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| - | [[Painkiller (band)|Painkiller]], Praxis, and Divination, an ambient dub project by Laswell. A sub-label called Strata was created with five releases in a more experimental dub/noise/ambient vein. Each of these releases (Death Cube K, Cypher 7, Azonic, and two under his alias Automaton) came in a black jewel case with the name of the project and album title printed on the front. | + | '''System of a Down''' is an {{nowrap|[[Armenian-American]]}} [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band from [[Glendale, California]], formed in 1994. |
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| - | Three other short-lived labels were created after the demise of the Subharmonic deal. One was Meta, which was intended to be a [[spoken word]] label. The second label, Submeta, managed four releases before folding. Meta, formed with Janet Rienstra, released only one album, ''Baptism of Solitude'' with novelist [[Paul Bowles]] reading excerpts from his work over soundscapes by Laswell. Meta would appear periodically, distributed by other labels, over the next few years until it returned as a spiritual/yogic label run by Rienstra. The third label, Black Arc, was an associated label of [[Rykodisc]] focusing on "Black Rock, Cyber Funk, and Future Blues", according to a sampler. The label featured members of P-Funk on most of the albums and released albums by Bootsy Collins (under the name "Zillatron"), Bernie Worrell (Japan-only), Mutiny ([[Jerome Brailey]]), and [[Billy Bass Nelson|Billy Bass]]. | + | |
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| - | ''Charged'' (1999) by [[Eraldo Bernocchi]] and Toshinori Kondo was released by Laswell's label Innerythmic. After a brief inactive period, the label restarted in 2001, releasing over the next few years and albums by Nicky Skopelitis, [[Raoul Björkenheim]], [[James Blood Ulmer]], [[Shin Terai]], and Gonervill. Innerhythmic also released a live recording by Praxis and reissued Black Arc albums from the 1990, including Zillatron, The Last Poets' ''Holy Terror'' and [[Buddy Miles]]' ''Hell & Back''. | + | |
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| - | Laswell moved his studio to [[West Orange, New Jersey]] and called it Orange Music Sound Studios. Under Palm's umbrella, though, four albums and a DVD set were released, including a studio album and a live 2-disc set from [[Tabla Beat Science]] centered on [[tabla]] virtuoso [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]], son of [[Alla Rakha]]. The album included [[Karsh Kale]], [[Trilok Gurtu]], [[Ustad Sultan Khan]], and [[Talvin Singh]]. This group has performed in the US, Lebanon, and Japan. Laswell, Kale, Kahn, and Hussain are usually supplemented by other musicians, which have included [[Gigi (singer)|Gigi]], [[DJ Disk]], [[Serj Tankian]] from [[System of a Down]], [[Sussan Deyhim]], and artist Petulia Mattioli. In 2001 ''Life Space Death'' was released with Japanese trumpeter [[Toshinori Kondo]], Laswell on bass, guitar, and keyboards, and words by the [[14th Dalai Lama]] interviewed by Kondo. At the request of Blackwell, Laswell oversaw the debut album by Ethiopian singer Gigi for Palm Pictures with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Laswell. He also produced ''Abyssinia Infinite'' and ''Gold & Wax''. | + | |
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| - | Laswell has stated in interviews that he met with Miles Davis a number of times and discussed working together, but busy schedules kept them from arranging such a recording before Davis' death. He remixed some of Davis's music for ''[[Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974]]'' (Axiom, 1998). | + | |
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| - | ===New century, new labels=== | + | |
| - | He signed a contract with [[Sanctuary Records]] that led to the creation of his label Nagual. He worked in the [[drum and bass]] genre, starting with ''Brutal Calling'' credited to Bill Laswell vs. [[Submerged (DJ)|Submerged]] that was released by [[Avant Records|Avant]] in 2004. He and Submerged worked together again on ''The Only Way to Go is Down'' (2006) under the name Method of Defiance. After this album, they assembled producers in drum and bass to collaborate with musicians from jazz. [[Evol Intent]], [[Future Prophecies]], and SPL recorded with Buckethead, Herbie Hancock, and [[Pharoah Sanders]]. | + | |
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| - | In 2010, Laswell created the label [[M.O.D. Technologies]]. Its first releases were the albums ''Jahbulon'' and ''Incunabula'' by Method of Defiance and ''Mesgana Ethiopia'' by Material with Gigi. | + | |
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| - | Along with live dates around the world with [[Massacre (experimental band)|Massacre]], [[Material (band)|Material]], Method of Defiance, and [[Painkiller (band)|Painkiller]], Laswell travels to Japan every year for recordings and live dates, including with Tokyo Rotation. | + | |
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| - | In November 2018, he performed in [[Dave Douglas (trumpeter)|Dave Douglas Uplift]] band at the [[London Jazz Festival]]. | + | |
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| - | ===Collaborators=== | + | |
| - | Laswell works frequently with a small group of collaborators. These include bassists [[Jah Wobble]], [[Jonas Hellborg]], and Bootsy Collins; guitarists Buckethead and Nicky Skopelitis; keyboardists [[Jeff Bova]] and Bernie Worrell; percussionists [[Aïyb Dieng]] and Karsh Kale, and musicians from P-Funk. [[Robert Musso]] has been his chief engineer for over twenty years. Oz Fritz has occasionally filled the role. Fritz is usually Laswell's live engineer of choice, known for live mixing technique. Remixes have been done for [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[Almamegretta]], [[Scorn (band)|Scorn]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], and [[Tori Amos]]. He has done much work for John Zorn's [[Tzadik Records]]. | + | |
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| - | In 2005, Laswell was invited to appear on the PBS series [[Soundstage (TV series)|''Soundstage'']]. The show featured musicians he has played with over the years, including members of Praxis and Tabla Beat Science, Pharoah Sanders, Foday Musa Suso, Bootsy Collins, and [[Catfish Collins]]. | + | |
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| - | Laswell worked with Sony Creative Software on a box set loop library called ''The Bill Laswell Collection''. | + | |
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| - | ==Discography== | + | |
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| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | *[[Axiom (record label)]] | + | |
| - | *[[List of ambient music artists]] | + | |
| - | * [[Electronic music]] | + | |
| - | * [[Celluloid Records]] | + | |
| - | * [[Bill Laswell discography]] | + | |
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