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William James Basinski (born June 25, 1958) is an American avant-garde composer based in Los Angeles, California. He is also a clarinetist, saxophonist, sound artist, and video artist.
How Dallas-raised Basinski’s life of trauma and creation prepared him to compose ‘The Disintegration Loops’ and console a grieving nation.
The Disintegration Loops is a series of four albums by the American avant-garde composer William Basinski, released in 2002 and 2003. The albums comprise tape loop recordings played for extended time, with noise and cracks increasing as the tape deteriorated .
Nov 13, 2020 · William Basinski’s reputation as the foremost producer of profound meditations on death and decay has long been established, but on his new album, Lamentations, he transforms operatic tragedy into abyssal beauty.
William Basinski + Lawrence English A Shadow in Time Divertissement William Basinski + Richard Chartier The Deluge Melancholia Cascade The Garden of Brokenness The River Nocturnes about. William ...
Nov 19, 2012 · The four volumes of William Basinski's ambient masterpiece have been gathered into a gorgeous and impressive 9xLP, 5xCD box set, including two previously unreleased live performances.
Apr 25, 2017 · 5-10-15-20. William Basinski on the Music That Made Him. The 58-year-old experimental composer on how Brian Eno inspired him to make his own subversive ambient sounds in the ’70s, what it...
Nov 15, 2012 · With William Basinski's Arcadia Series opening this week in London, Robert Barry speaks with Basinski, Michael Gira and Rhys Chatham to trace the rich history of New York's artist-run loft spaces and the pioneering music they fostered
May 6, 2022 · Two decades of experimental "obscurity" vanished alongside the twin towers. "I mean, let's face it," shrugged Basinski last week on Google Chat, his own visage degenerating onscreen somewhere...
Nov 15, 2012 · Ambient music composer William Basinski says the four-volume work, now a box set, saved his life. James Elaine William Basinski has lived on both American coasts, but I know a Southern...
