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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 ...

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 ...

For those of you that don’t know, The Disintegration Loops is a longform ambient work constructed by composer William Basinski. According to lore, Basinski was in the process of transferring ...

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: ...

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 ...

Better than: An hour-long recreation of Look Sharp! In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell with Roxette’s “Listen to Your Heart” playing in the background. That might not be entirely true, but surely the ...

As a child, avant-garde composer William Basinski was playing penny poker with several of his 28 cousins when an uncle, prominent Texas politician Hank Grover, happened by. Basinski hadn't won a ...

William Basinski created the ambient album The Disintegration Loops I-IV in his Brooklyn apartment during the months surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the ...

"Trying to make something from nothing..." An early festival promo trailer has debuted for a documentary film titled Disintegration Loops, which is premiering at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival this week.

Ambient music is often a bit of a blank slate. Without a rhythm to follow, it can often settle deep into the background of a listener’s mind, blending seamlessly into their thoughts and actions. Its ...

Stephen Cramer‘s The Disintegration Loops comes at the reader in leaps and bounds. Author of six previous books of poems and a volume of translations, and editor of the anthology Turn It Up! Music in ...