LOOPS!
William Basinski, the Iggy Pop of Ambient Music.
(You can address form but not dimensions.)
A story by Sophie Sound
William_Basinski_©2015DaniloPellegrinelli
Aged, new; young, old; easy, difficult; quiet, loud; far, near; wide, narrow; much, little; still,
moving; listening, not listening. You can address form but not dimensions. The dimensions
of it all: the music catalog, the career, the life experience, the tour schedule, the personality,
the fame, the genre, the music, the creativity. This persistence never ends, except when...
"Oh honey, it was never certain if I would make it"...
I meet William Basinski in his dressing
room after the sound check at the Mutek Festival in México City. After three months of
intense research into William's music, interviews, and techniques, I am nervous. I realize that
I am meeting the person who gave my own music-journey a kick off.
“You know when I opened for Bowie I wanted to give him a cassette tape of mine. I asked the manager back then if I could give it to him and he said “Yeah sure, he is in his dressing room. Do you want to meet him?” I said "Yeah, of course” and went in there but ended up giving the manager the tape because I was so nervous.”
I get told I have 10 minutes. My organized German habits and prepared questions suddenly changed into an improv because I planned on 60 minutes. The logistics manager asks me if I am ready and I say: no. Let me think about the one question I can ask to make the most out of those 10 minutes. And I go in, say “Hi” and...
...90 minutes later as I write these words I am sitting in the car with William Basinski and his High School friend Gary Wright, a sound engineer of the old school with a massive credit list I didn’t know of and who is now Williams sound engineer, touring manager and part of SPARKLE DIVISION...
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I lead you the way to the full article...Click on one of the pictures to get to the article.
Because back in reality, as an independant magazine and project, NSNS approaches every story, every project and every piece of content through the lens of openness and creative freedom.
Despite the many hardships that this implies, I am inspired by my belief that this project will eventually support itself and grows through the generous community of readers and listeners who find value in my work and resonate with my mission.
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William, Gary Wright and I go out for a cigarette. I asked him about Bowie...
William:
David said to me “...”
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