William Basinski (The Disintegration Loops) with Sondre Lerche
About this episode
Sondre Lerche and William Basinski discuss their musical journeys and influences.
On this week’s Talkhouse Podcast, we’ve got two guys who might seem miles apart musically, but who are fans of each other’s work nonetheless. It’s Sondre Lerche and William Basinski. Lerche is the Norwegian pop master who’s released a ton of amazing records over the past couple of decades. He’s flirted with jazzy sounds and more straightforward chamber pop, and he’s also spent time doing soundtrack work. His career took an interesting turn recently with a starring role in the stage musical Moulin Rouge!, which kept him away from his own music-making for a while. But he returns now with Acrobats, a gorgeously rendered album on which he tries to reconcile falling in love with life in what feels like a cruel world. (Don’t worry, you can still sing along.) Check out the song “Little Kids” from Acrobats right here. You know what you probably won’t be singing along to? William Basinski’s breakthrough ambient masterpiece The Disintegration Loops. If you’re not familiar, The Disintegration Loops came about when Basinski began recording the sound of some of his older works, which were on magnetic tape, decaying. Looped over the course of about five hours, the sounds are mesmerizing and…
People in this episode
Host: Talkhouse
Guests: Sondre Lerche, William Basinski
Topics covered
- music
- ambient
- interviews
- pop
- art
- soundtrack
Keywords
- Sondre Lerche
- William Basinski
- The Disintegration Loops
- Acrobats
- ambient music
- Moulin Rouge!
- interview
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Moulin Rouge!
Books & works: The Disintegration Loops, Acrobats
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