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William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, world music, jazz, dub, and ambient styles.
BILL LASWELL • the great bridge between Modernism and Post-Modernism in world music production. He is a tireless creator of ground breaking trans-genre constructions. Any music that is multi-layered, multi-cultural, elusive and allusive is frequently labeled Laswellian.
Aug 25, 2023 · THE Bill Laswell Pages. Since the late '70s, Laswell has relentlessly pursued the future with a stunning range of musicians and thinkers. A short list includes Herbie Hancock, Laurie Anderson, Tony Williams, Mick Jagger, Sting, Carlos Santana, John Zorn, the Dalai Lama, Pharoah Sanders, Yoko Ono, John Lydon, Bootsy Collins ...
May 22, 2024 · Their self-titled debut album, recorded at the aforementioned Paris gig, is a thunderous blend of Brötzmann’s squalling saxophone, Sharrock’s unhinged free-jazz guitar, Laswell’s massive ...
Jan 11, 2017 · From downtown NYC to working with Herbie Hancock, Fela Kuti, and Iggy Pop, tackling early hip hop, ambient, drum & bass and dub with a daring free jazz spirit along the way, Bill Laswell is a polymath of the alternative underground.
Feb 21, 2024 · From making groundbreaking electro to working with Whitney Houston via boozy sessions with Motörhead, plus avant explorations of thrash, drum & bass, grindcore, gnawa and disco, Bill Laswell has been on more great records than you've had hot dinners.
Laswell has an expansive and eclectic discography and has been involved in hundreds of recordings with many artists from across the world. Laswell's music is influenced by a plethora of musical genres, such as funk, world music, jazz, drum and bass, dub and ambient music.
