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: ...

The four volumes of William Basinski's ambient masterpiece have been gathered into a gorgeous and impressive 9xLP, 5xCD box set, including two previously unreleased live performances. Save this story ...

For over 30 years, William Basinski has worked with tape loops. A stunning vinyl box set collects his best-known work, The Disintegration Loops, a... Divinity From Dust: The Healing Power Of 'The ...

The composer’s ambient masterwork, created from disintegrating magnetic tape, became synonymous with 9/11. When he made it, his own life was falling apart. The composer’s ambient masterwork, created ...

It is an epic piece of music that literally falls apart – and it perfectly captured the end-of-days chaos after the tragedy. Composer William Basinski and musician Anohni recall its febrile birth in ...

The instrumental hip hop track ‘Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel’ features a scratched in sample from The Hellers song ‘Life Story’, during which the narrator is reluctantly persuaded to ...

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William Basinski has lived on both American coasts, but I know a Southern gentleman when I hear one. The ambient music composer, who grew up in Texas, is on vacation visiting the Celeste ranch of his ...

You are slowly being destroyed. It's imperceptible in the scheme of a day or a week or even a ... Save this story Save this story You are slowly being destroyed. It's imperceptible in the scheme of a ...