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Born: Feb 12, 1955 in Salem, IL Genres: Avntg Styles: Electronica, Dark Ambient, Club/Dance, United States of America, Experimental, Dub, M-Base, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Fusion, Ambient, Modern Creative Instruments: Producer, Arranger, Bass
A longtime linchpin of the New York City underground music scene, Bill Laswell was among the most prolific artists in contemporary music; as a performer, producer and label chief, his imprint is on literally hundreds of albums, the majority of them characterized by a signature sound fusing the energy of punk with the bone-rattling rhythms of funk. Born on February 12, 1955 in Salem, Illinois, he initially played guitar, but soon switched to bass; raised primarily in the Detroit area, he honed his skills in local funk outfits before relocating to New York in 1978. There Laswell formed Material, an outlet for his experimental approach towards sounds ranging from jazz to hip-hop to worldbeat; originally the back-up unit for Daevid Allen, the group soon began working on its own, issuing its debut EP Temporary Music in 1979.
In addition to fronting Material, Laswell also mounted a solo career, issuing Baselines in 1982 on Celluloid, a label he partly owned and operated. Appearances on key recordings from the likes of David Byrne, John Zorn, Fred Frith and the Golden Palominos established Laswell as a virtual nexus of the downtown NYC community, and in 1983 he broke into the mainstream with his production work on Herbie Hancock's smash "Rockit," which he also co-wrote; the follow-up LP, Sound-System, won him a Grammy. Throughout the mid-1980s Laswell was everywhere, playing bass on LPs from artists including Mick Jagger, Peter Gabriel, Yoko Ono and Laurie Anderson; he also joined the avant group Curlew, and produced a number of African acts.
In 1986, Laswell joined guitarist Sonny Sharrock, drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson and saxophonist Peter Brotzmann in the group Last Exit; a second solo LP, Hear No Evil, appeared two years later, and after a long hiatus he also resurrected Material in 1989 with Seven Souls. Another project, the hip-hop-flavored Praxis, was resumed after close to a decade of inactivity with 1992's Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis). In 1990, Laswell formed another label, Axiom, to explore his interest in the new sounds of ambient and techno; where in the past his work rarely appeared solely under his own name, by the middle of the decade he was issuing several solo records annually in a wide range of styles from dub to jazz. He also remained among the most prolific producers in the business, collaborating with the likes of Dub Syndicate, Pete Namlook, Buckethead and DJ Spooky.
- Jason Ankeny (All Music Guide)
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CD коллекции, связанные с исполнителем: |
как основной исполнитель ... |
Bill Laswell - 'Aftermathematics Instrumental: Rhythm And Recurrence' - 2004, Sub Rosa |
Bill Laswell - 'Book Of Exit: Dub Chamber 4' - 2002, ROIR |
Bill Laswell - 'City Of Light' - 1997, Sub Rosa, East Side |
Bill Laswell - 'Divine Light' - 2001, Lider |
Bill Laswell - 'Dreams Of Freedom' - 1997, Polygram |
Bill Laswell - 'Dub Chamber 3' - 2000, ROIR |
Bill Laswell - 'Final Oscillations' - 2003, Quatermass |
Bill Laswell - 'Invisible Design' - 1999, Tzadik |
Bill Laswell - 'Last Exit' - 1986, Enemy Records, Ars Nova |
Bill Laswell - 'Life, Space, Death' - 2002, META |
Bill Laswell - 'Operazone: The Redesign' - 2000, Knitting Factory |
Bill Laswell - 'Oscillations' - 1996, Sub Rosa |
Bill Laswell - 'Panthalassa - The Music Of Miles Davis 1969-1974' - 1998, Columbia |
Bill Laswell - 'Points Of Order' - 2001, Innerhythmic Foundat |
Bill Laswell - 'RadioAxiom: A Dub Transmission' - 2001, Palm |
Bill Laswell - 'Russian Chants' - 1995, Meldac |
Bill Laswell - 'Sacred System: Chapter Two' - 1997, ROIR |
Bill Laswell - 'Sacred System: Nagual Site' - 1998, RCA |
как основной соисполнитель ... |
Arcana - 'Arc Of The Testimony' - 1997, Axiom, Island |
Arcana - 'The Last Wave' - 1996, DIW |
Aiyb Dieng - 'Rhythmagick' - 1997, Subharmonic |
Gonervill - 'Gonervill' - 2001, Innerhythmic Foundat |
Hoppy Kamiyama - 'A Navel City. No One Is There' - 2004, Domo, Kanpai Records |
Toshinori Kondo - 'Charged' - 1999, Apollo |
Massacre - 'Funny Valentine' - 1998, Tzadik |
Massacre - 'Killing Time' - 1993, RecRec Music |
Azzddine Ouhnine - 'Massafat' - 2004, Barraka, Broken Silence |
Praxis - 'Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)' - 1992, Axiom |
RAF - 'Oda To A Tractor' - 1992, Day Eight, Ars Nova |
Ryuichi Sakamoto - 'Neo Geo' - 1988, Epic, Ars Nova |
Tabla Beat Science - 'Live In San Francisco At Stern Grove' - 2002, Palm Pictures |
Shin Terai - 'Heaven And Hell' - 2004, Innerhythmic Foundat |
Shin Terai - 'Unison' - 2001, ION |
как соисполнитель ... |
Laurie Anderson - 'Home Of The Brave' - 1986, Warner Bros. |
Ginger Baker - 'Horses And Trees' - 1986, Celluloid |
Ginger Baker - 'Middle Passage' - 1990, Axiom |
Ekstasis - 'Wake Up And Dream' - 1998, Higher Octave |
Brian Eno - 'My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts' - 1981, Sire, EMI |
Fred Frith - 'Speechless' - 1981, East Side Digital |
Peter Gabriel - 'So' - 1986, Geffen |
Gigi - 'Gigi' - 2001, Palm Pictures |
Herbie Hancock - 'Future 2 Future' - 2001, Transparent Music |
Herbie Hancock - 'Sound System' - 1984, Columbia |
Kip Hanrahan - 'Coup De Tete' - 1981, American Clave, veraBra Music |
Material - 'Memory Serves' - 1981, Restless |
Pete Namlook - 'The Evolution Of The Dark Side Of The Moog' - 2002, World Ambient |
Painkiller - 'Execution Ground' - 1994, Subharmonic |
Akira Sakata - 'Mooko' - 1988, Caroline |
Pharoah Sanders - 'With A Heartbeat' - 2003, Evolver |
Paul Schutze - 'Site Anubis' - 1996, Ars Nova, Big Cat |
Tabla Beat Science - 'Tala Matrix' - 2000, Axiom, Palm, Lider |
Third Rail - 'South Delta Space Age' - 1997, Polygram |
Bernie Worrell - 'Blacktronic Science' - 1993, Gramavision |
Bernie Worrell - 'Pieces Of Woo: The Other Side' - 1993, CMP Records |
Hector Zazou - 'Sahara Blue' - 1992, Dolphin, Ars Nova |
John Zorn - 'IAO: Music In Sacred Light' - 2002, Tzadik |