Person
William Basinski
Sound · Born 1958-06-25
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.
Known for
Midwinter Hue
Music
Closure
Original Music Composer
Other Music
Self
Faya Dayi
Music
A Red Score in Tile
Director
Melancholia
Director
Disintegration Loop 1.1
Director
Iceland Celeste
Director
Limits
Musical
Calabasas 1/26/20
Music
Filmography
- 2026ClosureOriginal Music Composer
- 2025Later in the ClearingMusic
- 2022Iceland CelesteDirector
- 2021Faya DayiMusic
- 2021Calabasas 1/26/20Music
- 2021Disintegration LoopsSelf
- 2020LimitsMusical
- 2019Other MusicSelf
- 2017Midwinter HueMusic
- 2015Cascade (The Deluge)Director
- 2014Disintegration Loops (dlp 5)Compositor
- 2013Disintegration Loops (dlp 6)Compositor
- 2006blueprints on a winter pondDirector
- 2006Sync Up ElementMusic
- 2003A Red Score in TileDirector
- 2003MelancholiaDirector
- 2001Disintegration Loop 1.1Director
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