I usually don’t hold much trust in music recommendation sites but one producer I discovered a few years ago thanks to Last.FM’s “you like this dude, you might like this dude” system was the brilliant William Baskinski.

A quick dive into his discography unveiled a collection of quality modern classical music, left of centre electronica and reel to reel tape loop weirdness.

While people usually wheel out his “Disintegration Loops” as a fine example of his work, “Variations : A Movement In Chrome Primitive” is more than worth your time.

Released in 2004, the two CDs contain some of the finest abstract electronica ever released and is perfect fodder for your Sunday ears. Here’s Part 4 and if this floats your boat, head over to Boomkat and pick up the whole album.

William Basinski – Variations : A Movement In Chrome Primitive – Part 4

We’re keeping the sugar levels up today with some Mars Bar cake action – if you’ve never experienced this absolute treat then you’ve let yourself down. Get involved and get these on the go while you grab some quality free beats.

For those that don’t know, William Basinski is a classical trained musician who has been creating avant-garde ambient electronic music for over 25 years. One of his most famous works is his “The Disintegration Loops” album.

It’s a must check out musical adventure and we’ve spotted a great rework from Sei A which is being given away on his Soundcloud.

William Basinski – Sei A’s Disintegration Tribute Mix

Earlier this week we covered the brilliant new Isodyne EP on Broken20. As an added bonus, the label have given away this tasty slab of dark techno goodness for free.

Isodyne – Uilleann Drone by broken20

Those cheeky Bicep boys are at it again. After giving away a free tune that they remixed 2 weeks ago we now have one of their own “Love Comedown” for you to get your hands on. Its all about the funk!

BICEP | LOVE COMEDOWN by BICEP

Next up we’ve got a lovely acid drenched slo mo rework of Roy Davis Jr’s classic “Gabriel” courtesy of German producer Call Super and XLR8R.

Call Super – Gabriel

Clubfeet recently offered up free RAC Maury and C90s remixes of their new track “Last Words” but the best of the bunch has arrived with Dimitri From Paris at the controls. Disco-y goodness all the way.

Clubfeet – Last Words (Dimitri from Paris Remix) by helloclubfeet

The bumper Saturday crop continues as the Soul Clap guys have decided to release another in their free E.P series as MAM dish out 3 portions of soulful, RnB house styles to twitch those 80′s fibres.

MAM – Can’t Live Without Music by Soul Clap

MAM – One Of Them Nights (Alternative Mix) by Soul Clap

MAM – Reel Sweet by Soul Clap

Last but not least, we reviewed the new Zed Bias album “Biasonic Hotsauce” recently and XLR8R have now kindly offered up one of the best tracks for free download. http://www.facebook.com/FaltyDL joins the Bias for a sparkly slab of 2-step goodness.

Zed Bias – Lucid Dreams feat. Falty DL

Here at Phuturelabs we’re big fans of William Basinski.

Paul wrote about his “92982” release a wee while back and had this to say about him..

“…has built a reputation for brilliant avant-garde ambient and soundscape music with his releases over the past 10 years (most notably his 2002 album The Disintegration Loops, constructed from rapidly decaying twenty-year-old tapes of his earlier music). “

His new work “Vivian & Ondine” has just been released and sounds more like “The Disintegration Loops” than some of his other more recent work.
Having spent literally hours and hours listening to “dlp4″ & “dlp6″ from that album i’m really liking this new release.

Have a listen to this excerpt and if you like it you can buy it from here.

William Baskinski has built a reputation for brilliant avant-garde ambient and soundscape music with his releases over the past 10 years (most notably his 2002 album The Disintegration Loops, constructed from rapidly decaying twenty-year-old tapes of his earlier music). He’s taken a trip back into his tape loops archive for 2009 release “92982″ and it’s a must for anyone into ambience and with a taste for the leftfield.

It was released in April this year and you can pick it up on Boomkat amongst other places. You can also find out more about William Basinski on his Myspace page.

Here’s a taster::