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William Basinski Plays London In May
Matthew Smith , February 15th, 2017 15:33

Composer will return to London in May for first show since release of latest album

William Basinski has announced he will return to play in London this May.

The avant-garde composer will be playing at the Hackney Round Chapel, in what will be his first UK show since he debuted his latest release, A Shadow In Time, earlier this month.

The composer’s 23rd ambient record, it has drawn comparisons to his most celebrated work, The Disintegration Loops and features a “plaintive, solitary eulogy” to David Bowie on the second track, ‘For David Robert Jones’.

tQ named Basinski’s 92982 as one of the year’s best reissues in the 2016 list which you can read here. Tickets for his London show, which takes place on May 4, go on sale at 10am on 16 February and can be purchased here.