William Basinski is an American avant-garde composer and sound artist best known for his haunting explorations of memory, decay, and the passage of time. Drawing from ambient, minimal, and tape-loop techniques, his work—most famously *The Disintegration Loops*—transforms the deterioration of magnetic tape into profoundly emotional soundscapes. Influenced by Brian Eno and Steve Reich, Basinski’s music merges experimental process with deep introspection, earning him international acclaim and establishing him as a pioneering voice in contemporary ambient composition.