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William Basinski

Born June 25, 1958

Biography

William Basinski (born 25 June 1958) is an American avant-garde composer based in New York City. 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 rapidly decaying twenty-year-old tapes of his earlier music.

Sound 12

2020s

  1. 2026

    Closure

    Original Music Composer

  2. Severe Clear

    Music

  3. 2025

    Later in the Clearing

    Music

  4. 2022

    Iceland Celeste

    Music

  5. 2021

    Faya Dayi

    Music

  6. Calabasas 1/26/20

    Music

  7. Disintegration Loops

    Original Music Composer

2010s

  1. 2017

    Midwinter Hue

    Music

  2. 2015

    Cascade (The Deluge)

    Music

2000s

  1. 2006

    blueprints on a winter pond

    Music

  2. Sync Up Element

    Music

  3. 2001

    Disintegration Loop 1.1

    Music

Directed 5

2020s

  1. 2022

    Iceland Celeste

    Director

2010s

  1. 2015

    Cascade (The Deluge)

    Director

2000s

  1. 2006

    blueprints on a winter pond

    Director

  2. 2003

    A Red Score in Tile

    Director

  3. 2001

    Disintegration Loop 1.1

    Director

Other crew 2

2010s

  1. 2014

    Disintegration Loops (dlp 5)

    Compositor

  2. 2013

    Disintegration Loops (dlp 6)

    Compositor

Wrote 1

2000s

  1. 2001

    Disintegration Loop 1.1

    Writer

Appearances3

2020s

  1. 2026

    William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops

    Self

  2. 2021

    Disintegration Loops

    Self

2010s

  1. 2019