Pay it Forward: Morris Kolontyrsky on William Basinski
Morris Kolontyrsky of cosmic metal band Blood Incantation praises ambient icon William Basinski, who recently opened a show for them in a Chicago cemetery.
Biennale Musica releases full programme and tickets for its 2025 edition
Biennale Musica has revealed its full programme and opened ticket sales for its 69th edition. Running from 11-25 October in various venues across Venice, the festival will be directed by Italian composer and musician Caterina Barbieri.
William Basinski and Janek Schaefer: …on reflection review
… on reflection is the result of eight years of collaboration between the two ambient auteurs, and is dedicated to the late avant-garde composer Harold Budd
How director David Wexler made the new William Basinski documentary Disintegration Loops
A new documentary from New York filmmaker David Wexler reflects on the legacy of William Basinski’s ambient masterpiece The Disintegration Loops. We catch up with Wexler
Premiere announced for new documentary on William Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops
The David Wexler-directed film will be premiered at SXSW
William Basinski: Time after time
The revered experimental auteur charts a broad range of emotional responses to a most unfortunate year. We meet him for Issue 115
How William Basinski’s masterpiece, The Disintegration Loops, captured a world crumbling around us in slow motion
Over 15 years after its original release, we take a look at how the ambient recordings confronted ideas of death and cyclical change
Nicolas Jaar announced for Rewire Festival 2019
The Dutch event returns to The Hague on 29-31 March
William Basinski to release new album featuring the sounds of black holes
On Time Out of Time is slated for release on 8 March
William Basinski and Lea Bertucci to play Rewire x Korzo
The two artists will play at the event’s 11th edition on 5 October
Actress and the London Contemporary Orchestra unpack their groundbreaking collaboration
We travelled to a rehearsal space in West London to meet Actress and the LCO as they gear up to unveil the album and celebrate its release with a special Barbican performance
Jlin and William Basinski announced for Semibreve Festival 2018
The two-day event is set to stage its eighth edition in Barga, Portugal, on 26-28 October
Jlin, Discwoman, William Basinski and more announced for Ableton Loop
The three-day summit will be taking place at Berlin’s Funkhaus
William Basinski, LEVELZ, Holly Herndon and more announced for Manchester International Festival
BBC Radio host Mary Anne Hobbs has also curated the line-up for the Dark Matter series as part of the festival
William Basinski – A Shadow in Time
Basinski transports the listener into introspective and hypnotic states, ultimately raising questions of our own mortality
William Basinski announces new album with Bowie tribute
William Basinski has announced a new album. A Shadow In Time is coming out on…
At the razor’s edge: Flow Festival reviewed
My sense of what a music festival is comes from being a teenager at psy-trance…
William Basinski added to OFF Festival line-up
The Katowice festival has included the avant-garde composer on its line-up William Basinski has been added…
William Basinski:
Celestial Frequencies
The charismatic composer tells Francis Blagburn about a new, Bowie-dedicated piece and his forthcoming unveiling of Shadow of Time
William Basinski to play Islington’s Union Chapel
Crack Magazine and Metropolis Music are bringing William Basinski to Union Chapel, Islington Groundbreaking classically…