"1958Z"^^ . . . . . . "Basinski, William"@en . . "non_vocal_instrumentalist" . "American composer" . "William Basinski"@en . . . . "1978Z"^^ . . "William Basinski (born 1958) is an avant-garde composer based in New York. He is also a clarinetist, saxophonist, sound artist, and video artist.Basinski is best known for his four-volume album The Disintegration Loops (2002\u20132003), constructed from rapidly decaying twenty-year-old tapes of his earlier music."@en . . . . .