It should be obvious that technology has the power to dramatically change the face of music. The electric guitar gave birth to modern blues and rock and roll. Drum machines gave us hip hop and house.

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Composer and tape loop artist William Basinski will be on tour this fall, including appearances at Boise’s Treefort Music Festival, Miami’s III Points and Hudson, NY’s Basilica Soundscape, and ...

Basinski's new album A Shadow in Time contains some of his strongest work since The Disintegration Loops introduced him to the world at large. As with all Basinski’s work, there’s a tantalizing ...

For those of you that don’t know, The Disintegration Loops is a longform ambient work constructed by composer William Basinski. According to lore, Basinski was in the process of transferring ...

Years ago, the new age composer Robert Rich regularly set up speakers, invited an audience, and performed soft, lilting music specifically meant for slumber. Known as “sleep concerts,” the shows made ...

As a child, avant-garde composer William Basinski was playing penny poker with several of his 28 cousins when an uncle, prominent Texas politician Hank Grover, happened by. Basinski hadn't won a ...

David Wexler’s short documentary, Disintegration Loops, explores the work and legacy of composer and experimental musician William Basinski. The film focuses primarily on Basinki’s best-known work: ...

William Basinski's The Disintegration Loops is arguably the definitive piece of 9/11-inspired art, but David Wexler's documentary of the same name has its eye on a different mass tragedy. The ...

Everyone of a certain age was changed by 9/11, even if that change was incredibly small. You might be multiple steps removed from those who lost a loved one on that day, but 9/11 probably taught you ...