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In Reply to: Bill Laswell recommendations wanted posted by grinagog on January 1, 2007 at 20:53:47:
Where to begin? Bill Laswell, under his own name and Material, has produced literally dozens of recordings in the past 25 years - and that doesn't include his countless producing and remixing gigs, Matisyahu's "Youth" being merely one of the most recent. Though I have a very large collection of his stuff, I can't even pretend to be an expert on all of it, there's so much, so here's a sample of my favorites:Material "One Down" - Unusually (for Laswell) mainstream funk and disco - one of his most accessible efforts. Features Nile Rodgers. Elektra originally put it out on vinyl. Trivia: includes first recorded appearnce of Whitney Houston (!).
Material "Memory Serves" - Their first album; I believe Celluloid released the vinyl. Material here is Sonny Sharrock (a regular collaborator - look for his solo stuff, much of which was produced by Laswell), Fred Frith, Billy Bang, Henry Kaiser and others. Lineup speaks for itself.
He did a sort-of trilogy of ambient remix albums around '96 to '98 (apart from the gazillion other remixes he's done), two of which appeared on vinyl. There's a two-disc album of Bob Marley remixes, "Dreams of Freedom," that's killer. My copy came in two generic black sleeves with white labels. An album of Miles Davis remixes on Columbia called "Panthalassa" (also on vinyl) is even better, IMHO. Best of all is "Divine Light," an album of interpretations of Santana pieces. I don't think that one was put out on vinyl, however.
Despite this being a vinyl board, I have to recommend three CDs - my personal favorite Laswell/Material albums. "T.A.Z. (Temporary Autonomous Zones)", by Hakim Bey, sets some of the anarchist writer's pieces, including "Poetic Terrorism," to music. Material on this outing includes Nicky Skopelitis and Buckethead. "Seven Souls" (the Polydor reissue version) is an absolute trip, and my very favorite. It's a collaboration with William S. Burroughs that has a chilling version of 'The Western Lands' (if you are a 'Sopranos' fan, it was used in last season's premiere episode). "Hallucination Engine" again features WSB, plus Wayne Shorter (they do a cover of "Cucumber Slumber"), Zakir Hussein, and Bootsy Collins .
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