William Basinski was born in 1958 in Houston, Texas is a classically trained clarinetist who studied jazz saxophone and composition at North Texas State University in the late 1970s. In 1978 he gained inspiration from minimalists such as Steve Reich and Brian Eno, when he began developing his own vocabulary using tape loops and old reel-to-reel tape decks. Basinski developed his meditative, melancholy style experimenting with short looped melodies played against themselves creating feedback loops.
From 1998 and his very first studio album Shortwavemusic, up until now, Basinski has released a grand total of 28 studio albums. The latest of which entitled On Time Out of Time dropped on 2 March under Temporary Residence Ltd. stands as testament to the composure’s skill in ambience.
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