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 ...

It is hard to say what mood I need to be in to have the urge to put on The Disintegration Loops, because it is hard to say ...

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 ...

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David Wexler’s short documentary, Disintegration Loops, explores the work and legacy of composer and experimental musician William Basinski. The film focuses primarily on Basinki’s best-known work: ...

Composer and producer William Basinski’s claim to fame started when he took 20 year old, decaying tapes and transformed them into The Disintegration Loops. From then on he’s made a handful of other ...

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 ...

When William Basinski first started making the sort of music he’d come to be known for — after he’d moved to San Francisco for the “rich sounds” of its fog and hills and creaking cable cars — he ...

As the 20th anniversary of 911 looms near William Basinski contemplates the enduring legacy of The Disintegration Loops his elegy to the 2001 Attacks while ...