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William Basinski

William James 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.

Albums

2002 The Disintegration Loops
2002 The River
2003 The Disintegration Loops III
2003 Melancholia
2003 A Red Score in Tile
2003 The Disintegration Loops IV
2003 The Disintegration Loops II
2004 Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive
2005 The Garden of Brokenness
2006 Variations for Piano & Tape
2007 El Camino Real
2007 Shortwavemusic
2009 92982
2009 Vivian & Ondine
2013 Nocturnes
2015 The Deluge
2015 Cascade
2017 A Shadow in Time
2019 On Time Out of Time
2020 Hymns of Oblivion
2020 Lamentations
2021 Music for Abandoned Airports: Tegel
2023 The Clocktower at the Beach (1979)
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