
Artist
William Basinski
William Basinski is an ambient artist formed in 1958. 48 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
- 48
- Releases
- 2001–2025
- Active years
- 1958
- Formed

Artist
William Basinski is an ambient artist formed in 1958. 48 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Most popular
The Disintegration Loops
2002 · 2 tracks

Melancholia
2003

The Disintegration Loops IV
2003

Watermusic II
2003

The Disintegration Loops II
2003

Watermusic
2001

Cascade
2015

The Disintegration Loops III
2003

El Camino Real
2007

92982
2009

Aurora Liminalis
2013

Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive
2004

Nocturnes
2013

Shortwavemusic
2007

Variations for Piano & Tape
2006

A Red Score in Tile
2003

Silent Night
2004

The River
2002

Vivian & Ondine
2009

The Garden of Brokenness
2005

Aurora Terminalis
2025

The Disintegration Loops (Arcadia Archive Edition)
2025

Lullabies (Remix by William Basinski and Gary Wright)
2025

Aurora Terminalis (excerpt 2)
2024

Aurora Terminalis (excerpt 1)
2024

September 23rd
2024

September 23rd (Excerpt 1)
2024

The Clocktower at the Beach (1979)
2023

The Clocktower at the Beach (1979) (Excerpt 1)
2023

The Clocktower at the Beach (1979) (Excerpt 2)
2023

“ . . . on reflection “
2022

Lamentations
2020

On Time Out of Time
2019

Selva Oscura
2018

A Shadow In Time
2017

The Deluge Live at Issue Project Room
2015
The Deluge
2015
Divertissement
2015

Untitled 1-3
2008
[untitled]
2004

My Way My Love (Remix by William Basinski and Gary Wright)
Single · 2025

dlp 1.1.1 (Remastered)
Single · 2025

. . . on reflection (one)
Single · 2022

. . . on reflection (three)
Single · 2022

Tear Vial
Single · 2020

The Wheel of Fortune
Single · 2020

O, My Daughter, O, My Sorrow
Single · 2020

4(E+D)4(ER=EPR)
Single · 2019
William Basinski (born June 25, 1958) is an American avant-garde composer based in Los Angeles, California. 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.