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William Basinski | |
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 William Basinski performing live at the Empty Bottle in 2005. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) |
| Origin | Houston |
| Genres | Experimental, ambient, tape music, process music |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Labels | Raster-Noton, 2062 Records, Temporary Residence Limited, Spekk, Durtro, Die Stadt, Line |
| Website | www |
William Basinski (born 1958) is an avant-garde composer based in New York City.[1] 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.[2]
Biography
William Basinski was born in 1958 in Houston, Texas.[3] A classically trained clarinetist, he studied jazz saxophone and composition at North Texas State University in the late 1970s. In 1978, inspired by minimalists such as Steve Reich and Brian Eno,[4] he began developing his own vocabulary using tape loops and old reel-to-reel tape decks. He developed his meditative, melancholy style experimenting with short looped melodies played against themselves creating feedback loops.[citation needed]
His first release was Shortwavemusic. Although created in 1983, it was first released on vinyl in a small edition in 1998 by Carsten Nicolai's Raster-Noton label. This was followed by Watermusic, self-released in 2000 on Basinski's 2062 Records. Another 2-disc work was Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive, 1980: it was finally released in 2004 by David Tibet on the Durtro/Die Stadt label. At the time this work was created, Basinski was experimenting with compositions for piano and tape loops.[citation needed]
Throughout the 1980s, Basinski created a vast archive of experimental works using tape loop and delay systems, found sounds, and shortwave radio static. He was a member of many bands including Gretchen Langheld Ensemble and House Afire. In 1989, he opened his own performance space, "Arcadia" at 118 N. 11th Street.[5] In the 1990s, he performed and produced records and intimate underground shows there for various NYC artists including Antony, Diamanda Galás, Rasputina, The Murmurs, and his own ad-hoc experimental electronic/improvisation band, Life on Mars.[citation needed] In 2000, he made a film titled Fountain with artists James Elaine and Roger Justice.[citation needed]
In August and September 2001, he set to work on what would become his most recognizable piece, the four-volume album The Disintegration Loops. The recordings were based on old tape loops which had degraded in quality. While attempting to salvage the recordings in a digital format, the tapes slowly crumbled and left a timestamp history of their demise.[6][7][8][9]
Discography
Studio albums
- Shortwavemusic (1998, Raster-Noton)
- Watermusic (2000, 2062 Records)
- The Disintegration Loops (2002, 2062 Records)
- The River (2002, Raster-Noton)
- The Disintegration Loops II (2003, 2062 Records)
- Watermusic II (2003, 2062 Records)
- Melancholia (2003, 2062 Records)
- The Disintegration Loops III (2003, 2062 Records)
- A Red Score in Tile (2003, Three Poplars)
- The Disintegration Loops IV (2003, 2062 Records)
- Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive (2004, Durtro/Die Stadt)
- Untitled (2004, Spekk) (with Richard Chartier)
- Silent Night (2004, 2062 Records)
- The Garden of Brokenness (2006, 2062 Records)
- Variations for Piano and Tape (2006, 2062 Records)
- El Camino Real (2007, 2062 Records)
- 92982 (2009, 2062 Records)
- Vivian & Ondine (2009, 2062 Records)
- Aurora Liminalis (2013, Line) (with Richard Chartier)
- Nocturnes (2013, 2062 Records)
- Cascade (2015, 2062 Records)
- The Deluge (2015, 2062 Records)
- Divertissement (2015, Important Records) (with Richard Chartier)
- A Shadow in Time (2017, 2062 Records)
- Selva Oscura (2018, Temporary Residence Limited) (with Lawrence English)
Compilation albums
- The Disintegration Loops (2012, Temporary Residence Limited)
See also
References
- ^ Lester, Paul (11 October 2010). "New band of the day – No 884: William Basinski". The Guardian.
- ^ Medwin, Marc (1 October 2012). "William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops". Dusted Magazine.
- ^ "William Basinski". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ Catalano, Nicola (2004). "William Basinski + Richard Chartier interview". spekk. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ "William Basinski". Flaunt. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ Tangari, Joe (8 April 2004). "The Disintegration Loops I-IV - Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ Simmons, Ian. "The Disintegration Loops - Review". nthposition. Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Mason, James. "Disintegration Loops 3 - Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ Levaux, Christophe (2014). "William Basinski, The Disintegration Loops. De l'érosion de l'espace sonore. L'antithèse totaliste". Revue et corrigée (101): 24–27.
External links
- Official website
- William Basinski discography at Discogs
- William Basinski at IMDb
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