William Basinski

William Basinski
Basinski performing live at the Empty Bottle in 2005
Background information
Born (1958-06-25) June 25, 1958 (age 66)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • musician
Years active1978–present
Labels
Member ofSparkle Division
Websitemmlxii.com

William James Basinski[1] (born June 25, 1958) is an American avant-garde composer based in Los Angeles, California.[2] He is also a clarinetist, saxophonist, sound artist, and video artist.[3]

Basinski is best known for his four-volume album The Disintegration Loops (2002–2003), constructed from gradually decaying twenty-year-old tapes of his earlier music.[4]

Biography

Early life

William James Basinski was born in 1958 in Houston, Texas.[5] He was raised in a Catholic family,[6] and states that he had his first "really mystical, wonderful, magical" musical experiences as an infant at Houston's St. Anne Church.[5] His father was a scientist contracted to NASA, which caused the family to move often.[5] Basinski says he knew that he was gay from an early age.[5]

A classically trained clarinetist, Basinski studied jazz saxophone and composition at the University of North Texas in the late 1970s. In 1978 inspired by minimalists such as Steve Reich and Brian Eno,[7] he began developing his own vocabulary using tape loops and old reel-to-reel tape decks.[8] He developed his meditative, melancholy style experimenting with short looped melodies played against themselves creating feedback loops.[3]

Career

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 sub-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.[3]

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.[9] On one occasion, he opened for David Bowie, playing saxophone with rockabilly band The Rockats.[5] Basinski would later dedicate a track from A Shadow in Time to Bowie.

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.[10][11][12][13]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

  • The Disintegration Loops (2012, Temporary Residence Limited)[39]

Film scores

See also

References

  1. ^ "A RING OF SMOKE". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "William Basinski at Bandcamp". May 17, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "William Basinski | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Medwin, Marc (October 1, 2012). "William Basinski – The Disintegration Loops". Dusted Magazine.
  5. ^ a b c d e Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (April 10, 2019). "'I wanted to be David Bowie': music maverick William Basinski". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Gotrich, Lars (November 15, 2012). "Divinity From Dust: The Healing Power Of 'The Disintegration Loops'". NPR.
  7. ^ Catalano, Nicola (2004). "William Basinski + Richard Chartier interview". spekk. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  8. ^ Beta, Andy (August 15, 2021). "Twenty Years Ago, William Basinski Witnessed 9/11—and Memorialized It in Music". Texas Monthly. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  9. ^ "William Basinski". Flaunt. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  10. ^ Tangari, Joe (April 8, 2004). "The Disintegration Loops I-IV – Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  11. ^ Simmons, Ian. "The Disintegration Loops – Review". nthposition. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  12. ^ Mason, James. "Disintegration Loops 3 – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  13. ^ Levaux, Christophe (2014). "William Basinski, The Disintegration Loops. De l'érosion de l'espace sonore. L'antithèse totaliste". Revue et corrigée (101): 24–27.
  14. ^ "William Basinski: Shortwave Music". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  15. ^ "William Basinski: The River". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  16. ^ "William Basinski: Melancholia". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  17. ^ "Reviews | William Basinski". The Quietus. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  18. ^ "William Basinski + Richard Chartier :: Untitled 1-3 (Line)". Igloo Magazine. May 10, 2008. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  19. ^ "William Basinski: Silent Night / Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive". Pitchfork. February 15, 2005. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  20. ^ "William Basinski: The Garden of Brokenness". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  21. ^ "William Basinski: Variations for Piano and Tape". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  22. ^ "William Basinski: 92982". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  23. ^ Fact (January 29, 2010). "William Basinski: Vivian & Ondine". Fact Magazine. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  24. ^ "Music Review: William Basinski - Aurora Liminalis". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  25. ^ "William Basinski: Nocturnes". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  26. ^ "Music Review: William Basinski - Nocturnes". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  27. ^ "William Basinski: Cascade / The Deluge". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  28. ^ "The Quietus | Reviews | William Basinski". The Quietus. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  29. ^ "Album Review: William Basinski - Cascade/The Deluge". DrownedInSound. August 7, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  30. ^ "William Basinski & Richard Chartier :: Divertissment (Important)". Igloo Magazine. December 12, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  31. ^ Mongredien, Phil (January 22, 2017). "A Shadow in Time: William Basinski review – multilayered and hypnotic". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  32. ^ "Album Review: William Basinski & Lawrence English - Selva Oscura". DrownedInSound. October 12, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  33. ^ "William Basinski / Lawrence English: Selva Oscura". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  34. ^ "Album Review: William Basinski - On Time Out of Time". DrownedInSound. March 8, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  35. ^ "William Basinski continues to explore new possibilities on rewarding new LP". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  36. ^ "William Basinski Releases New Album Hymns of Oblivion". Pitchfork. March 21, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  37. ^ "William Basinski: Lamentations". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  38. ^ "William Basinski / Janek Schaefer: . . . On Reflection". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  39. ^ "William Basinski: The Disintegration Loops". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 26, 2023.

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