You know, when I first went into the studio that day — it was a beautiful summer day in New York — I was panicking because I didn’t have any work and was about to be evicted. I picked up this little ...

Loop guru With The Disintegration Loops, minimalist composer and tape-smith William Basinski created one of the most enduring and intriguing statements in ambient music. This five-hour suit ...

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Composer and tape loop artist William Basinski will be on tour this fall, including appearances at Boise’s Treefort Music Festival, Miami’s III Points and Hudson, NY’s Basilica Soundscape, and ...

Few pieces of ambient music slap as hard as William Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops, a series of four albums released in 2002 and 2003. Is it appropriate to call such an elegant audio rendering of ...

New Yorker William Basinski has been involved in music for more than two decades–he’s played saxophone in a variety of experimental contexts and helps run Arcadia, a Brooklyn performance space. But ...

William Basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has been working in experimental media for over 30 years in NYC and most recently, California. Employing obsolete technology and ...

Due to expected severe weather, Luminaria has cancelled and/or postponed a number of outdoor events and exhibitions. Indoor Luminaria events will go on as planned. For a list of Luminaria ...

There may be no greater gulf between an artist’s onstage persona and their music than that of William Basinski. At least that was my impression when I caught a set by the composer in Amsterdam earlier ...

William Basinski has announced his first tour in two years. The 13-date trek kicks off on September 11 in New York and wraps up on October 22 in Miami. The composer will also stop off in Philadelphia, ...

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 ...