William Basinski
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About William Basinski
William Basinski (Houston, 1958), a New York-based classically-trained clarinetist and saxophonist, specializes in compositions for loops and drones. He began experimenting with compositions for piano and tape that created a melancholy ambience via looped and overdubbed melodies with Variations - A Movement in Chrome Primitive (1980), released on Variations - A Movement in Chrome Primitive (Durtro, 2002 - Die Stadt, 2004), and A Red Score in Tile (1979), released on A Red Score in Tile (3 Poplars, 2003).
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Melancholia II
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Melancholia III
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Melancholia VI
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Melancholia I
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dlp 1.1
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Melancholia V
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92982.3
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dlp 2.1
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Melancholia XIII
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Mono No Aware 1.2
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dlp 1.3
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dlp 1.1.1
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Melancholia X
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Melancholia XI
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Melancholia IV
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Melancholia VII
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Disintegration Loops (1.1 Excerpt I)
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Melancholia IX
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Melancholia VIII
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Melancholia XII
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Melancholia XIV
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Mono No Aware 1.1
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d|p 1.1
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92982.1
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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The Wheel of Fortune
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Paradise Lost
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O, My Daughter, O, My Sorrow
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dlp 1.1.2
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dlp 3
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Tear Vial
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92982.2
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d|p 2.1
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dlp 2.2
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Mono No Aware 1.3
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92982.4
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dlp 1.2
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dlp 1.1.3
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dlp 6
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Watermusic II
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dlp 4
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For David Robert Jones
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dlp 1.1.4
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d|p 2.2
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d|p 3
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dlp 5
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Please, This Shit Has Got To Stop
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Cascade
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dlp 1.1.5
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Evening Scars
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