Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell's creative fingers have been in so many musical pies over the years, he should open his own bakery. The bassist/producer's career took off after his arrival in New York City in the late 1970s, as he paired with a host of downtown/avant-garde luminaries such as John Zorn and Elliott Sharp, and appeared on and/or produced albums by a diverse array of artists, including Mick Jagger, Brian Eno, Fela Kuti, and White Zombie. Laswell also made a name for himself captaining some of the most diverse projects in contemporary music, including his collective Praxis--which featured Bootsy Collins, Yamatsuka Eye, Mick Harris of Napalm Death, and elusive guitar whiz Buckethead, among many others--and no-wave funk outfit Material.
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Top Tracks
- Black Satin/What If/Agharta Prelude Dub
- Shinning Stone (Watu Jilang)
- In A Silent Way/Shhh/Peaceful/It's About That Time
- Habana Transmission #1 / Avisale A La Vecina Dub
- Rated X/Billy Preston
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- John Zorn
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Sonny Sharrock
- Lee "Scratch" Perry
- TransGlobal Underground
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- Laurie Anderson
- Primus
- Afrika Bambaataa
- Buckethead
- Boredoms
- Sly & Robbie
- Black Uhuru
- Burning Spear
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- Kruder & Dorfmeister
- Augustus Pablo
- African Head Charge
- David Sylvian
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