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William Basinski was born in Houston, Texas, on June 25, 1958, and is is an American experimental musician and composer, currently residing in Los Angeles. Classically trained, he plays clarinet and jazz saxophone, and has worked with various forms of experimental media - sound and video - since 1978, mostly in New York. One of his main compositional tools is the tape loop on reel-to-reel machines, and these also play the main role in his live performances. His work has been released by a variety of internationally based labels, including his own 2062 label.
On a personal level he has always been open with him being gay, and states that his main inspiration comes, to noone's surprise, from other minimalists such as Steve Reich and Brian Eno. Basinski is probably best known for his four-volume album The Disintegration Loops (2002–2003), consisting of decaying twenty-year-old tapes of his earlier music. In 2012, he composed the score for the documentary Pursuit of Loneliness that premiered at Sundance Jan. 22 that year.
William Basinski, support: Hinako Omori
Niebo, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
William Basinski
The Button Factory, Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
2025
2024
2023
2022
2022
2021
Not On Label (William Basinski Self-released)
File, WAV, EP
2020
Not On Label (William Basinski Self-released)
11xFile, FLAC, Album
2020
2062
File, FLAC, Album
2020
Temporary Residence Limited
12xFile, MP3, Album, 320
2020
2019
2018
2017
2015
SASSAS Records
LP, Album, Ltd, Num
2015
2015
2015
2015
2013
2013
2012
2009
2009
2008
2062
2xFile, FLAC
2007
2006
2005
2004
2004
2004
2004
2003
Robot Records
2x7", Cle
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2002
2002
2001
1998
2023
PLZ
LP, Album
2018
Western Vinyl
6xFile, WAV, 16-
2011
2023
Cold Spring, Cold Spring
CD, Album
2023
Cold Spring
2xCD, Comp, Smplr
2020
1995
Not On Label
Cass, Ltd
1995
1995
1994
MCA Records
CD, Single, Comp, Promo
1994
MCA Records Canada, CHRW Radio Western 94.7 FM
CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr
1994
MCA Records
Cass, Smplr
1994
1994
1992
Arcadia Records (2)
CD, Album
2023
Rebis Music
7", Lig
2023
Rebis Music
7", Single
2023
2020
2017
2015
Luv N' Haight
12", Pin
2014
2013
Not On Label (Roger Robinson Self-Released)
5xFile, MP3, Comp, 320
2012
mnml ssgs
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2011
NPR
4xFile, MP3, 128
2010
2006
Durtro, Jnana Records
5xCD, Comp + Box
2006
2006
2000
1990
Newsic, Wacoal Art Center
CD, Album
1987
SOS Records (4)
12"
1987
GL Productions (4)
LP, Album
1979
2024
Electronic Sound
2xCD, Comp
2023
Sacred Bones Records
Cass, Club, Ltd, Mixtape
2020
Uncut (2), Uncut (2)
CD, Comp
2020
Bleep (2)
100xFile, MP3, Comp, 320
2019
Blowing Up The Workshop
File, MP3, Mixed, Mixtape, 320
2019
Sacred Bones Records
Cass, Mixtape
2018
A Strangely Isolated Place
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2017
Stereo Deluxe
2xCD, Comp
2017
FACT Magazine
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2017
FACT Magazine
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2016
Bruits De Fond
File, FLAC, Mixed
2015
A Strangely Isolated Place
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2015
FACT Magazine
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2015
2014
Resident Advisor
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2014
Not On Label (TCF Self-released)
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2014
Headphone Commute
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2014
R & S Records
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2014
2013
Secret Thirteen Journal
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2013
Denovali Records
File, MP3, Mixed, Smplr, 320
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William Basinski, support: Hinako Omori
Niebo, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
William Basinski
The Button Factory, Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland