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Captain Capricorn ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: February 21 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1085 |
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This avant-fusion giant deserves a place in PA ...having worked with artists such as Daevid Allen (New York Gong), Material, Herbie Hancock (Future Shock), Brian Eno & David Byrne (My Life in the Bush of Ghosts), Fred Frith (Massacre), John Zorn (Painkiller), Fela Kuti (Army Arrangement), Ginger Baker (Middle Passage), Peter Brotzmann (Last Exit), Bootsy Collins & Buckethead (Praxis), & many, many others, Bill Laswell is worthy of a spot in our most illustrious archives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell Edited by Captain Capricorn - June 10 2009 at 14:00 |
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Slartibartfast ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630 |
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Seconded. He's been all over the place and is an excellent bassist. If you haven't checked out Arcana - Arc Of The Testimony, you should. I think you'll like it.
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Ricochet ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301 |
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Yeah, but where to put him? I've discovered Laswell through the electronic scene, only to later read about the rest of styles/projects/"identities".
He's quite the man with a thousand faces. |
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stonebeard ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
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Didn't he collab with Schulze on like 10 albums?
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No, only on 4 of those 10. |
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stonebeard ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
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CPicard ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 03 2008 Location: Là, sui monti. Status: Offline Points: 10841 |
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Let's say he's in the Avant-Prog section, just as others uncategorizables like the Residents, Zappa or Frith.
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Captain Capricorn ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: February 21 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1085 |
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Thanks for the tip Slart ...searching that out now ![]() |
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Captain Capricorn ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: February 21 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1085 |
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...very nice. Tony Williams' presence was a pleasant surprise ![]() |
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Ricochet ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301 |
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So...to be checked by Avant or by Eclectic?
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Slartibartfast ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630 |
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Probably avant would be his closest fit. I looked up the discography and as I've said, he's been all over the place:
ABYSSINIA INFINITE featuring GiGi ACTIVITIES OF DUST AHLAM AISHA KANDISHA'S JARRING EFFECTS DAEVID ALLEN ALMAMEGRETTA ALTERED BEATS LAURIE ANDERSON APC
APOLLO SMILE ARCANA ASANA ASHES BACHIR ATTAR AUDIO LETTER AUTOMATON AUTONOMOUS ZONE AUTONOMOUS ZONE ENZO AVITABILE & BOTTARI AXIOM AMBIENT AXIOM DUB AXIOM FUNK AZONIC AZZDDINE GINGER BAKER AFRIKA BAMBAATAA (& FAMILY) THE BEATNICKS HAKIM BEY MICHAEL BLAISE and CHEATER BLIND IDIOT GOD BLIND LIGHT THE BOGMEN MARI BOINE BOMB LILI BONICHE PAUL BOWLES ANTHONY BRAXTON/MILFORD GRAVES/WILLIAM PARKER JUSTIN K. BROADRICK & ANDY HAWKINS B-SIDE BUCK JAM TONIC BUCKETHEAD WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS CHAKRA CHAOS FACE CHARGED (see also Kondo/Bernocchi/Laswell) DORIAN CHEAH ANNE CLARKE GEORGE CLINTON COBRA STRIKE COLLECTIONS
BOOTSY COLLINS CRAZY WISDOM MASTERS CROOKLYN DUB
CURLEW CYPHER 7 MILES DAVIS DEADLINE DEATH CUBE K SUSSAN DEYHIM MANU DIBANGO
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DUB SYNDICATE ELIXIR EBN BRIAN ENO BRIAN ENO/DAVID BYRNE THE EPIDEMICS EQUATIONS OF ETERNITY FADELA & SAHRAWI BORIS FEOKTISTOV F.F.F. ANTON FIER FLYING MIJINKO BAND FREEFORM KATHY FRESTON/JANET RIENSTRA/BILL LASWELL FRED FRITH OZ FRiTZ GETTOVETTS MALEEM MAHMOUD GHANIA GIGI GNAWA MUSIC OF MARRAKESH GOD THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS
THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS/MATERIAL GOMA GONERVILL AKIKO GRACE ENZO GRAGNANIELLO HERBIE HANCOCK
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HIM HARUOMI HOSONO PERCY HOWARD PERCY HOWARD'S MERIDIEM HOWARD/LASWELL/FRITH/HAYWARD
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YELLOWMAN YLA-MAGO MINAKO YOSHIDA YOTHU YINDI YULDUZ HECTOR ZAZOU ZILLATRON ZOOPADELICA JOHN ZORN
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Ricochet ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301 |
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I pretty much think we'll have to cut deep into the collaborations section.
So what's Bill's main solo output. |
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Captain Capricorn ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: February 21 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1085 |
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Laswell's solo work is all over the place where genre is concerned, but I particularly love the jazziness of Invisible Design.
He is mailny known for his work with Material (e.g. Hallucination Engine), Praxis (e.g. Transmutation), & Tabla Beat Science (e.g. Tala Matrix).
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
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Please provide what you think is the best example of Laswell's work that would fit avant-prog. I'll repost it in the team thread and we can re-visit. Laswell has been brought up before and has been somewhat of a question mark.
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Captain Capricorn ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: February 21 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1085 |
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Praxis, Massacre, Last Exit , & Painkiller are, IMO, Laswell's most avant projects.
I included several links to Praxis' music in the Praxis suggestion thread I started a while back.
Massacre, Laswell's project with Henry Cow's Fred Frith, is already included in the archives.
Last Exit & Painkiller, OTOH, can be heard at last.fm.
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Slartibartfast ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630 |
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My favorite Laswell, project, Arcana, fits best into jazz rock fusion, I think. But I leave it to the Captain to make his case, when an artist is all over the place it's rather difficult.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Captain Capricorn ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: February 21 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1085 |
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Material too ...have you heard Hallucination Engine? ...it's a fusion masterpiece!
![]() If you're at all a fan of Weather Report & other world-influenced fusion acts then you'd be doing yourself an incredible disservice to miss that one!
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Easy Money ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 11 2007 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 10680 |
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Hallucination Engine is a great record, so is Speak No Evil, both are very somber, almost religious in a way. |
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
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Well, I know Henry Plainview has been pushing for Last Exit to be included. Problem is these seem to be separate bands that would have to be evaluated by themselves (e.g. Massacre already in the archives); how does one separate Laswell "solo" from these collaborative works? |
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Easy Money ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 11 2007 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 10680 |
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No artist on this site has every album they played on listed in their discography. If added, Laswell would be no different. All the laswell albums would be on (duh), and I guess the different joint ventures that feature his name would be considered one by one.
Seperate band names in which Laswell was a member should not be added under his name. Edited by Easy Money - June 23 2009 at 14:19 |
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