William Otis Laswell 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.
Nicky Skopelitis is an American guitarist and composer of Greek descent. He also has performed on banjo, oud, lute, keyboards and other instruments. Although Skopelitis has recorded few albums as a bandleader, he has appeared on many more recordings, often collaborating with prolific bass guitarist and producer Bill Laswell.
Material was an American band formed in 1979 and operating until 1999, led by producer and bassist Bill Laswell.
Tabla Beat Science was a musical group founded in 1999 by Zakir Hussain and Bill Laswell. Its style consists of a mixture of Hindustani music, Asian Underground, ambient music, drum and bass and electronica.
Sound-System is the thirtieth album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and the second of three albums co-produced by Bill Laswell with the ‘Rockit’ Band. Guest artists include saxophonist Wayne Shorter, guitarist Henry Kaiser, kora player/percussionist Foday Musa Suso and drummer Anton Fier.
Perfect Machine is the thirty-second album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. It was the third and final album in Hancock’s series co-produced by Bill Laswell. Guests include bassist Bootsy Collins.
Horses & Trees is an album by English drummer Ginger Baker, released in 1986. The album is entirely instrumental and contains six dance-oriented songs.
"Rise" is a song by the English post-punk band Public Image Ltd, released as a single on 21 January 1986 by Virgin Records. It was the first single from Album, their fifth studio album.
Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud is an album by painter Julian Schnabel, recorded in 1993 and released in 1995 on Island Records. The majority of the album was written by Schnabel himself with most lyrics dealing with love.
Live in Japan is a 1993 live album by the New York based No Wave music group Material.
Axiom Collection series of albums are compilations from the Axiom record label released between 1991 and 1996.
One Down is a 1982 album by the New York based music group Material. The album finds Material moving away from their noisy no wave roots towards funk and R&B. The album was self-produced by Material, and was recorded by Martin Bisi in Brooklyn and Robert Musso in Manhattan. The album sees the band reduced to a duo of keyboardist Michael Beinhorn and bassist Bill Laswell, collaborating with different musicians and singers on each track. Whitney Houston made her recording debut as a lead vocalist on this album, for a version of the song "Memories".
The Third Power is a 1991 album by the New York based music group Material. The album mixes reggae. funk, dub and rap music.
Hallucination Engine is a 1994 album by the New York based music group Material. The album mixes jazz, dub, funk and Indian music.
Ekstasis is the second studio album by Nicky Skopelitis, released on 1993 through Axiom.
Dissident is the second studio album by Deadline, released in 1991 by Day Eight Music.
Hear No Evil is the second album by American composer Bill Laswell. It was released on March 21, 1988, by Venture and Virgin Records.
Asian Games is a collaborative album by Yōsuke Yamashita, Bill Laswell and Ryuichi Sakamoto. It was released on May 26, 1993, by Verve Forecast Records.
Radioaxiom: A Dub Transmission is a collaborative album by Bill Laswell and Jah Wobble, released on September 18, 2001, by Axiom and Palm Pictures.
Filmtracks 2000 is the thirteenth album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on September 25, 2001 by Tzadik Records. Despite the title's suggestion, the album is not a collection of Laswell's film scores. Instead it is an assemblage of new compositions which contain the hallmarks of soundtrack music, drawing influences from the music of India, Asia and the Middle East.
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