Bill Laswell discography

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Bill Laswell discography
Studio albums70
Soundtrack albums5
Live albums4
Compilation albums8
Singles4
Remix albums5

This article presents the complete oeuvre of American bassist, composer and music producer Bill Laswell, including his work as a band member and collaborating artist. 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. Starting in 1978, Laswell has built a reputation as an accomplished bass player and composer. He has also had a prolific career as a music producer and sound engineer, overseeing the recording process of diverse musical acts such as Sly and Robbie, Afrika Bambaataa, Bernie Worrell, Blind Idiot God, Henry Threadgill and Buckethead. [1]

Contents

As a solo artist

Studio albums

ReleasedTitle
YearMonth
1983Jun Baselines
1988Mar Hear No Evil
1994Dec Outer Dark
1995Sep Silent Recoil: Dub System One
1996Sep Oscillations
1997Jul City of Light
1998Jun Oscillations 2
1999Mar Invisible Design
Sep Imaginary Cuba
Nov Permutation
2000Apr Dub Chamber 3
Oct Lo. Def Pressure
2001Sep Filmtracks 2000
Oct Points of Order
2004Sep Version 2 Version: A Dub Transmission
2009Mar Invisible Design II
2012Oct Means of Deliverance
Nov Túwaqachi (The Fourth World)

Under a pseudonym

ReleasedNameTitle
YearMonth
1993OctDivination Ambient Dub Volume I
Ambient Dub Volume II: Dead Slow
1994JulChaos Face Doom Ride
AugAutomaton Dub Terror Exhaust
Oct Jihad (Points of Order)
1995MarDivination Akasha
1996JanPossession
+ African Dub
Off World One
FebDivination Distill
MaySacred System Chapter One: Book of Entrance
1997Sep Chapter Two
1998Aug Nagual Site
OctDivination Sacrifice
1999MayHashisheen The End of Law
JulRasa Serene Timeless Joy
2000MayOperazone The Redesign
2002OctSacred System Book of Exit: Dub Chamber 4

Collaborative albums

ReleasedTitleNotes
YearMonth
1987May Low Life
1993 Asian Games
1994Feb Outland
Apr Psychonavigation
Jul Cymatic Scan
Aug Visitation
1995Jan Web
Mar Somnific Flux
Subsonic 2: Bass Terror
May Psychonavigation 2
1996Feb Interpieces Organization
Apr Outland 2
1997Feb Psychonavigation 3
Aug Dub Meltdown
1998Apr Outland 3
1999 Psychonavigation 4
Jun Charged
2000Feb Outland IV
2001Apr Life Space Death
Sep Radioaxiom: A Dub Transmission
2002Apr Psychonavigation 5
2003Nov Buck Jam Tonic
Dec AFTERMATHematics
Soup
2004May A Navel City/No One Is There
Jun Brutal Calling
Sep Soup Live
2006Apr Episome
2007Mar Outland 5
Sep Live at the Bowery Poetry Project
2008Mar Lodge
Aug No Matter
2011Mar Bass & Drums
Konton
  • With Manabu Murata, Yoshi Otani and Munenori Senju
Aug Near Nadir
Oct BLIXT
2014Sep The Dream Membrane
Nov The Process
2016Oct Dubopera
2021May Sacred Ceremonies
2022Jan The Cleansing
  • With John Zorn
MayNammu
  • With Ulf Ivarsson
2023MayMemoria
  • With John Zorn
AugBreath Versus Beats

Remix albums

YearArtistAlbum
1991 Toshinori Kondo & IMA In the '90s
1995 Boris Feoktistov Russian Chants «Parastas»
1997 Bob Marley Dreams of Freedom: Ambient Translations in Dub
Bill Laswell Oscillations Remixes
1998 Miles Davis Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974
2000Various Artists Emerald Aether: Shape Shifting
2002 Sussan Deyhim Shy Angels
2003 Gigi Illuminated Audio
2004 Lili Boniche Boniche Dub II
2005 Bill Laswell Trojan Dub Massive: Chapter One
Trojan Dub Massive: Chapter Two
2006 Matisyahu Youth Dub
2011 David Gould Dub of the Passover

Cover albums

YearTitle
1998 Jazzonia

Compilation albums

YearTitle
1993 Deconstruction: The Celluloid Recordings
1994 Light in Extension
1996 Ambient Compendium
Altered Beats - Assassin Knowledges of the Remanipulated
2003 Final Oscillations
ROIR Dub Sessions
2011 Aspiration

Soundtracks

YearTitleNotes
1999 Broken Vessels Official soundtrack to the film, Broken Vessels

Singles

YearTitleAlbum
1984"Work Song" Baselines
1998"Moody's Mood for Love"Non-album singles
2003"Photo Op Before a Long Hard Fuck"
2005Todd Bridges on Lockdown/Summary Execution

Axiom series

TitleAlbum details
Axiom Ambient: Lost in the Translation
  • Released: November 8, 1994 (US)
  • Label: Axiom
  • Formats: CD
Axiom Funk: Funkcronomicon
  • Released: July 18, 1995 (US)
  • Label: Axiom
  • Formats: CD
Axiom Dub: Mysteries of Creation
  • Released: October 22, 1996 (US)
  • Label: Axiom
  • Formats: CD

As a band member

Bass guitar credits

YearArtistReleaseSong(s)
1978Michael Blaise and CheaterScoring Power (7")"Scoring Power"
1981 Brian Eno and David Byrne My Life in the Bush of Ghosts "America Is Waiting"
Fred Frith Speechless
Kip Hanrahan Coup de tête"Whatever I Want", "This Night Comes Out of Both of Us", "India Song", "Shadow to Shadow"
Elliott Sharp Moving Info (CS)
John Zorn Archery
1982 PHASE 2 The Roxy (12")
Elliott Sharp Ism"Surdification", "Filter", "Just Like Here"
Elliott Sharp Nots"TMI", "Obvious", "Surdification", "Just Like Here", "Filter"
Brian Eno Ambient 4: On Land "Lizard Point"
Daevid Allen Divided Alien Playbax 80
Love of Life Orchestra Casino
Jill KroesenStop Vicious Cycles"Wayne Hayes Blues", "I Am Not Seeing That You Are Here", "Ride Your Pony", "I'm Sorry I'm Such a Weenie"
Fab Five Freddy Change the Beat (12")
Tribe 2What I Like (12")
1983 Daevid Allen Alien in New York (12")"Are You Ready", "Oo La La"
D.St. Crazy Cuts (12")
Herbie Hancock Future Shock
Fred Frith Cheap at Half the Price "The Welcome"
Nona Hendryx Nona"Run for Cover"
Daniel PonceNew York Now!
Lenny White Attitude
1984 Laurie Anderson Mister Heartbreak "Sharkey's Day", "Gravity's Angel", "Kokoku", "Excellent Birds", "Blue Lagoon", "Sharkey's Night"
Herbie Hancock Sound-System "Hardrock", "Junku", "Sound-System"
Herbie Hancock Hardrock (12")"Hardrock" (long ver.), "T.F.S."
David Moss Full House"Tunes", "3-Way Switch"
Genji SawaiSowaka
Shango Shango Funk Theology
Time Zone World Destruction
Tom Verlaine Cover "Miss Emily"
Yellowman King Yellowman"Strong Me Strong", "Disco Reggae"
Yla-MagoTYO-Rock (12")
1985 Afrika Bambaataa Kick Out the Jams (7")
B-SideCairo Nights"Change the Beat", "What I Like (American Dreams)"
Mick Jagger She's the Boss "Lonely at the Top", "Just Another Night"
Toshinori Kondo & IMA China Boogie (12")
1986 Public Image Ltd Album "F.F.F.", "Rise", "Fishing", "Round", "Bags", "Home"
Laurie Anderson Home of the Brave "Credit Racket"
Ginger Baker Horses & Trees "Interlock", "Dust to Dust", "Uncut"
Peter Gabriel So "This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)"
Toshinori Kondo & IMA Konton
Meltable Snaps ItPoints Blank"Chigger Reel", "Crake", "Mike Me", "Points Blank"
The Stalin Fish Inn
1987The EpidemicsDo What U Do
Ryuichi Sakamoto Neo Geo
Sonny Sharrock Seize the Rainbow"Sheraserhead's High-Top Sneakers"
James Blood Ulmer America – Do You Remember the Love?
1988 Afrika Bambaataa The Light"Clean Up Your Act", "Zouk Your Body", "World Racial War"
GettovettsMissionaries Moving
James Blood Ulmer Wings
1989MenaceDoghouse
Robert Musso Absolute Music"Surakarta"
Nicky Skopelitis Next to Nothing
Swans The Burning World
Swans Saved (12")
1990 Akira Sakata Mooko
Ginger Baker Middle Passage
Bootsy's Rubber Band Jungle Bass
Fred Frith Step Across the Border
Niels & The New York Street PercussionistsNiels & The New York Street Percussionists
MandingoNew World Power
Minako YoshidaGazer"Gazer", "Silencer"
1991 Valentina Ponomaryova Live in Japan"Gotanda U-Port Hall I"
Akira Sakata Silent Plankton
1992 Masabumi Kikuchi Dreamachine
Robert Musso Active Resonance"A Dream Supreme", "Alliance", "All Funked Up", "Tanar!", "To Cross the Rubicon", "Ancient Silk Road", "The Squidge", "A Late One"
Hector Zazou Sahara Blue "I'll Strangle You", "Lettre au Directeur des Messageries Maritimes"
1993Aisha Kandisha's Jarring EffectsShabeesation"A Muey a Muey", "Dunya", "Fin Roh", "Nbrik", "Nbrik" (dub version), "El Harb"
Anton Fier Dreamspeed
Umar Bin Hassan Be Bop or Be Dead
Icehouse Big Wheel (12")"Big Wheel" (Bill Laswell mix)
Icehouse Big Wheel "Melt Steel" (Parts 1-3)
The Last Poets Black and Strong (Homesick) (12")
The Last Poets Holy Terror
F. Robert LloydThink About Brooklyn"Blind Willie", "Waltzing Kate", "Lullaby You", "Bloody Buddy Rumba", "Four Lives in a Day Suite", "Proverbs From Hell", "True Man Coyote", "La Femme Bachir"
Nicky Skopelitis Ekstasis "Meet Your Maker", "Ghost of a Chance", "One Eye Open", "Telling Time"
Hideo Yamaki Shadow Run
Yothu Yindi Freedom
1994 The Beatniks Another High Exit"Mirrors" (Bill Laswell Alien Mind-Screen mix)
Hakim Bey T.A.Z.
Buckethead Giant Robot "Doomride", "Want Some Slaw?", "Binge and Grab", "Robot Transmission", "Post Office Buddy", "Last Train to Bucketheadland"
Death Cube K Dreamatorium
Masters of NoneStained Glass Sky"Seven Headed Queen", "Forever Came Today", "Legends of America", "80 Worlds", "Preincarnation"
Monday Michiru Groovement"Is This How It Feels"
Transonic Downstream Illusion
Transonic Virtual Current
Vodû 155Vodû 155"Zaka", "Tak This Tak That", "Feel No Evil"
Zoopadelica feat. MenaceThe Life and Times of One Chocolate Baby"Secret"
1995 A.P.C. APC Tracks Vol. 1
AhlamActing Salam"Tkelemti", "Ash Men Hila", "Irfiq Rak 2", "Mashi"
Cypher 7Security"Message Important"
Aïyb Dieng Rhythmagick
Emergency Broadcast Network Telecommunication Breakdown "Electronic Behavior Control System", "Electronic Behavior Control" (System Ver. 2.0)
Haruomi Hosono N.D.E."Navigations", "Edge of the End"
Abiodun Oyewole 25 Years
Julian Schnabel Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud
Transonic Future Primitive
John Zorn Filmworks III: 1990–1995 "France", "USA"
1996 A.P.C. APC Tracks Vol. 2
ArganBerberism"Tibdit"
Ashes Corpus
Buckethead The Day of the Robot
Niels Jensen & Jonas Hellborg Ordinary Day
Jali KundaGriots of West Africa & Beyond"Lanmbasy Dub"
Russell Mills Undark
The Dark Side of the Moog The Dark Side of the Moog 4"Part I", "Part II", "Part III", "Part V", "Part VIII"
The Dark Side of the Moog The Dark Side of the Moog 5"Part III", "Part VII"
Paul Schütze + Phantom City Site Anubis "Future Nights", "An Early Mutation", "Blue Like Petrol", "Ten Acre Ghost", "Eight Legs Out of Limbo"
Stina Nordenstam The Photographer's Wife
TrawlTrawl (12")
1997 Lori Carson Everything I Touch Runs Wild"Something's Got Me", "Something's Got Me" (Curse of the Voodoo Swamp extended mix), "Something's Got Me" (Homegrown Fantasy mix), "Something's Got Me" (Instant Drip Hop mix)
ChakraSeven Centers
Death Cube K Disembodied
ElixirHegalien Zone"Automation Required", "Voyage Orientis", "Humans Being Human", "Etherus Athirst C2 H50 CD H5"
Chaba Fadela & Cheb Sahraoui Walli
The Last Poets Time Has Come
Paul Schütze + Phantom City Shiva Recoil: Live/Unlive
Bernie Worrell Free Agent: A Spaced Odyssey "AfroFuturism (Phazed One)", "In Pursuit"
1998 Almamegretta Lingo"47", "Black Athena", "Berberia"
A.P.C. On Goes the Beat/Oriental Disco (12")"Oriental Disco"
Lili Boniche Alger Alger
Lili Boniche Boniche Dub
Buckethead Colma "Machete"
Cypher 7Nothing Lasts"Message Important"
Dubadelic Bass Invaders
Dub Syndicate Fear of a Green Planet
Enzo Gragnaniello Neapolis mantra"Il Viaggio del Sole" (remix)
Jivamukti Yoga Center Basic Yoga Class
The Men XperienceLa Mancha Negra: The Black Stain"End the Sin", "Backdoor"
MeridiemMeridiem
Mœbius Creatore di Universi
Nia MonetLaissez Faire"Secrets of Life"
Professor Shehab & Robert Musso Ataxia
Sapho Digital Sheikha"Sois Plus Radical", "Laouah", "Petit Demon", "Dabayji"
Talvin Singh OK "Soni"
1999Percy HowardIncidental Seductions"Succubus"
Russell Mills Innermedium
O Rappa Lado B Lado A
DJ Cheb i Sabbah Shri Durga"Shri Durga", "Kese Kese", "Mere Kaku", "Gangta Dev"
Jah Wobble Deep Space"Disks, Winds and Veiling Curtains"
John Zorn Taboo & Exile "Sacrifist", "Thaalapalassi", "The Possessed"
2000 Sting Brand New Day: The Remixes"A Thousand Years" (Bill Laswell remix)
2001 Gigi Gigi
Herbie Hancock Future 2 Future
Robert Miles Organik "Release Me", "Improvisations" (Parts 1 & 2)
Qaballah SteppersImaginatrix"Automation", "Last Exit"
Akira Sakata Fisherman's.com
James Blood Ulmer Blue Blood
2002 Robert Musso Axiomatic "For the Sky to Clear"
DJ Cheb i Sabbah Krishna Lila"Narajanma Bandage", "Maname Diname", "Raja Vedalu", "Lagi Lagan", "Rupa Tujhe Deva"
Jah Wobble's Solaris Live in Concert
John Zorn IAO
2003Audio LeterNeti-Neti"Liberation from Samsara"
Lili Haydn Light Blue Sun "Light Blue Sun (Prelude)", "Anything", "Wounded Dove", "The Longing", "The Chinese Song", "Seek", "Anything" (Radio edit)
Karsh Kale Liberation"Milan"
Lucky Peterson Black Midnight Sun [3]
Pharoah Sanders/Graham Haynes With a Heartbeat
2004 Azzddine Massafat
Gigi Gold & Wax
MeridiemA Pleasant Fiction
Kankawa 122Greatfull Remixers"Limbic System" (Bill Laswell mix)
Ustad Sultan Khan Rare Elements
2005 Cheb i Sabbah La Kahena
Sound Tribe Sector 9 Artifact: Perspectives"Tokyo Shinjuku" (Flashback mix)
2006 Ashes Unisono
D. RadIl Lato D"Estrazione" (Electric Heater mix)
GOMASoul of Rite
Akiko GraceIllume
Maghrebika Neftakhir
DJ Cheb i Sabbah La Ghibra
Samsara Sound SystemTales of the Red Dawn"Dawn at the Devils Tower", "Round the Corner"
2007Dorian CheahARA
RaizUno
Sigillum S23/20
Submerged Stars Lights the End
2008 Sussan Deyhim Out of Faze"Maze" (remix), "Tell Me" (remix)
HiM 1110"Sikyi Rock"
Kasbah RockersKasbah Rockers"Hikayati", "Bred Atay", "Al Rafel", "Bledstyle", "Mafi Tika", "Fikou", "Hellou Al Biban", "Hashouma", "Shems", "Rassoul Al Houda"
Toy KillersThe Unlistenable Years"Smokey Raindrops", "Green Dolphin Sweet", "Corrugated Gems of Woe", "Bleed for the Mind", "The Devil May Be Your Santa Claus" (studio version)
2009 Martin Bisi Son of a Gun (EP)"Mile High - Apple of My Eye"
Death Cube K Torn From Black Space
Jai Uttal and The Pagan Love Orchestra Thunder Love"Adonai"
2010 Sussan Deyhim City of Leaves"Searching for You"
Tomás Doncker Small World"Conscience of the World" (Bill Laswell mix)
Garrison Hawk Livin' the Genocide"Gangsta Roll" (Bill Laswell mix)
2011 Tomás Doncker Power of the Trinity"Conscience of the World", "Peace Is Not Fiction"
Lee "Scratch" Perry Rise Again
2012 John Zorn Nosferatu
2015 Samuel Claiborne Love, Lust, and Genocide"The Heart Is A Bomb"
"—" denotes a credit for the entire release.

Production credits

YearArtistReleaseRole(s)Song(s)
1984 Laurie Anderson Mister Heartbreak Producer "Sharkey's Day", "Kokoku", "Sharkey's Night"
Jalal Mansur Nuriddin & D.St. Mean Machine (12")Producer
Herbie Hancock Sound-System Producer
Toshinori Kondo & IMA Taihen Mixing
Fela Kuti Army ArrangementProducer, Remixing
Gil Scott-Heron Re-Ron (12")Producer
1985 Afrika Bambaataa Kick Out the Jams (7")Producer"Kick Out the Jams"
Manu Dibango Electric AfricaProducer
Herbie Hancock and Foday Musa Suso Village Life Producer
Ronald Shannon Jackson Decode YourselfProducer
Mick Jagger She's the Boss Producer
Toshinori Kondo & IMA China Boogie (12")Co-producer
The Last Poets Oh My PeopleProducer
Touré Kunda NataliaProducer
Sly and Robbie Language Barrier Producer
Yoko Ono Starpeace Producer
1986 Public Image Ltd Album Producer
Ginger Baker Horses & Trees Producer
Manu Dibango Makossa '87 (Big Blow) (12")Producer
Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes (12")Producer
Toshinori Kondo & IMA KontonProducer
Motörhead Orgasmatron Producer
Sonny Sharrock Guitar Producer
The Stalin Fish Inn Producer
1987Mandingo feat. Foday Musa Suso Watto SittaProducer
Motörhead Rock 'n' Roll Producer, engineering "Eat the Rich"
Ryuichi Sakamoto Neo Geo Producer
Sonny Sharrock Seize the Rainbow Producer
Sly and Robbie Rhythm Killers Producer
James Blood Ulmer America – Do You Remember the Love? Producer
1988 Afrika Bambaataa The LightProducer"Clean Up Your Act", "Zouk Your Body", "World Racial War"
Blind Idiot God Undertow Producer
Bootsy Collins What's Bootsy Doin'? Producer"Shock-It-To-Me"
GettovettsMissionaries MovingProducer
Herbie Hancock Perfect Machine Producer
Ronald Shannon Jackson TexasProducer, mixing
Iggy Pop Instinct Producer
SamulnoriRecord of ChangesProducer
1989MenaceDoghouseProducer
Ramones Brain Drain Producer
Nicky Skopelitis Next to Nothing Producer
Foday Musa Suso Julu KemoProducer
Swans The Burning World Producer
Swans Saved (12")Producer"Saved", "See No More" (acoustic ver.)
White Zombie Make Them Die Slowly Producer
Stevie Salas ColorcodeProducer
1990 Akira Sakata MookoProducer
Ginger Baker Middle PassageProducer
Bootsy's Rubber Band Jungle Bass Producer
Gnawa Music of MarrakeshNight Spirit MastersProducer
Ronald Shannon Jackson Taboo Producer
Ronald Shannon Jackson Red WarriorProducer
LimbomaniacsStinky GroovesProducer
MandingoNew World PowerProducer
Mandinka and Fulani Music of The GambiaAncient HeartProducer
Maceo Parker For All the King's MenProducer
Simon Shaheen The Music of Mohamed Abdel WahabProducer
ShankarSoul SearcherProducer
Foday Musa Suso The DreamtimeProducer
Bernie Worrell Funk of Ages Producer"Volunteered Slavery/Bern's Blues/Outer Spaceways", "At Mos'Spheres"
1991 Apollo Smile Apollo SmileRemixing"Thunder Box"
F.F.F.Blast CultureProducer
Jonas Hellborg The WordProducer
Akira Sakata Silent PlanktonProducer
Sonny Sharrock Ask the Ages Producer
Nicky Skopelitis/Sonny Sharrock Faith Moves Producer
X-Legged Sally Slow-UpProducer
1992Bahia BlackRitual Beating SystemProducer
Bachir Attar The Next DreamProducer
Blind Idiot God Cyclotron Producer
BombHate Fed LoveProducer
Hardware Third Eye Open Producer
Icehouse Masterfile Producer, mixing"Love in Motion", "Byrralku Dhangudha"
Masabumi Kikuchi DreamachineProducer
The Master Musicians of Jajouka Apocalypse Across the SkyProducer
N-FactorParadigmashiftMixing
Talip ÖzkanThe Dark FireProducer
Simon Shaheen Turath (Heritage)Producer
1993Aisha Kandisha's Jarring EffectsShabeesationProducer"A Muey a Muey", "Dunya", "Fin Roh", "Nbrik", "Nbrik" (dub version), "El Harb"
William S. Burroughs Words of Advice for Young People (12")Remixing"Interzone" (radio edit), "Mutatis Mutandis" (radio edit), "Interzone" (extended mix), "Mutatis Mutandis - Lemurs In the Mist" (Interzone mix), "Mutatis Mutandis" (mix)
George Clinton Hey, Man, Smell My Finger Co-producer"Maximumisness"
Icehouse Spin One (12")Producer"Byrralku Dhangudha"
Icehouse Big Wheel (12")Producer"Big Wheel" (Bill Laswell mix)
Icehouse Big Wheel Producer"Slow Motion", "The Great Southern Mix"
The Last Poets Black and Strong (Homesick) (12")Producer
The Last Poets Holy TerrorProducer
O.G. Funk Out of the Dark Producer
Nicky Skopelitis Ekstasis Producer
Soon E MCO.P.I.D. (12")Producer, remix
Henry Threadgill Too Much Sugar for a Dime Producer
Bernie Worrell Pieces of Woo: The Other Side Producer
Bernie Worrell Blacktronic Science Producer
X-Legged Sally Killed By CharityProducer
Hideo Yamaki Shadow RunProducer
Yothu Yindi Freedom Producer"World of Innocence", "Baywara", "Mabo", "Yolngu Boy"
Zillatron Lord of the Harvest Producer
1994 Azonic Halo Producer
The Beatniks Another High ExitProducer, remix"Mirrors" (Bill Laswell Alien Mind-Screen mix)
Hakim Bey T.A.Z.Producer
Buckethead Giant Robot Producer
Cypher 7DecoderProducer
Death Cube K Dreamatorium Producer
Mahmoud Guinia The Trance of the Seven ColorsProducer
King Cobb Steelie Project Twinkle Producer
Mephiskapheles God Bless Satan Producer
Buddy Miles Express Hell and BackProducer
Slave MasterUnder the SixProducer
Liu Sola Blues in the EastProducer
Vodû 155Vodû 155Producer"Vodu Funkadelic", "Zaka", "Tak This Tak That", "Feel No Evil"
Jah Wobble The Sun Does RiseCo-producer, mixing"Om Namah Shiva" (Transformation of the Heart mix)
1995 A.P.C. APC Tracks Vol. 1Producer
AhlamActing SalamProducer"Tkelemti", "Ash Men Hila", "Irfiq Rak 2", "Mashi"
Paul Bowles Baptism of SolitudeProducer
Justin K. Broadrick/Azonic Subsonic 3: Skinner's Black Laboratories Producer"River Blindness", "Nine Tails"
Cypher 7SecurityProducer
Aïyb Dieng Rhythmagick Producer
Emergency Broadcast Network Telecommunication Breakdown Co-producer, mixing"Shoot the Mac 10"
GOD Appeal to Human Greed Producer"Bloodstream" (The Evening Redness in the West mix)
Haruomi Hosono N.D.E.Producer"Navigations", "Edge of the End"
Mutiny Aftershock 2005 Co-producer
Nicklebag12 Hits and a BumpCo-producer
Abiodun Oyewole 25 YearsProducer
Julian Schnabel Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud Producer
Scorn Ellipsis Remixing"Night Ash Black" (Slow Black Underground River mix)
Henry Threadgill Carry the Day Producer
Henry Threadgill Makin' a Move Producer
Jah Wobble Heaven and EarthProducer"Gone to Croatan", "Hit Me"
1996 A.P.C. APC Tracks Vol. 2Producer
Ashes CorpusProducer, mixing
Buckethead The Day of the Robot Producer
Anne Clark Letter of Thanks to a Friend (12")Remixing
Kodo Ibuki Producer
Jali KundaGriots of West Africa & BeyondProducer
MakyoRasa BhavaCo-producer, mixing"Devabandha"
NûsAll The Vertical AngelsProducer
Stevie Salas Color CodeProducer
Pharoah Sanders Message from Home Producer
Sonny Sharrock Into Another LightProducer
Liu Sola/Wu Man China CollageProducer
Trawl Trawl (12")Mixing"Wireless" (Rupture mix)
1997ChakraSeven CentersProducer
George Clinton Get Yo Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me (Single)Producer
Death Cube K Disembodied Producer
Chaba Fadela & Cheb Sahraoui WalliProducer
The Last Poets Time Has ComeProducer
Henry Threadgill & Make a Move Where's Your Cup? Producer
Jai Uttal and The Pagan Love Orchestra Shiva StationMixing
Bernie Worrell Free Agent: A Spaced Odyssey Co-producer, mixing
1998 A.P.C. On Goes the Beat/Oriental Disco (12")Producer"Oriental Disco"
The Bogmen Closed Captioned Radio Producer
Lili Boniche Alger AlgerProducer
Lili Boniche Boniche DubProducer, mixing
Buckethead Colma Producer"Machete"
Cypher 7Nothing LastsProducer
Enzo Gragnaniello Neapolis mantraRemix"Il Viaggio del Sole" (remix)
Jivamukti Yoga Center Basic Yoga Class Recording, mixing
The Men XperienceLa Mancha Negra: The Black StainRecording
Mœbius Creatore di UniversiRecording
Naftule's DreamSmash, Clap!Mixing
NûsInside Is the Only Way OutProducer
Pharoah Sanders Save Our Children Producer
Sapho Digital SheikhaProducer, mixing"Sois Plus Radical", "Laouah", "Petit Demon", "Dabayji"
1999 A.P.C. Havana Mood/Rhum and BassProducer
Buckethead Monsters and Robots Producer"Night of the Slunk"
Laurel MacDonaldWingspanRemix"A Wing & a Prayer" (Bill Laswell mix)
Medeski Martin & Wood Combustication Remix EP Remix"Satan's Church of Hypnotized Logic" (Bill Laswell remix)
O Rappa Lado B Lado A Producer"Lado B Lado A", "Na Palma Da Mão"
DJ Cheb i Sabbah Shri DurgaRecording
Jah Wobble Deep SpaceProducer"Disks, Winds and Veiling Curtains"
2000 The Damage Manual The Damage ManualMixing"King Mob", "Denial", "Broadcasting", "Blame and Demand", "Damage Addict" (Laswell mix), "Stateless" (Laswell mix)
Enrico Macias Enrico ExperienceRemix"L'oriental" (Laswell remix), "Le Violon de mon pére" (Laswell remix)
Millennium ProjectSimulasticityMixing
Sting Brand New Day: The RemixesRemix"A Thousand Years" (Bill Laswell remix)
2001 A.P.C. APC Dance: Ignore the BeatProducer
Mari Boine RemixedRemix"Maid Áiggot Muinna Eallin" (Bill Laswell remix)
FreeformAudiotourism Reinterpretations: Vietnam and ChinaRemix"Lost World"
GonervillGonervillCo-producer
Herbie Hancock Future 2 Future Producer
Nils Petter Molvær RecolouredCo-producer, mixing"Merciful/Ligotage" (Incunabula mix)
Naftule's DreamJobMixing
Akira Sakata Fisherman's.comProducer
Carlos Santana Divine Light: Mix TranslationsMixing
Henry Threadgill Everybodys Mouth's a Book Mixing
Henry Threadgill Up Popped the Two Lips Recording, mixing
James Blood Ulmer Blue Blood Producer
2002 Karsh Kale Redesign: Realize RemixedRemix"Empty Hands" (Bill Laswell mix)
Angélique Kidjo Black Ivory SoulProducer
Nils Petter Molvær Axis of Ignorance (12")Remix"Frozen" (Northern Light mix)
Rovo Tonic 2001Mixing
DJ Cheb i Sabbah Krishna LilaRecording
Vida Blue Most Events Aren't PlannedRemix"Most Events Aren't Planned" (Dreams of Tee Point mix)
Satlah Children of IsraelProducer, mixing
2003 Abyssinia Infinite Zion RootsProducer
Audio LeterNeti-NetiRemix"Liberation from Samsara"
Lili Haydn Light Blue Sun Producer"Light Blue Sun (Prelude)", "Come Here", "Wounded Dove", "Sweetness", "Seek", "Home", "The Promised Land"
Jon MadofRashanimMixing
Lucky Peterson Black Midnight SunProducer
Pharoah Sanders/Graham Haynes With a Heartbeat Producer
Serj Tankian and Arto Tunçboyaciyan Narina (12")Remix"Narina" (Bill Laswell mix)
2004 Oz Fritz All Around the World Co-producer
Gigi Gold & WaxProducer
Kankawa 122Greatfull RemixersRemix"Limbic System" (Bill Laswell mix)
Ryukyu Underground Ryukyu RemixedRemix"Koi No Michi Kusa" (Bill Laswell mix)
Sly and Robbie Version BornProducer
Yulduz BilmadimRemix"Kiss Me" (Bill Laswell mix)
2005 Buckethead Enter the Chicken Engineering"Running from the Light"
Nils Petter Molvær RemakesCo-producer, remix"Frozen"
Cheb i Sabbah La KahenaRecording
Sound Tribe Sector 9 Artifact: PerspectivesRemix"Tokyo Shinjuku" (Flashback mix)
2006 Ashes UnisonoMixing
D. RadIl Lato DRemix"Estrazione" (Electric Heater mix)
Akiko GraceIllumeProducer
Matisyahu Youth Producer
Matisyahu No Place to Be Remix"Jerusalem (Out of Darkness Comes Light)", "Chop 'em Down", "Warrior", "Message in a Bottle", "Message in a Bottle" (dub version)
Muddy WorldFinery of the StormMixing
Roots Tonic Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell Producer, mixing
DJ Cheb i Sabbah La GhibraRecording
John Zorn Moonchild: Songs Without Words Mixing
John Zorn Astronome Mixing
2007Dorian CheahARAProducer
Nine Inch Nails Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D Remix"Vessel" (Bill Laswell mix)
RaizUnoMixing
John Zorn Six Litanies for Heliogabalus Recording, mixing
John Zorn Asmodeus: Book of Angels Volume 7 Recording, mixing
2008 Enzo Avitabile & BottariFesta Farina E ForcaProducer"Mamm"
Anthony Braxton/Milford Graves/William Parker Beyond Quantum Producer, mixing
Sussan Deyhim Out of FazeRemix"Bashad", "Maze" (remix)
Hal and The Big FiveUmoyaMixing
2009 Death Cube K Torn From Black Space Producer
Dr. IsraelGangsta N Police (12")Producer, mixing
The Project_PaleOur Inventions and How They Fail UsMixing
Jai Uttal and The Pagan Love Orchestra Thunder LoveMixing
2010BeatundercontrolBeatundercontrol in DubRemix"Secrets of Fascination" (Bill Laswell mix)
Sussan Deyhim City of LeavesProducer"Searching for You"
Tomas DonckerSmall WorldCo-producer, remix"Conscience of the World" (Bill Laswell mix)
Garrison Hawk Livin' the GenocideRemix"Gangsta Roll" (Bill Laswell mix)
2011AnimationAgemoProducer, remix"Pharoah's Dance" (Son of Panthalassa remix)
Tomas DonckerPower of the TrinityCo-producer
Loud ApartmentGet Up Get DownMixing
Lee "Scratch" Perry Rise AgainProducer
2012Dr. IsraelGhetto DefendantMixing
Garrison Hawk SurviveProducer
JanoErtaleProducer
JanoErtaleMixing
Naked TruthOuroborosMixing
John Zorn Nosferatu Mixing
2013Higgins Waterproof Black Magic BandHiggins Waterproof Black Magic Band (12")Mixing"Mad Lifeline"
Suphala Alien AncestryRemix"Vashikaran"
Bernie Worrell Elevation: Upper Air Producer"World of Innocence", "Baywara", "Mabo", "Yolngu Boy"
MumpbeakMumpbeakCo-producer, mixing
2014 Abraxas Psychomagia Mixing
Colin Edwin/Lorenzo FeliciatiTwinscapesMixing
Helio ParallaxHelio ParallaxMixing
2015 Blind Idiot God Before Ever After Producer
"—" denotes a credit for the entire release.

Other credits

YearArtistReleaseCreditSong(s)
1983 Nona Hendryx Nona Musical arrangements
1984 Jalal Mansur Nuriddin & D.St. Mean Machine (12") Shortwave
Nona Hendryx The Art of Defense Tapes "I Sweat", "The Life", "Electricity"
Toshinori Kondo & IMA TaihenTapes
Genji SawaiSowakaMusical arrangements
Gil Scott-Heron Re-Ron (12") DMX, radio
Time Zone World DestructionDMX
Yla-MagoTYO-Rock (12")Tapes
1985 Manu Dibango Electric AfricaDMX"Pata Piya", "Echos Beti"
Ronald Shannon Jackson Decode Yourself drum programming "Decoding"
The Last Poets Oh My PeopleDMX"Get Movin'"
1987Mandingo feat. Foday Musa Suso Watto Sitta DMX programming
1990 Bootsy's Rubber Band Jungle Bass Musical arrangements
1993Aisha Kandisha's Jarring EffectsShabeesation Effects, loops "A Muey a Muey", "Dunya", "Fin Roh", "Nbrik", "Nbrik" (dub version), "El Harb"
Bernie Worrell Pieces of Woo: The Other Side Samples, loops, effects"Gladiator Skull", "Moon Over Brixton", "Judie's Passion Purple", "Fields of Play"
Bernie Worrell Blacktronic Science Loops"Flex", "Won't Go Away"
Yothu Yindi Freedom Musical arrangements"World of Innocence", "Baywara", "Mabo", "Yolngu Boy"
Zillatron Lord of the Harvest Ambient sounds
1994 Azonic Halo Musical arrangements
Hakim Bey T.A.Z.Musical arrangements
Death Cube K Dreamatorium Musical arrangements, effects
1995 A.P.C. APC Tracks Vol. 1Effects
AhlamActing SalamMusical arrangements"Tkelemti", "Ash Men Hila", "Irfiq Rak 2", "Mashi"
Paul Bowles Baptism of SolitudeMusical arrangements
Emergency Broadcast Network Telecommunication Breakdown Effects"Electronic Behavior Control System", "Electronic Behavior Control" (System Ver. 2.0)
Spectre The Illness Intro voice "9th Secret Rule of the Order"
1996 A.P.C. APC Tracks Vol. 2Effects
ArganBerberismIntro voice"Tibdit"
Ashes CorpusMusical arrangements
Buckethead The Day of the Robot drums
Dubadelic 2000: A Bass OdysseySamples, loops, effects
Jali KundaGriots of West Africa & BeyondSamples"Lanmbasy Dub"
Russell Mills Undark Drones
The Dark Side of the Moog The Dark Side of the Moog 4 Sound collage "Part I", "Part II", "Part III", "Part V", "Part VIII"
The Dark Side of the Moog The Dark Side of the Moog 5Effects"Part III", "Part VII"
SatoriInvisible RhythmEffects"Relocations"
1997ChakraSeven CentersEffects
Chaba Fadela & Cheb Sahraoui WalliEffects
The Last Poets Time Has ComeLoops, effects
The Dark Side of the Moog The Dark Side of the Moog 6Effects"Part IV"
Sri HariOne But DifferentEffects
1998 A.P.C. On Goes the Beat/Oriental Disco (12")Effects"Oriental Disco"
Lili Boniche Alger Alger Synthesizers
Lili Boniche Boniche DubSynthesizers
Enzo Gragnaniello Neapolis mantraEffects"Il Viaggio del Sole" (remix)
Jivamukti Yoga Center Basic Yoga ClassEffects
Mœbius Creatore di UniversiSamples, effects
1999 A.P.C. Havana Mood/Rhum and BassMusical arrangements
2001 Gigi Gigi Guitar, synthesizer
Nils Petter Molvær RecolouredEffects"Merciful/Ligotage" (Incunabula mix)
2002 Buckethead Funnel WeaverSamples
2003 Abyssinia Infinite Zion RootsMusical arrangements, acoustic guitar, keyboards
Pharoah Sanders/Graham Haynes With a Heartbeat Musical arrangements, keyboards, flute
2004 Gigi Gold & Wax Guitar, synthesizer
Sly and Robbie Version BornMusical arrangements, guitar, keyboards
2006D. RadIl Lato DEffects"Estrazione" (Electric Heater mix)
Akiko GraceIllume Electronics
2008 Sussan Deyhim Out of Faze Programming "Maze" (remix), "Tell Me" (remix)
2009 Death Cube K Torn From Black Space Effects
2011 Lee "Scratch" Perry Rise AgainEffects
2012 Garrison Hawk SurviveMusical arrangements, effects
"—" denotes a credit for the entire release.

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