Stylistically Basiron's music resembles that of Ockeghem, and is innovative in several ways. He used sequential repetition, and was perhaps the first composer to write a piece in which imitation was the main structural device from beginning to end (the "Regina celi"). He also was capable of creating long movements by juxtaposing sections of varying texture, but without disunity; his "Messa de Franza" is the most famous example. Ercole I d'Este, duke of Ferrara, heard of Basiron's fame, and asked that his "Missa l'homme armé" be sent to him.