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William Basinski
American composer and musician
Since 1958
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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.
Basinski is best known for his four-volume album The Disintegration Loops (2002–2003), constructed from gradually decaying twenty-year-old tapes of his earlier music.
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William James Basinski, né le 25 juin 1958 à Houston (États-Unis), est un compositeur et saxophoniste américain.
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Discography
Albums
- 2001 Watermusic
- 2002 The Disintegration Loops
- 2002 The River
- 2003 Melancholia
- 2003 The Disintegration Loops II
- 2003 The Disintegration Loops III
- 2003 The Disintegration Loops IV
- 2003 A Red Score in Tile
- 2004 [untitled]
- 2004 Silent Night
- 2004 Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive
- 2005 The Garden of Brokenness
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- 2006 Variations for Piano & Tape
- 2007 Shortwavemusic
- 2007 El Camino Real
- 2009 On Time Out of Time
- 2009 92982
- 2009 Vivian & Ondine
- 2013 Aurora Liminalis
- 2013 Nocturnes
- 2015 Cascade
- 2015 The Deluge
- 2015 Divertissement
- 2017 A Shadow in Time
- 2018 Selva oscura
- 2020 Hymns of Oblivion
- 2020 Something From the Pink House
- 2020 Lamentations
- 2021 Music for Abandoned Airports: Tegel
- 2022 “ . . . on reflection ”
- 2023 The Clocktower at the Beach (1979)
- 2024 September 23rd
- 2025 Aurora terminalis
- 2026 Passing the Cup of Sorrows
EPs
- 1998 Shortwavemusic
- 2003 [untitled]
- 2003 [untitled]
- 2013 The Disintegration Loops (rework)
- 2022 Subterraneans
Singles
- 2003 Watermusic II
- 2019 4(E+D)4(ER=EPR)
- 2020 Tear Vial
