"Fringe Area" (1982) by William Basinski: Nov 18, 2025: 1:50 pm - 2pm

"Fringe Area" is an analogue tape loop and shortwave radio piece from Basinksi’s album Shortwavemusic created in 1982 in Brooklyn, NY. The recording was featured in the Wave Farm "Short Waves / Long D...

"Shortwave Music" (1998) by William Basinski: Aug 08, 2025: 7:30 pm - 8pm

Basinski writes, "As a young composer in the early 1980’s I was experimenting with tape loops: recording and mixing them with sounds coming from the airwaves. The idea was to capture music out of the...

Short Waves / Long Distance Repository Broadcast: Mar 11, 2017: 8pm - Mar 12, 2017: 1am

This special five-hour broadcast features the 37 works that comprise the Short Waves / Long Distance Repository. The works included in the repository were selected from the submissions to "Short Waves...

Short Waves / Long Distance Repository Broadcast: Mar 08, 2017: 12:05 am - 5am

This special five-hour broadcast features the 37 works that comprise the Short Waves / Long Distance Repository. The works included in the repository were selected from the submissions to "Short Waves...

Cascade: Sep 13, 2014: 5pm - 6pm

William Basinski's performance at the Olana State Historic Site is mixed with open mics in the woods live at the Olana State Historic Site and transmitted via WGXC's new Satellie Studio during "Ground...

Guest DJ: Groundswell Preview: Sep 12, 2014: 7pm - 9:30 pm

A special preview of WGXC's event "Groundswell," held Sept. 13 from 2-6 p.m. at Olana State Historic Site. This show will include music and interviews from artists participating in the event. First, s...

Radio Stew: William Basinski: Sep 03, 2014: 12:05 am - 1am

Interview with composer and performer William Basinski, before his Sept. 13 "Groundswell" performance at the Olana State Historic Site. Plus, the show tunes in Basinksi's music. From Wikipedia: "Willi...

Other Music: WIlliam Basinski, Bryan Zimmerman, Michael Garafalo, Man Forever, Steve Bull, Laura Ortman: Aug 16, 2014: 12:05 pm - 2pm

Tune in the music of several of the performers who will be at the Olana State Historic Site Sept. 13 for the WGXC fundraiser "Groundswell." Tune in WIlliam Basinski, Bryan Zimmerman (The Dust Dive), M...

Nocturnes: Feb 08, 2014: 2pm - 3pm

Tune in for a special broadcast of William Basinski's Nocturnes performance at EMPAC – the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) recorded on Octo...

Other Music: William Basinski: Oct 26, 2013: 12:45 pm - 2pm

Part two of two. From Wikipedia: "William Basinski (born 1958) is an avant-garde composer based in New York. He is also a clarinetist, saxophonist, sound artist, and video artist. Basinski is best kno...

William Basinski: May 30, 2013: 1am - 2am

William Basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has been working in experimental media for over 30 years in NYC and most recently, California. Employing obsolete technology and ana...

Radio Stew: Shortwavemusic: Jan 08, 2013: 12:02 am - 1am

Following 2012′s reissue of “The Disintegration Loops,” now Auris Apothecary has reissued William Basinski’s debut album, “Shortwavemusic.” The record was recorded in New York in 1982, and first relea...