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	Bill Laswell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955 in Salem, Illinois and raised in Albion, Michigan) is an American bassist, producer and record label owner.
		Laswell's first recording appearance was in 1978, playing bass for Michael Blaise and Cheater on a track titled "Scoring Power".
		Laswell and Sharrock went on to cofound the metal and hardcore punk-flavored free jazz supergroup Last Exit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Laswell (571 words)

	Bill Laswell - Music Downloads - Online
		There Laswell formed Material, an outlet for his experimental approach toward sounds ranging from jazz to hip-hop to worldbeat; originally the backup unit for Daevid Allen, the group soon began working on its own, issuing its debut EP Temporary Music in 1979.
		Throughout the mid-'80s 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 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.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/100/043/0/1000430.html (353 words)

	The History of Rock Music. Bill Laswell: biography, discography, reviews, links
		Laswell was one of the few rock musicians to be relevant in the history of jazz music, thanks to his collaborations with Herbie Hancock and to his tenure with Last Exit (Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brotzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson).
		Bill Laswell continua le sue incursioni nel mondo della musica popolare, non solo attraverso le innumerevoli collaborazioni e produzioni (soprattutto per Herbie Hancock), ma anche con i dischi a proprio nome e quelli a nome Material (la differenza fra i due essendo puramente anagrafica).
		Laswell vi conia una forma di jam strumentale che ricorre all'improvvisazione soltanto "localmente", in quanto la struttura del brano e` predefinita in maniera geometrica: i musicisti sono liberi di aggiungere orpelli minimi, che non ne alterano l'essenza.
	www.scaruffi.com /vol4/laswell.html (3851 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Music: Bill Laswell
		While you might not recognize the name, Bill Laswell is something of a legend in the music industry.
		Laswell's translations are indeed successful: ask any DJ, mixologist, or music maven if they've ever heard of Laswell and odds are you'll hear a favorable reply.
		In Laswell's mix, the vitality of the quintet's intrepid improvisations shine and move.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol17/issue34/music.laswell.html (2162 words)

	Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell - Radioaxiom: A Dub Transmission
		His album Heaven and Earth, produced by one Bill Laswell, the man who recently interpreted Miles Davis songs to huge acclaim on the album Panthalassa, was acclaimed in the broadsheets and the music industry inkies alike as an outstanding record.
		Laswell is no stranger to musical fame either, releasing several solo records per year in the jazz and dub arenas while also producing for the likes of Buckethead, Pete Namlook and Dub Syndicate.
		Bill Laswell describes Radioaxiom as an "alien broadcast" in which he tries to capture the feeling of encountering "traces of a lost future".
	www.musicomh.com /albums/jah-wobble-bill-laswell.htm (651 words)

	Browse by Artist: LASWELL, BILL
		This conceptual project guided and supervised by Bill Laswell is presenting through, voices and music, from artists such as: WS Burroughs, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Anne Clark, Jah Wobble, Paul Schutze, Techno Animal, Genesis P-Orridge, Jah Wobble....
		This new opus from Bill Laswell for Sub Rosa is exploring the veins of hip-hop and dub in some peculiar manner.
		One of new music's most prolific and versatile producer/performers, Bill Laswell has been creating music on a daily basis for well over twenty years and Filmtracks 2000 is one of his most varied and enjoyable discs.
	www.forcedexposure.com /artists/laswell.bill.html (675 words)

	Bill Laswell / Various Artists: Trojan Dub Massive Chapters One & Two - PopMatters Music Review
		Bill Laswell (along with Morrissey, Billy Idol, and anyone else who had an American radio hit between 1982 and 1992) has certainly benefited from the success of the ever-growing Sanctuary Records Group, which includes Trojan.
		Some who recognize Laswell's name may not even care to find out; this is the man who created space-dub versions of Miles Davis and Bob Marley classics, impressing a few fans and critics and horrifying many others.
		After about a dozen cuts, though, you start to get the idea: Laswell is fond of adding even louder, more reverb-soaked anvil hits; along with extra whooshing, whirring, and seemingly random bits of moody synthesizer chords; and he completely mixes the vocals out of most tracks.
	popmatters.com /music/reviews/l/laswellbill-trojandub12.shtml (734 words)

	What's New From Bill Laswell
		With Bill Laswell, Karl Berger, Brandon Ross, Byard Lancaster, Graham Haynes, Nicky Skopelitis, DXT, and Roc Raida.
		With Sapho on vocals, Zahera, Hallilifa, Cheb Qchatar, Jalal Hamdaoul, Noubfel H., Aziz Heditan, Fido K., Bombax and Pat Jabbar and Bill Laswell.
		With Bill Laswell, Raoul Bjorkenheim, Alex Buess, Lol Coxhill, Julian Priester, and Dirk Wachtelaer.
	music.hyperreal.org /labels/axiom/new.html (504 words)

	Bill Laswell: Ambient Warlord
		Laswell’s involvement with Jackson and Hancock is just the tip of his creative iceberg.
		Besides his numerous production/remixes credits, Laswell is also the master of bass, keyboard and beat box which he employs on this album for four ambient pieces that touch upon progressive rock, trip-hop, jazz and funk.
		Laswell is joined by longtime collaborators, guitarist Nicky Skopelitis and bassist Jah Wobble as well as noted jazz pianist Craig Taborn, drummer Karsh Kale and trumpeter special effecter Nils Petter Molvaer.
	www.members.tripod.com /vermontreview/laswell.htm (593 words)

	Ink 19 :: Bill Laswell
		My love for the genius that is Bill Laswell is unyielding, even when he messes with my head like on Imaginary Cuba, which was so minimalist and abstract it was about as reminiscent of the Cuban sound as a Yakov Smirnov punchline.
		APC adds yet another, hard-edged flavor to Laswell's music with their crisp rhymes on "Staple Nex" and "Broken Toenail Gland" ("my large intestine is a breakbeat").
		Laswell fans will definitely not be disappointed, and those unfamiliar with him will soon come to understand why he's one of the most sought-after and prolific artist/producers out there today.
	www.ink19.com /issues/february2002/musicReviews/musicL/billLaswell.html (236 words)

	Bill Laswell
		As a producer, musician and label head, Bill Laswell has managed to solidify his position in the music industry through sheer perseverance and overwhelming output, despite his non-mainstream leanings.
		Laswell began as a bass player in various Detroit-based funk bands before relocating to New York in 1978, where he founded the band Material -- originally just as a backing band for Gong's Daevid Allen, but before long an entity unto itself.
		Laswell's first big mainstream success was with his production work on Herbie Hancock's 1983 electro-funk hit Rockit.
	www.nndb.com /people/256/000044124 (201 words)

	PiL - Bill Laswell - PiL People / Members
		Laswell co-wrote three songs for the record ('FFF' and the two singles 'Rise' and 'Home'), as well as producing.
		However, Laswell liked neither the material nor the musicians and after three days of conflicts and disputes PiL gave up and returned to England.
		Laswell found a like-mind in Jah Wobble and the pair have become regular collaborators over the last ten years.
	www.fodderstompf.com /MEMBERS/laswell.html (360 words)

	VH1.com : Bill Laswell : Laswell And Burroughs Just A Pair Of Cut-Ups - Urge Music Downloads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Laswell creates music with a similarly open mind to chance, randomness and unexpected juxtapositions.
		Laswell, as it happens, is simply the latest in a long line of innovators willing to push the sonic envelope.
		Laswell has built a comparable reputation for originality -- and versatility -- in the music world.
	www.vh1.com /artists/news/400010/06221998/laswell_bill.jhtml (1150 words)

	CD Baby: BILL LASWELL: Roir Dub Sessions
		ROIR, in conjunction with Bill Laswell, has put together an excellent collection from our four wide-ranging Laswell releases- not necessarily a best of Laswell as that's far too subjective, but an authoritative look into his work with ROIR.
		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 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.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/billlaswell6?cdbaby=da786c07be9edf7fd4bd2141cb8ec6d9 (750 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: Bill Laswell
		Straddling genres, roles and responsibilities like a veritable Atlas of the bass, Bill Laswell is an insanely prolific everywhere-at-once figure in modern music, contributing to funk, art-rock, ambient, hip-hop, world music, spoken word, dub, reggae, jazz, noise and rock as a producer, player, composer and multiple-label entrepreneur.
		Finally, Laswell's oeuvre is indicative of an exceptionally broad artist unbound by conventional concerns — of any sort.
		The later Material and the second Praxis albums were all released on the Axiom label, which Laswell launched in 1990, effectively converting his undefined band concept into a full-fledged record company.
	www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=bill_laswell (1041 words)

	M-AUDIO - Bill Laswell
		A longtime linchpin of the New York City underground music scene, Bill Laswell is 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.
		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 David Allen, the group soon began working on its own, issuing its debut EP Temporary Music in 1979.
	www.m-audio.com /artists/en_us/BillLaswell.html (349 words)

	Amazon.ca: V3 Dub Chamber: Music: Bill Laswell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Dub Chamber is the third chapter in bassist-producer Bill Laswell's Sacred System trilogy.
		Laswell est l'ami de bon nombre de musiciens qu'il a invités, et qui contribuent à rendre cet album on ne peut plus chaleureux.
		What I suspect attracts or repels people about Bill Laswell's work is that he usually mixes and synthesizes disparate musical styles that are rarely combined.
	www.amazon.ca /V3-Dub-Chamber-Bill-Laswell/dp/B00004SWBZ (674 words)

	Bill Laswell: Extending energy and experimentation
		But if the definition refers to one with a rare gift for transforming the intangible into the tangible and seamlessly combining that which is ostensibly disparate, then Bill Laswell may very well qualify.
		Laswell’s first musical forays in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s set him on the eclectic trail he travels to this day.
		In between his countless other projects, Laswell has miraculously found time to record several solo albums that traverse the intersections between ambient, world music, dub, jazz, and drum and bass.
	www.innerviews.org /inner/laswell.html (4904 words)

	Bill Laswell Discography
		But he became rapidly obvious in Laswell mind, that onereason of the success of Funkadelic was not only their compositions, but also the high personality of each members of the group (George, Bootsy, Bernie, EdHazel, Bigfoot...).
		Avant-garde rocker Bill Laswell's Axiom label, distributed by Polygram, was founded to distribute world-music, ambient, and other experimental music produced by Laswell and partners like Nicky Skopelitis (his bandmate in theGolden Palominos), Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell (P-Funk alumni), Liu Sola (Chinese folk/blues singer), and "world music" experimentalists like The Master Musicians of Jajouka.
		The project is dedicated jointly to Hazel (Laswell joins Ween, Mike Watt, and the Beastie Boys in dedicating recent projects to Hazel, who died in 1992) and to Jimi Hendrix, whose "If Six Was Nine" is sung by Bootsy Collins.
	www.silent-watcher.net /billlaswell/discography/aaaz/funkronomicon.html (1678 words)

	CD Baby: BILL LASWELL: Sacred System Chapter Two
		Graham Haynes - Cornet, Flugelhorn, EFX (Haynes just came out with his 3rd Antilles-Verve jazz release "Tunes for the 21st Century," of which CMJ said "a cascade of global space jazz." Haynes is one of the exploding group of young Turks on the contemporary music scene).
		Whereas Chapter One was a rather arid solo project, Chapter Two comes completely to life with the various contributions of its ensemble players: Skopelitis mostly lays back and contributes lovely textures, while Haynes defines cavernous aural spaces with his echoey, jazzy horn lines and Buchen delivers almost impossibly intricate percussion figures.
		Laswell himself seems more energized, as well, and his bass lines sound deeper, heavier, happier.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/billlaswell5 (333 words)

	fUSION Anomaly. Bill Laswell
		In contrast to the kind of reductionist thinking that separates music into discrete categories with their own record store bins, Laswell heard the music whole, as a complex, dynamic system in whichthe components are distinct but always subtly related.
		Laswell experimented and explored with countless lineups of the Material ensemble and other projects -- such as the rare, original Praxis album -- synthesizing radical textures and sonic palettes.
		John Zorn and others resulted in a body of work that many from the scene are still trying to augment, a decade later.
	fusionanomaly.net /billlaswell.html (1470 words)

	Amazon.com: Divination: Sacrifice: Music: Bill Laswell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Two of the four collaborations are with Laraaji who has been one of the true pioneers in ambient music, using sound for healing, relaxation and the exploration of higher states of conciousness.
		I own over 150 albums that laswell is featured in or is directelly responsible for, and im not a real ambient fan, i own all the dark side of the moog's and their awesome but not my favorite and outland 1 and 2 are extremelly ambient but not my favorite.
		He has a sond with laswell on asana 3 the last song samadhi state, which is a jazz dub song with laraaji soloing for the first half the song then pharoah sanders for the remainder on sax.
	www.amazon.com /Divination-Sacrifice-Bill-Laswell/dp/B00000C2IB (1225 words)

	betterPropaganda - free MP3 downloads Bill Laswell
		Bill Laswell is internationally hailed for his genre-breaking, innovative and revolutionary musical concepts—daring, original ideas that consistently transcend boundaries of musical content and context.
		By relentlessly rendering obsolete the comfortable delineations separating genres, techniques and cultures, he has become one of music’s most controversial and important figures.
		And don’t forget it was Laswell who "discovered" Whitney Houston.
	betterpropaganda.com /artist_page.asp?id=721 (130 words)

	Ink 19 :: Bill Laswell
		If an album has Laswell on it, chances are it's going to be pretty damn good.
		Emerald Aether is more of a compilation of sorts, though, and since it is labeled with "Reconstructions of Irish Music, Mix Translation: Bill Laswell," anything can be expected.
		Irish music is beautiful, and Laswell seems to have slid in a fair amount of "modernism" to the mix, with overtones of jungle, darkhop, and drum n' bass.
	www.ink19.com /issues/june2000/wetInk/musicL/billLaswell.html (171 words)

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