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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." Although his bands may be credited under the same name and often feature the same roster of
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in 1986 with Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, and Sonny Sharrock. Aside from one album that Laswell cobbled together in the studio, the band was primarily a live one, showing up at gigs with no rehearsal. The first time the four members played together was on stage at their first show.
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reading excerpts from his work over soundscapes by Laswell. Meta would appear periodically, distributed by other labels, over the next few years until it returned as a spiritual/yogic label run by Rienstra. The third label, Black Arc, was an associated label of
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focusing on "Black Rock, Cyber Funk, and Future Blues", according to a sampler. The label featured members of P-Funk on most of the albums and released albums by Bootsy Collins (under the name "Zillatron"), Bernie Worrell (Japan-only), Mutiny
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Laswell has stated in interviews that he met with Miles Davis a number of times and discussed working together, but busy schedules kept them from arranging such a recording before Davis' death. He remixed some of Davis's music for
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has been his chief engineer for over twenty years. Oz Fritz has occasionally filled the role. Fritz is usually Laswell's live engineer of choice, known for live mixing technique. Remixes have been done for
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Laswell got his earliest professional experience as a bass guitarist in R&B and funk bands in Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan. He saw shows that combined genres, such as Iggy and the Stooges,
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interviewed by Kondo. At the request of Blackwell, Laswell oversaw the debut album by Ethiopian singer Gigi for Palm Pictures with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Laswell. He also produced
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was released by Laswell's label Innerythmic. After a brief inactive period, the label restarted in 2001, releasing over the next few years and albums by Nicky Skopelitis,
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house producer for Celluloid until the label was sold in the 1980s. He recorded music that was experimental, combining jazz, funk, pop, and R&B, by musicians such as
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and called it Orange Music Sound Studios. Under Palm's umbrella, though, four albums and a DVD set were released, including a studio album and a live 2-disc set from
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Laswell suffered health problems which required hospitalization in December 2022 and prolonged recovery, which jeopardized his tenure of Orange Music Studio.
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with Fred Frith and Fred Maher. His association with Celluloid allowed his first forays into "collision music", a term coined by British writer Chris May of
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label. The second label, Submeta, managed four releases before folding. Meta, formed with Janet Rienstra, released only one album,
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In the late 1970s Laswell moved to New York City, immersing himself in the thriving New York music scene. He moved into producer
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Three other short-lived labels were created after the demise of the Subharmonic deal. One was Meta, which was intended to be a
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owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from
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included previously released tracks by Praxis and Skopelitis and tracks with members of Parliament-Funkadelic.
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appeared on the label. Celluloid was an early advocate of hip hop, producing albums by
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Laswell works frequently with a small group of collaborators. These include bassists
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musicians, the styles and themes explored on different albums can vary dramatically.
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Laswell worked with Sony Creative Software on a box set loop library called
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In September 2017, Bill Laswell was interviewed by the Data.Wave webzine.
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gave him the opportunity to begin a label in 1990, thus forming
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that led to the creation of his label Nagual. He worked in the
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collaborated on their rock/hip hop version of "Walk This Way".
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and New York Gong. The band consisted of Laswell, keyboardist
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In 2005, Laswell was invited to appear on the PBS series
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from the Sentrax label. Other collaborators included
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The label also released albums by 2840:People from Marion County, Illinois 1677:Zachary Lipez (February 21, 2024). 1224:and Bernie Worrell; percussionists 1220:and Nicky Skopelitis; keyboardists 1144:In 2010, Laswell created the label 668:with Afrika Bambaataa years before 592:He started a recording studio with 2905:Last Exit (free jazz band) members 2762:50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 12 1181:In November 2018, he performed in 25: 2566:Live at the Bowery Poetry Project 1613:"Interview for Data.Wave webzine" 2011:Ambient Dub Volume II: Dead Slow 1471:"Bill Laswell Axiom Discography" 1458:Axiom Dub: Mysteries of Creation 1409:The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz 817:Mountains. 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