It is hard to say what mood I need to be in to have the urge to put on The Disintegration Loops, because it is hard to say what mood they express. The same five- or 10-second loop, so obviously ...

How Dallas-raised Basinski’s life of trauma and creation prepared him to compose The Disintegration Loops and console a grieving nation. Like millions of Americans, William Basinski was shattered by ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X On the eve of an album release, most musicians are almost giddy. Fueled by pride in their new ...

The composer’s ambient masterwork, created from disintegrating magnetic tape, became synonymous with 9/11. When he made it, his own life was falling apart. The composer’s ambient masterwork, created ...

Replay: In many respects sampling has made us rather complacent in the way we build up music. As a chance late-night rewatching of The Making of Dark Side of the Moon proves, back in the day creating ...

Fans of vinyl music or the once-popular ⅛-inch tape cassettes may share the same appreciation I do for the imperfections of an analog medium. Hearing a needle skipping over a scratch, or the crinkled ...