WILLIAM BASINSKI
William Basinski har sine rødder i den klassiske kompositionsmusik som bl.a. klarinettist og jazzsaxofonist, og han har i over 30 år arbejdet med eksperimenterende musik og videokunst.
De fire albums 'The Disintegration Loops' (2002-2004) står som et lysende mesterværk, og da den samlede boks blev genudgivet i 2012 gik det heller ikke ubemærket forbi anmelderne, og Pitchfork kvitterede med "best re-issue" topkarakteren 10.
Med inspiration fra Brian Eno og Steve Reich har Basinski udviklet sig eget meditative, repetitive, sfæriske og melankolske udtryk ved at eksperimentere med loops og delay af gamle båndoptagelser, hvid støj og reallyde. Dette har resulteret i mange udsolgte koncerter verden over, herunder den seneste koncert i København på Jazzhouse i foråret 2016.
Basinski er en produktiv avantgardekunstner og åbnede i 1989 et performace space og studie, "Arcadia", i Williamsburg, NY, hvor artister som Antony, Diamanda Galás og The Murmurs har optrådt. Han har desuden samarbejdet med kunstfilmskaberen James Elaine, skabt musikken til Robert Wilsons opera 'The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic'.
"When I started, I didn’t know if I was composing or not. But I was painting with sound, making something out of nothing" - Læs Crack Magazines interview med Basinski
William Basinski turnerer nu med udgangspunkt i sit seneste værk 'A Shadow in Time (for David Robert Jones)', der står til at udkomme i efteråret 2016.
"The album (Cascade/The Deluge) is perfectly-titled: this is music that swirls over the listener like a waterfall, albeit the gentlest, most intoxicating waterfall one can imagine." - The Quietus
"I was gripped by the sublime beauty of the repeating music and I was lost in my own world completely. But then as it started to break apart and silence took over I started to become aware of what was around me. I could hear the engines, the rattle of the tracks, and the voices of people in the subway car. The music had me thinking about the biggest questions-- why we are here and how we exist and what it all means. And then as the last crackle faded and the music was no more, I took in my surroundings and looked around at the faces and I was right there with everybody and we were alive." - Pitchfork
YEN TOWERS
Yen Towers er Simon Formann solo (Age Coin og tidl. Lower).
