bill laswell

[(val)Liam]

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ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

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[Sykonee]

Fuck, his discography is virtually impossible to navigate. Dude's been all over the place, collaborated with all sorts, and seems to kick out albums at will (one of which I've reviewed! -yeah, shameless self promotion, didn't see that one coming).

I quite like his work with Pete Namlook as Pyschonavigation.

[dj_soo]

used to be a huge fan. now i find his stuff hit or miss.

But I guess that's what happens when you release an album a month or something...

[Wood]

i think he really hit his peak in the early 80s. The first few Material albums are pure gold. I liked what he was doing conceptually through the 90s, but most of that stuff sounds like chees to me today. Not too sure about his current drum'n'bass projects either... not really my cup of tea. He's a pretty sick ass bass player though and has cut some great records, not to mention discovering Whitney Huston....

[(val)Liam]

I was just browsing and I found one of his many reggae albums and Tabla Beat Science... I forgot how much I loved TBS (hahaha...)

[dj_soo]

meh, some of his stuff in the 90s was still pretty good, but the grand majority of it was still cheese. What I liked about him was how diverse he was. One day he'd put out an ambient dub album, the next would be some electronic re-interpretation of irish folk music, the next it would be electronic trash/noise metal. You never really knew what to expect off the Axiom label.

Personal favorites include:

Material: Hallucination Engine (kinda cheesy but some of the beats are insane and the production and talent are top-notch)
Praxis: Transmutation (former members of funkadelic w/ Buckethead playing death/trash/hair metal funk)
Material: Intonarumori (bill laswell hiphop!)
Bill Laswell: Altered Beats (down tempo and turntablism)
Bill Laswell: Tabla Beat Science (some of the best parts of hallucination engine was the tabla playing - he took that and made a full album out of it)

[(val)Liam]

right now I'm listening to the "Sacred System: Book of Exit" album right now... looooovvvvvvvveee it :)