Artist

Material

685 releases · 358 collaborators · 88 labels

Date active: 1979 – 2026
Relevance: High, strong ties with the core dub techno cluster
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Bio

American experimental punk-jazz-funk-noise-electro band, founded circa 1978/79 by bassist Bill Laswell and keyboard player Michael Beinhorn.
Material was not only a band name, but an alias for the intensive production work of the duo (for Afrika Bambaataa, Herbie Hancock, Nona Hendryx ...).

Michael Beinhorn left the 'band' in 1985. In the 90s, Material became more world/indian/afro/ambient/dub-oriented.

Members

Bill Laswell 4062 Robbie Shakespeare 2831 Bernie Worrell 851 Nicky Skopelitis 821 Aiyb Dieng 613 Nile Rodgers 554 Michael Beinhorn 462 Bootsy Collins 431 Jeff Bova 429 Thi-Linh Le 370 Fred Frith 243 Fred Maher 212 Gary Mudbone Cooper 210 Foday Musa Suso 199 Lowell Dunbar 184 Sonny Sharrock 172 Hamid Drake 144 Graham Haynes 127 Henry Threadgill 108 Simon Shaheen 99 Olu Dara 91 Ginger Baker 89 Jonas Hellborg 80 George Lewis 75 David Moss 69 Ali Jihad Racy 69 Michael Hampton 64 Cliff Cultreri 58 Peter Apfelbaum 58 Bill Bacon 55 Billy Bang 46 Robert Quine 45 Charles K. Noyes 45 Mark E. Miller 35 Vikku Vinayakram 27 Jerome Brailey 25 Brian Carroll 4 J.T. Lewis Jihad Racy

Material (Artist)

Label Label Relevance Relevance Releases Releases Active Active

Axiom
Releases: 51 Relevance: very high Active: 1991 – 2019
Celluloid New York
Releases: 11 Relevance: very high Active: 1980 – 1987
Cliché Música
Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 1981
Meta Records
Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 1998
Microcinema International
Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2010
Nation (2)
Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 1989
S And R Records
Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active:
Subharmonic
Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 1996
Tigersushi
Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2002
M.O.D. Technologies
Releases: 2 Relevance: high Active: 2010 – 2017
Birdsong
Releases: 4 Relevance: medium Active: 2013 – 2014
Red Music
Releases: 2 Relevance: medium Active: 1981 – 1982
Celluloid
Releases: 134 Relevance: low Active: 1980 – 2024
CBS
Releases: 81 Relevance: low Active: 1983 – 1988
Columbia
Releases: 79 Relevance: low Active: 1983 – 1999
Island Records
Releases: 68 Relevance: low Active: 1981 – 2014
CBS/Sony
Releases: 42 Relevance: low Active: 1982 – 1988
RCA
Releases: 28 Relevance: low Active: 1983 – 1988
Virgin
Releases: 24 Relevance: low Active: 1984 – 1995
Elektra
Releases: 18 Relevance: low Active: 1982 – 1983
Elektra Musician
Releases: 15 Relevance: low Active: 1982 – 1983
4th & Broadway
Releases: 14 Relevance: low Active: 1987 – 1991
Legacy
Releases: 11 Relevance: low Active: 1992 – 1999
Carrere
Releases: 10 Relevance: low Active: 1983 – 1984
RCA Victor
Releases: 10 Relevance: low Active: 1983 – 1988
EMI
Releases: 9 Relevance: low Active: 1988
Palm Pictures
Releases: 8 Relevance: low Active: 1999
Restless Records
Releases: 8 Relevance: low Active: 1992 – 1993
Charly Records
Releases: 7 Relevance: low Active: 1997 – 2024
Triloka Records
Releases: 7 Relevance: low Active: 1997 – 1999
Disc' AZ International
Releases: 6 Relevance: low Active: 1982
Jimco Records
Releases: 6 Relevance: low Active: 1992 – 1993
Jungle Records
Releases: 5 Relevance: low Active: 1986 – 1998
Mango
Releases: 5 Relevance: low Active: 1991 – 1994
Polystar
Releases: 5 Relevance: low Active: 1985 – 1991
Base Record
Releases: 4 Relevance: low Active: 1981 – 1982
Hayabusa Landings
Releases: 4 Relevance: low Active: 2013 – 2014
Red Records (2)
Releases: 4 Relevance: low Active: 1979 – 1981
Red Records (4)
Releases: 4 Relevance: low Active: 1980 – 1981
Sony
Releases: 4 Relevance: low Active: 1991 – 1998

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