# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-basinski
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:27:03.939Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-basinski"
name: "William Basinski"
slug: "william-basinski"
description: "William James Basinski is an American avant-garde composer based in Los Angeles, California. He is also a clarinetist, saxophonist, sound artist, and video artist."
tagline: "American composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Basinski_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-06-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.64155466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "WilliamBasinski"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/william.basinski.official"
    handle:    "william.basinski.official"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm2060375"
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    handle:    "6u5axd0rpDsWSmzhFfb2VB"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mmlxii.com"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ويليام باسينسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Basinski"
    title: "William Basinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Basinski"
    title: "William Basinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Basinski"
    title: "William Basinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Basinski"
    title: "William Basinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Basinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Basinski"
    title: "William Basinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "უილიამ ბასინსკი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Basinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Basinski"
    title: "William Basinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "William Basinski"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump