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
Closure
Original Music Composer
Other Music
Self
Disintegration Loops (dlp 6)
Compositor
Midwinter Hue
Music
Iceland Celeste
Director
Faya Dayi
Music
Melancholia
Director
Calabasas 1/26/20
Music
Disintegration Loops (dlp 5)
Compositor
Disintegration Loop 1.1
Director
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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