and change your mind on how you thought of the song before, id get video whith the song on my Ipod/MP3/IPhone/etc, if i were anyone reading this.

[ifpff]

@MagnitudePerson it's not an unofficial fan video. they actually worked together on it.

[lexoz76]

Just ....Amazzing!

[Gumbyrearygood]

There was a period of time when I was dealing with oppressive and sanity-shattering depression. Melancholia, pot, and a few choice titles of books got me through that period. Thank you William Basinski.

[Chrotisofus]

@Gumbyrearygood May i ask which books exactly..?

[Gumbyrearygood]

Michael Fournier's entry in the 33 1/3rd series about the Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime album, a book I read when I was 12 called Dave at Night and Sleepwalking Through History by Haynes Johnson. That's a really disparate group, but it worked.

[juegas]

@Gumbyrearygood I feel you man I feel you.

[minadocinski]

@Gumbyrearygood can you share some of the titles?

[Chantale35]

I love your videos.

It's so me, all of this. Just me.

[constantrodent]

it's not you; it's WILLIAM FUCKING BASINSKI

[H0spitaller]

Stunning !!!

[borowczyk76]

Makes me lose my breath every time. This was my first Basinski experience and it's as achingly beautiful as it ever was...

[zmogusenis]

It's brilliant, it plays throu my heart

[Cyberwavemusic]

I love this lo-fi, ambient!

[Sylvian29]

Hauntingly Beautiful

[EvoluciQn]

El mundo está en la profundidad.

The world is in the depth.

[Aether77]

Beautiful. I haven't heard this piece in a while, and hearing about 12 seconds of it just now made me shed a tear. Gorgeous stuff.

[arturkuchin]

Outstanding

[justsid]

lol

[DerekMcA]

amazing

[Aether77]

Absolute brilliance.

[Kelavmeister]

This is my favorite Basinski piece... the perfect atmosphere.

[antitonyA]

cool

thanks

[Elekrisiti]

my grandpa helped build the world's fair. this video, really digs deep accompanied by a beautiful track. thank you.

[legionair32]

Basinsky...ahhhh I LOVE THIS TUNE!

Takes me to undescribable heights....

LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA

HOOYAH

[aaronbrakefield]

my god...

[sirtomthecat]

an amazing video to match an amazing song

[sirtomthecat]

an amazing song

speaks in volumes that words can never

i love it!

[Miszczunio90pl]

no words can descirbe it

[Thusyanthan]

music for the soul. william where ever you are, you are my hero.

[herrhultcrantz]

The most beatiful song I've ever listened to...

[MSLalleloken]

agreed, you could float to heaven

[floweringsilverzero]

tear-inducingly beautiful

[bunkerarchaeology]

a work of genius!

[royggbiv]

so little but yet so much.

[glun]

Erik Satie meets Sunn O))).

[Krzysiek515]

Szpule okazały się naprawdę stare; w trakcie przegrywania Basinski zauważył, że głowica odtwarzacza dosłownie ściera taśmy na proch, tym samym modyfikując nagrany dźwięk. Muzyka umierała na moich oczach, pisze w książeczce, zdradzając przy tym, jak wiele owa muzyka dla niego znaczyła: (...) w tych pejzażach była moja młodość, mój raj utracony, (...) wszystko umierało spokojnie, dostojnie, pięknie. Tak powstał "The Disintegration Loops", wstrząsający zapis przemijania.

[Krzysiek515]

Późnym latem 2001 roku, ceniony nowojorski artysta William Basinski dokonywał przeglądu własnego archiwum muzycznego. Niespodziewanie natrafił na zachwycające, orkiestrowe pętle, przygotowane przed dwudziestoma laty i zapomniane. Podekscytowany odkryciem, chciał jak najszybciej przetransferować zawartość wiekowych taśm magnetycznych na nośnik cyfrowy.

[rhedrich3]

Indescribably moving.

[deathcabjets]

what´s the name of this song?

[Vtwinsp1]

All songs from this album are "untitled"

[brandnewmodems]

thank you for this

[Vtwinsp1]

This album is lush!!! Talk about getting lost in music!! Highly recommended ;)

[legionair32]

My GOD....

Such peace....So much feelings....I imagine a beautiful solitude.....Sucah as reaching the peak of a summit and listening to these sounds and felling complete serene peace!

William Basinski has an awesome creativity!!!

HEAVENLY....I LOVE THIS TUNE!!!!

HOOYAH

[legionair32]

My GOD....

Such peace....So much feelings....I imagine a beautiful solitude.....Sucah as reaching the peak of a summit and listening to these sounds and felling complete serene peace!

William Basinski has an awesome creativity!!!

HEAVENLY....I LOVE THIS TUNE!!!!

HOOYAH

[byrzynski]

lost at sea

[glootech]

A dziś w Poznaniu Basinski puscił nam na sam koniec ten film. Ech <3

[mieszimo]

i to był najlepszy fragment wczorajszego koncertu

[Filemoniusz]

Basinski w sposób niemalże namacalny ujawnia pełnię, grozę i nieuchronność przechodzenia w stan niebytu, pozwalając przez kilka godzin "obumierać" w uszach słuchacza swoim kameralnym fortepianowym pętlom, zarejestrowanym na ulegających konsekwentnemu zużyciu taśmach. Stad ta "kiepska jakosc" :P

[ruptureskullz]

truly melancholy ...

[darkvvulf]

:|

:)

[icccnow]

Sadness makes me happy.

[hazanon]

it´s so... soft... peace inside... reflections about life... many feelings in a glympse...

[hazanon]

it´s so... soft... peace inside... reflections about life... many feelings in a glympse...

[msanimality]

I am writing now about melancholia, and am inevitably citing Freud, and wondering about the desire that presupposes mourning and melancholia.

I sense desire in the utter privation of Basinski's music, but where is the desire? How can I locate it? In the absences, perhaps, between the chords, I don't know.

[pariahYT]

you're thinking too hard.

[richardm123uk]

Beautiful. I remember seeing this projected during one of his shows in London. Incredible.

[33Vril33]

wonderful

[mopmu]

everything the artist, the music, the video, everything is so melancholic beautiful

[DeathprodDiva]

William Basinski is the most important and iconoclastic electronic composer of our time. Period.

[vanishingofemptiness]

Not necessarily true but his music is definately a gift to the world none the less.

[icer78]

so beautifull it hurts! melancholia

[MuzikJunkyAES]

What gorgeous music! Peace.

[chrisnatti]

nice verk!

[audiosports]

Queens baby!

[goldplatedballs]

Brooklyn?

[Serten]

Nicely done... that looks very much like Flushing Meadows park...?

[rekluziv]

Beautiful tune. Kinda liquid-y and dewy, and definitely melancholic.