Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955, Salem, Illinois, and raised in Albion, Michigan) is an American bassist, producer and record label owner.
Laswell has been involved in hundreds of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. Laswell's music draws upon many different genres, most notably funk, various world music, jazz, dub and ambient styles. He has also played or produced music from the noisier, more aggressive end of the rock spectrum, such as hardcore punk and metal.
According to music critic Chris Brazier, "Laswell's pet concept is 'collision music' which involves bringing together musicians from wildly divergent but complementary spheres and seeing what comes out." The credo of one record label run by Laswell, and which typifies much of his work, is "Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted." Though projects arranged by Laswell may be credited under the same name and often feature the same roster of musicians, the styles and themes explored on different albums can vary dramatically: Material began as a noisy dance music project, but subsequent releases have been centered on hip hop, jazz, or backing spoken word readings by beat generation icon William S. Burroughs. Similarly, most versions of Praxis have featured guitarist Buckethead, but have explored different permutations with each new album.
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ALBUMS
- The Dream Membrane released: 2014
- Baselines released: 2014
- Means of Deliverance released: 2012
- Bass & Drums released: 2011
- Dub of the Passover released: 2011
- Blixt released: 2011
- Near Nadir released: 2011
- Invisible Design II released: 2009
- Excavation: Unauthorized Cut-Up Volume 1 released: 2008
- In Praise of Shadows released: 2008
- No Matter released: 2008
- Lodge released: 2008
- Technovoodu: Astral Black Simulations released: 2007
- Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell released: 2006
- Episome released: 2006
- The Stone: Issue One released: 2005
- A Navel City / No One Is There released: 2004
- Brutal Calling released: 2004
- Soup Live released: 2004
- Massafat released: 2004
- Version 2 Version: A Dub Transmission released: 2004
- Aftermathematics Instrumental: Rhythm and Recurrence released: 2004
- The Dark Side of the Moog VII released: 2004
- Soup released: 2003
- Axiom: Reconstructions & Vexations released: 2003
- Final Oscillations released: 2003
- Charged Live released: 2002
- Book of Exit: Dub Chamber 4 released: 2002
- The Evolution of The Dark Side of the Moog released: 2002
- Filmtracks 2000 released: 2001
- Radioaxiom: A Dub Transmission released: 2001
- Points of Order released: 2001
- Dub Chamber 3 released: 2000
- Emerald Aether: Shape Shifting released: 2000
- Lo. Def Pressure released: 2000
- Charged released: 1999
- Invisible Design released: 1999
- Broken Vessels released: 1999
- Imaginary Cuba released: 1999
- Hashisheen: The End of Law released: 1999
- Meridiem released: 1998
- Permutation released: 1998
- Oscillations 2 released: 1998
- Jazzonia released: 1998
- The Dark Side of the Moog V released: 1998
- Sacred System: Nagual Site released: 1998
- Dreams of Freedom released: 1997
- Sacred System: Chapter Two released: 1997
- Dub Meltdown released: 1997
- Oscillations Remixes released: 1997
- The Dark Side of the Moog VI released: 1997
- City of Light released: 1997
- Russian Chants: Parastas (Ambient Mix) released: 1996
- Ambient Compendium released: 1996
- Interpieces Organization released: 1996
- Oscillations released: 1996
- Sacred System Chapter One: Book of Entrance released: 1996
- The Dark Side of the Moog IV released: 1996
- Silent Recoil: Dub System One released: 1995
- Web released: 1995
- Somnific Flux released: 1995
- Visitation released: 1994
- Asian Games released: 1994
- Axiom Ambient: Lost in the Translation released: 1994
- Outer Dark released: 1994
- Deconstruction: The Celluloid Recordings released: 1993
- Improvised Music New York 1981 released: 1992
- Hear No Evil released: 1988
- Low Life released: 1987
- 1998-04-22: Sacred System: Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany released:
Axiom: Reconstructions & Vexations
Released 2003- Alsema Dub Mix (remix by Carl Craig)
- Orion (Dollis dub mix by 4 Hero)
- Secret Channel (Asian Resistance mix by Bedouin Ascent)
- Alam Dub (remix by Dr. Israel)
- Taarut (X-Hail the Lehra mix by Karsh Kale)
- Alsema Dub (Astral Africa mix by Carl Craig)
- Palmistry (Pundit Stylee mix by MIDIval PunditZ)
- Shiva Myth
The Evolution of The Dark Side of the Moog
Released 2002- Intro
- Wish You Were There (excerpt)
- A Saucerful of Ambience (excerpt)
- Phantom Heart Brother (III/3)
- Phantom Heart Brother (III/4)
- Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn (IV/7)
- Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn (IV/8)
- Psychedelic Brunch (V/8)
- The Final DAT (VI/6)
- Obscured by Klaus (VII/6)
- Careful with the AKS, Peter (VIII/5)
- Careful with the AKS, Peter (VIII/6)
Emerald Aether: Shape Shifting
Released 2000- The Wayfaring Stranger
- The Stride Set (Reels)
- The Labouring Man's Daughter
- We Dreamed Our Dreams
- Wendel's Wedding
- The Gray Selchie
- Dark Green
- Wind Chimes and Nursery Rhymes
- One, I Love
- La Bruxa
- The Hare in the Heather
- Coaineadh Na Dtri Muire (Lament of the Three Marys)
- Slieve Russell, Jimmy Wards J.G.
- The Beauty Spot (Reels)
Imaginary Cuba
Released 1999- Habana Transmission 1# / Avisale a la vecina dub
- Para clave y guaguanco
- Loungin' With F.E.
- Chacon and Daniel
- Dejala en la puntica
- Habana Transmission 2# / Cuban Evolution
- Los ibellis
- Habana Transmission 3# / Shango Sound Scan
- Hombre lobo, no! Hombre nuevo, si
- Guerillero heroico (El Che vive!)
- Shango
- Pompa at the House
- Madre no me pida in Dub
- Chaos in the Heat (Last Transmission)
- Drafting Shadows / Leaving la Habana (Peaceful)
Hashisheen: The End of Law
Released 1999- First Reading
- The Old Man of the Mountain
- The Western Lands
- The Spilled Cup
- Marco Polo's Tale
- Pilgrimage to Cairo
- Freya Stark at Alamut
- Castles
- Hashish Poem
- Sinan's Boat
- Assassinations
- The Mongol's Destroy Alamut
- The Divine Self
- Morning High
- A Quick Trip to Alamut
- Slogans
- Book of the Highest Initiation
- The Lord of the Ressurection
- Assassinations
- Tale of the Caliph Hakem
- The Assassins
- Last Reading
Russian Chants: Parastas (Ambient Mix)
Released 1996- Cold Chamber (traditional): Alleluia, tone 8 Troparion the 1st.the 2nd - The beginning "Bless be, O Lord" Troparion "Give repose, O Lord" - The Small Litany - "Repose, Our Saviour"
- Four Sided Vortex (traditional): "Repose, Our Saviour" - "The Only Immortal" - The Small Litany
- Relative Motion (traditional): "I cry and sob" - "With the Spirits of the Just" - The Insistent Litany
The Dark Side of the Moog IV
Released 1996- Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part I
- Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part II
- Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part III
- Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part IV
- Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part V
- Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part VI
- Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part VII
- Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part VIII
- Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part IX
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Abu Sayyam
by: Bill LaswellFeaturing a wonderful array of Laswell regulars and many special guests, this fascinating disc of recent soundtrack work is one of the few collections that showcase the full range Laswell’s vast, seemingly all-encompassing musical vision. Drum ’n’ bass, funk, rock and dub all filtered through music from India, the Middle East, Africa and Asia come together in these eleven dramatic pieces created for films. 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. A must for Laswell fans, and a perfect introduction for the uninitiated.
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