1983- he has crated his first piece using tape loops, delay systems and shortwave radio static.
His most recognisable piece is “The Disintegration Loops”. The story behind this creation is that when Basinski was going through his archives from 1980- until 2001, in order to preserve the sound he decided to digitise them. Once he started a loop he left it running and when he came back he noticed that tape is falling apart. Music sounded decomposed, the spindle was affecting the fine coating of magnetise metal making it crumble. He did the same with other loops and got similar results.