Skip to content
dubdigger.com (2.3 Beta)

Artist

Bill Laswell

4,062 releases  ·  2,166 collaborators  ·  629 labels

Real name
William Otis Laswell
Date active
1978 – 2026
Relevance
High, strong ties with the core cluster
View on
Discogs billlaswell.net Bandcamp tokyorotation.com Wikipedia

Bio

American bassist, producer and record label owner. Also owner of the Orange Music (5) studio, in West Orange, New Jersey, since 1997.

Born February 12, 1955 in Salem, Illinois and raised in Albion, Michigan. He was married to Ethiopian singer Ejigayehu Shibabaw alias Gigi.

Laswell ranks among the most prolific of musicians, being involved in hundreds of recordings with many musicians from all over the world. Laswell's music draws upon many different genres, most notably funk, various world music, jazz, dub and ambient styles. He has also played or produced music from the noisier, more aggressive end of the rock spectrum, like hardcore punk and metal.

Also known as

Sacred System 23 Automaton 6 Chaos Face 6 Rasa (3) 3 Valis The Colonel (3) Jazzonia

Member of

Material 685 The Golden Palominos 154 Praxis 72 Last Exit 62 PainKiller (2) 49 Shango 43 Massacre (2) 36 Method Of Defiance 35 Tabla Beat Science 32 Divination 28 Deadline 25 Mandingo 25 New York Gong 22 Psychonavigation 12 Third Rail (3) 12 Axiom Funk 11 Outland (2) 11 The Blood Of Heroes 9 Dubadelic 8 Arcana (4) 8 SXL (2) 8 Second Nature (2) 7 Purple Trap 6 Equations Of Eternity 5 Blind Light 5 Soup (9) 5 Axiom Ambient 5 Somma 4 Jah Wobble's Solaris 3 Activities Of Dust 3 Shin.e 3 Two Against One (2) 3 Radioaxiom 2 Mad World Music 2 Possession (2) 1 Cymatic Scan 1 Telesterion 1 Astral Night Rollers 1 Bill Laswell India Project Phantom City Charged Cobra Strike The Big Guns Toy Killers Autonomous Zone U.M.A. Curlew Mooko Operazone Web (8) Buck Jam Tonic Ginger Baker Band Bill Laswell's Drop Zone Niels & The New York Street Percussionists Flying Mijinko Band Mumpbeak Blue Buddha Blixt (2) Tokyo Rotation Surds Bass Invaders (11) Sypher (5) Orange Wave Electric

Bill Laswell (Artist)

Title Year
Load more 4,022

Let's talk.

Drop me a message at

simone.ferraro@nutek.it