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William Otis Laswellis 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.
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About the Bill Laswell
William Otis Laswellis 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.
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 musicians, the styles and themes explored on different albums can vary dramatically. Material began as a noisy dance music band, but later albums concentrated on hip hop, jazz, or spoken word readings by William S. Burroughs. Most versions of the band Praxis have included guitarist Buckethead, but they have explored different permutations on albums.
11 Quotes by Bill Laswell
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don’t move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room.
Bill LaswellAmerican musician (born 1955)
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Computers and electronic music are not the opposite of the warm human music. It’s exactly the same.
Bill LaswellAmerican musician (born 1955)
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The atmosphere defines the environment of sound.
Bill LaswellAmerican musician (born 1955)
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Nothing was a style first. Everything started as an idea. A guy did something with an idea. Someone copied him. Some copied all of them and it became trendy and then it became a style.
Bill LaswellAmerican musician (born 1955)
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Sound comes out of a life experience.
Bill LaswellAmerican musician (born 1955)
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What I’m dealing with is sound. I don’t pretend to be dealing with music. I’m just dealing with sound elements, textures and sounds.
Bill LaswellAmerican musician (born 1955)
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Records are just moments of achievement. They’re like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.
Bill LaswellAmerican musician (born 1955)
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People are afraid of things they don’t understand. They don’t know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image.
Bill LaswellAmerican musician (born 1955)
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In all the music that deals with experimental repetition, drum and bass, dub, various kinds of house music, there’s always been a quality of atmosphere and ambience.
Bill LaswellAmerican musician (born 1955)
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People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don’t consider it to be as valuable as what they do.
Bill LaswellAmerican musician (born 1955)
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Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn’t consider himself part of a tradition.
Bill LaswellAmerican musician (born 1955)