William Basinski
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- 25 June 1958
William Basinski (born 25 June 1958) is an American avant-garde composer based in New York City. 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.
Known for
Sound 13
- 2026Severe Clear · music
- 2026Closure · original music composer
- 2025Later in the Clearing · music
- 2022Iceland Celeste · music
- 2021Faya Dayi · music
- 2021Calabasas 1/26/20 · music
- 2021Disintegration Loops · original music composer
- 2017Midwinter Hue · music
- 2015Cascade (The Deluge) · music
- 2006blueprints on a winter pond · music
- 2006Sync Up Element · music
- 2003Melancholia · music
- 2001Disintegration Loop 1.1 · music
Acting 3
- 2026William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops as Self
- 2021Disintegration Loops as Self
- 2019Other Music as Self
Directing 6
- 2022Iceland Celeste · director
- 2015Cascade (The Deluge) · director
- 2006blueprints on a winter pond · director
- 2003A Red Score in Tile · director
- 2003Melancholia · director
- 2001Disintegration Loop 1.1 · director
Writing 2
- 2020Limits · musical
- 2001Disintegration Loop 1.1 · writer
crew 2
- 2014Disintegration Loops (dlp 5) · compositor
- 2013Disintegration Loops (dlp 6) · compositor