Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell (born December 2, 1950) is a prolific bassist, producer, and record label owner who has collaborated with hundreds of musicians all over the world.Laswell's first recording appearance was in 1978, playing bass for Michael Blaise and Cheater on a track titled "Scoring Power". His artistic breakthrough came in producing "Rockit" for Herbie Hancock's Future Shock album, a track cited by many as influencing the explosion of hip-hop and turntablism.
Laswell has remixed the works of Bob Marley, Miles Davis, and Carlos Santana. Laswell continues to hybridize music styles of disparate world cultures. Tabla Beat Science is one such fusion, joining classical Indian instrumentation with modern electronic production.
Laswell draws upon many musical genres, most notably funk, dub and ambient.
Laswell has collaborated with many performers. A partial list includes:
- Laurie Anderson
- Ginger Baker
- Afrika Bambaataa
- Peter Brotzmann
- Buckethead
- William S. Burroughs
- David Byrne
- Ralph Carney
- Bootsy Collins
- Dub Synicate
- Manu Dibango
- Brian Eno
- Flavor Flav
- Fred Frith
- Peter Gabriel
- The Golden Palominos
- Jonas Hellborg
- Whitney Houston
- Ronald Shannon Jackson
- Mick Jagger
- Kool Keith
- Last Poets
- Arto Lindsay
- John Lydon
- Motorhead
- Yoko Ono
- The Ramones
- Nile Rogers
- Pharoah Sanders
- Shankar
- Sonny Sharrock
- Archie Shepp
- Sly & Robbie
- DJ Spooky
- Sting
- Henry Threadgill
- James Blood Ulmer
- Jah Wobble
- Bernie Worrell
- John Zorn
