Selva Oscura is a collaborative studio album by American musician William Basinski and Australian musician Lawrence English. It was released on October 12, 2018, through Temporary Residence Limited.
William Basinski is an American musician based in Los Angeles. Lawrence English is an Australian musician based in Brisbane. Selva Oscura is their debut collaborative album. It was recorded in Los Angeles and Brisbane simultaneously. It consists of two tracks: "Mono no Aware" and "Selva Oscura". The album's title is taken from Dante's Inferno. The album is dedicated to experimental filmmaker Paul Clipson, a close friend of Basinski and English, who died in February 2018. It was released on October 12, 2018, through Temporary Residence Limited.
Brian Howe of Pitchfork stated, "The two 20-minute pieces here hew closer to English's clean, burnished style than Basinski's looser, danker one, with more smoothly layered hums than creepy decay." William Lewis of Drowned in Sound wrote, "Dense and constant yet in an eternal state of delicate movement, sounds appear and recede in almost indistinguishable patterns creating the sense of 'eternal reveal' so desired." Erik Otis of XLR8R called it "one of the defining ambient albums of 2018."
Credits adapted from liner notes.