William Basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has been working in experimental media for over 25 years in nyc. his haunting and melancholy soundscapes explore the temporal nature of life resounding with the reverberations of memory and the mystery of time. his epic 4-disc masterwork, the disintegration loops received international critical acclaim and was chosen as one of the top 50 albums of 2004 by pitchfork media. art forum selected the river, his transcendental 2-disc shortwave music experiment on raster-n... Read more

William Basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has been working in experimental media for over 25 years in nyc. his haunting and melancholy soundscapes explore the temporal nature of life resounding with the reverberations of memory and the mystery of time. his epic 4-disc masterwork, the disintegration loops received international critical acclaim and was chosen as one of the top 50 albums of 2004 by pitchfork media. art forum selected the river, his transcendental 2-disc shortwave music experiment on raster-noton.de, germany as one of the top ten albums of 2003. his concerts and installations and films made in collaboration with artist-filmmaker, james elaine have been presented internationally, most recently at the venice biennale of music, venice, italy, happy new ears festival, belgium, focus one festival, poland, filosophia festival, carpi, italy, cite de la musique, paris, among others. basinski’s latest albums, “92982″ and “vivian & ondine” were released in spring 2009 on 2062/usa and distributed internationally. his entire catalog is available for digital download through i-tunes, amazon.con, and numerous legitimate digital retailers worldwide. basinski’s works are distributed in europe by die stadtmusik.de, in the u.k. by cargo records.co.uk, in japan by p*dis distribution and in the united states by forcedexposure.com. digital distribution through cargorecords.uk.co booking agent: danilo pellegrinelli, www.shaktimusic.ch www.mmlxii.com

UPDATE: Due to an overwhelming number of RSVPs, we will now present two performances from William Basinski at 7pm and 9pm. The second show will be followed by a reception. If you have already RSVP’d, we ask that you please re-RSVP for either the early or late show. Thank you!

ISSUE Project Room invites you to join us for the second public performance at ISSUE Project Room’s future home. William Basinski will present the hauntingly beautiful “Vivian and Ondine” at the former Board of Education Building at 110 Livingston. The performance will feature light by Seth Kirby and Brock Monroe — members of The Joshua Light Show and Light & Sound Design (LSD).

6:30pm, Doors for Early Show
7pm, Early Show Performance

8:30pm, Doors for Late Show

9:00pm, Late Show Performance
10:30pm, Post-Show Reception

RSVP required: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGI5dWE3Y3F1bEFpUFVuTVBvaGlwalE6MQ