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William Basinski

WILLIAM BASINSKI

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Variations: A Movement In Chrome Primitive

2004

Watermusic II

Watermusic II

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Shortwavemusic

1998

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The Clocktower at the Beach (1979)

The Clocktower at the Beach (1979)

2023

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Selva Oscura

2018

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Cascade

2015

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Nocturnes

2013

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Vivian & Ondine

2009

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Variations For Piano & Tape

2006

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The Garden Of Brokenness

2005

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Silent Night

2004

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The Disintegration Loops II (Remastered)

The Disintegration Loops II (Remastered)

The Disintegration Loops III (Remastered)

The Disintegration Loops III (Remastered)

The Disintegration Loops IV (Remastered)

The Disintegration Loops IV (Remastered)

The Disintegration Loops (Remastered)

The Disintegration Loops (Remastered)

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A Shadow in Time

A Shadow in Time

Lamentations

Lamentations

El Camino Real

El Camino Real

Melancholia

Melancholia

The Disintegration Loops I-IV

The Disintegration Loops I-IV

On Time Out of Time

On Time Out of Time

The Disintegration Loops II

The Disintegration Loops II

The Disintegration Loops III

The Disintegration Loops III

Tracks by William Basinski

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  8. A Ring of SmokeHYMNS OF OBLIVION
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  10. All These Too, I, I LoveLamentations
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O, My Daughter, O, My Sorrow

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The Chemistry of Life

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Because

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The Glass of Gloom

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The Abandoned Fields

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Time

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Within This Dark I Heard You

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