Person · American composer and musician
William Basinski
Albums
56
Members
1
Active
1958–present
Origin
United States
Biography
William 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 rapidly decaying twenty-year-old tapes of his earlier music.
Discography
Watermusic
The Disintegration Loops
The River
A Red Score in Tile
Melancholia
The Disintegration Loops II
The Disintegration Loops III
The Disintegration Loops IV
Watermusic II
Disintegration Loop 1.1
Silent Night
Silent Night
[untitled]
Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive
Variations: A Movement In Chrome Primitive
The Garden of Brokenness
The Garden Of Brokenness
Variations for Piano & Tape
Variations For Piano & Tape
El Camino Real
El Camino Real
Shortwavemusic
92982
92982
On Time Out of Time
Vivian & Ondine
Vivian & Ondine
The Disintegration Loops
Aurora Liminalis
Aurora Liminalis
Nocturnes
Nocturnes
The Disintegration Loops
Cascade
Cascade
Divertissement
Divertissement
The Deluge
The Deluge
The Deluge Live at Issue Project Room
The Deluge (Live At Issue Project Room)
A Shadow in Time
A Shadow In Time
Selva oscura
Selva Oscura
On Time Out Of Time
Hymns of Oblivion
Lamentations
Something From the Pink House
Music for Abandoned Airports: Tegel
“ . . . on reflection ”
. . . On Reflection
The Clocktower at the Beach (1979)
The Clocktower At The Beach (1979)
September 23rd
Aurora terminalis
Credits
Aurora terminalis
September 23rd
My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
To Feel Embraced
Black Ships Ate the Sky
Black Ships Eat the Sky
[untitled]
The Disintegration Loops
The River
Antony and the Johnsons
Shortwavemusic
The Murmurs
You Suck
All I Need To Know
Aurora Liminalis
Divertissement
. . . On Reflection
Pass The Dust, I Think I'm Bowie.
Selva Oscura
Subterraneans
The Disintegration Loops