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William Basinski

William Basinski is a person from the US, active since 1958.

Person US since 1958 tape music ambient minimalism
TOTAL PLAYS
74
SONGS PLAYED
35
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2012-01-22 18:24 · 6 Music — "Melancholia 2"
LAST PLAYED
6 months ago · 6 Music — "Watermusic II"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2012 — 2025
20 15 10 5 0
'12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 55 74%
Radio 1 13 18%
1Xtra 6 8%
Radio 2 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 00:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Melancholia II 8 2025-05-11
2 Tear Vial 6 2021-08-07
3 Melancholia VI 5 2022-03-16
4 dlp 1.1 4 2022-08-13
6 Watermusic II 3 2025-11-01
7 Cascade 3 2024-02-18
8 Nocturnes 3 2014-08-21
9 Melancholia 6-8 3 2013-06-13
10 The Disintegration Loops 3 2012-02-19
11 92982​.​3 2 2025-10-18
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-11-01 05:40 Watermusic II 6 Music
2025-10-18 03:41 92982​.​3 6 Music
2025-05-11 20:49 Melancholia II 6 Music
2025-02-01 00:28 The Disintegration Loops IV- 02 DLP 1.2 Radio 1
2024-12-19 23:06 Disintegration Loops (1.1 Excerpt I) 6 Music
2024-11-09 05:01 Melancholia II 6 Music
2024-08-24 03:03 92982.3 4 2 6 Music
2024-07-20 08:52 Disintegration Loops (1.1 Excerpt II) 6 Music
2024-05-05 21:12 dlp6 6 Music
2024-03-10 03:03 92982.3 4 2 6 Music
2024-02-18 22:37 Cascade 6 Music
2024-01-06 09:54 dlp 5 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

35 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
04 92982.3 1
4 (E+D) 4 (ER=EPR) 2
4(E+D)4(ER=EPR) 1
92982.1 1
92982.3 4 2 2
92982​.​3 2
Cascade 3
Disintegration Loop 4 1
Disintegration Loop 5 1
dlp 1.1 4
dlp 2.1 2
dlp 5 1
dlp6 1
Melancholia #10 . 1
Melancholia 2 1
Melancholia 6-8 3
Melancholia II 8
Melancholia VI 5
Nocturnes 3
Silent Night 1
Tear Vial 6
The Deluge (The Denouement) 1
The Disintegration Loops 3
The Wheel of Fortune 2
Untitled (Edit) 1
Variation VI 1
Vivian & Ondine 1
Water Music II 1
Watermusic II 3