Browse by Artist: LASWELL, BILL

Artist:	LASWELL, BILL
Title:	Final Oscillations
Label:	QUATERMASS (BELGIUM)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	QS 137CD

"Bill Laswell's Drum'n'Bass odyssey started in 1996 with release of the album Oscillations, some ambitious work based on hardstep kicks challenging rumbling basslines and Indian influences. Treated in a open minded fusion-like approach, this material -- was and is still -- considered as a classic. So are the two other volumes: Oscillations 2 with its more jazzy-dark-chill approach, and the Oscillations Remixes featuring some wild re-interpretations by artists such as Nico, Atom Heart, Dj Grazhoppa and UI. This trilogy is now available only as a 2CD set including the entire Oscillations 1 & 2, plus a selection of the finest cuts from the remixes album, plus a new one from N-Y's Spectre. This is Final Oscillations, nothing more to say, the music is speaking for itself in this new mastered edition."

Artist:	LASWELL, BILL
Title:	City of Light
Label:	SUB ROSA (BELGIUM)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	SR 114CD

Originally released in 1997 on Sub Rosa, now reissued. American bassist Bill Laswell (Praxis, Massacre, etc.) is the founder of "collision music" -- a collaborative concept that brings together musicians from divergent instrumentations and backgrounds. City of Light is about Banaras, a city older than history, tradition, way beyond legends. It is Shiva's land, founded at the dawn of creation. It is India's oldest and most fabled city. The Hindus call it Kashi, the luminous... The City of Light. This release features a truly stunning and contemplative merging of Eastern and Western sounds: from tabla to ambient drone and field recordings, in collaboration with some of the best experimental minds. Featuring Lori Carson, Coil, Trilok Gurtu, Tetsu Inoue, Hakim Bey. Recorded in Banaras, India, and mixed at Greenpoint Studio in Brooklyn. India meets New York in the industrial darkness.

Artist:	LASWELL, BILL
Title:	Lo. Def Pressure
Label:	SUB ROSA (BELGIUM)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	SR 150CD

Originally released in 2000 on Sub Rosa, now reissued. Another India project Bill Laswell classic featuring esteemed collaborative musicians. Lo. Def Pressure is a no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners invitation to cyber-ethnic anthems, devoted to jungle beats and other hard-kicking fusions from New York to New Delhi, Kingston to London. This is a virtual trip through space and time: fasten your seat belt. Artists include: Bill Laswell (bass, keyboard, beats, sounds); Kadri Sriram, Arif Singh & Hassan Akber Ali (additional music, elements and sounds); Zakir Hussain & Badal Roy (tabla matrix, rhythm elements).

Artist:	LASWELL, BILL
Title:	Hashshisheen -- The End of Law
Label:	SUB ROSA (BELGIUM)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	SR 154CD

Originally released in 1999 by Sub Rosa, now reissued. Hashishisheen -- The End of Law is one of Bill Laswell's best-known masterpieces of ambient spoken-word. The works of William S. Burroughs and collaborator Brion Gysin are the main inspiration and key to the initiation of The Hashisheen project. Through immense exposure to their innovative experimentation, Bill Laswell developed a strong interest in North Africa, Arab culture, Islam, the Tangier scene, the Master Musicians of Jajouka, Paul Bowles, ritual magick, drugs and travel; and discovered their obsession with the wild heretical actions of the Persian-Hassan-i-Sabbah, who claimed to be the incarnation of God on earth -- Hassan, son of Sabbah. Featuring the music of Bill Laswell, W.S. Burroughs, Iggy Pop, Techno Animal, Patti Smith, Lizzy Mercier-Descloux, Genesis P-Orridge, Jah Wobble, Paul Schutze, Anne Clark, Hakim Bey, Nicky Scopelitis, Peter Wilson, Nicole Blackman, Ira Cohen, Helios Creed, Anton Fier, Sussan Deyhim and Percy Howard III.

Artist:	LASWELL, BILL
Title:	AFTERMATHematics
Label:	SUB ROSA (BELGIUM)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	SR 216CD

"(Instrumental); featuring Grandmaster Dxt, Skiz (Aka Spectre), Sly Dunbar. This new opus from Bill Laswell for Sub Rosa is exploring the veins of hip-hop and dub in some peculiar manner. Going urban with some old-school hip-hop ingredients, then dubbing and scratching, Laswell is paying tribute to the past of those musical styles and adapting the vibes to the present and future. Bass and kicks, straight and efficient, are the skeleton; turntablism, floating keyboards chords, abstract sounds are giving flesh'n'blood to this organic machine. Aftermathematics is at the same times urban and tribal, like being in an hidden cavern in the heart of N-Y, doing some shamanic rituals in a crowded big avenue in order to transform it in a gigantic dancefloor. 10 tracks to fly high, or get the echo, the resonance of a big city's pulse, and yet facing some ghosts from the past, like travelling in a time machine. Anything is possible going back to the prehistoric age or seeing the future. Enter the ritual."

Artist:	LASWELL, BILL
Title:	Filmtracks 2000
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7511

"Featuring 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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