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Bill Laswell
b, *1955 US, Salem, Illinois
Musician / Producer of Electronic and Rock
A.k.a. Automaton Chaos Face Divination Jazzonia Rasa (3) Sacred System The Colonel (3) Valis
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.
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Waiting In Vain - Bill Laswell Remix on Dreams Of Freedom by Bob Marley & The Wailers No Woman No Cry - Bill Laswell Remix on Dreams Of Freedom by Bob Marley & The Wailers Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) - Bill Laswell Remix on Dreams Of Freedom by Bob Marley & The Wailers Is This Love - Bill Laswell Remix on Dreams Of Freedom by Bob Marley & The Wailers Exodus - Bill Laswell Remix on Dreams Of Freedom by Bob Marley & The Wailers Burnin' And Lootin' - Bill Laswell Remix on Dreams Of Freedom by Bob Marley & The Wailers The Heathen - Bill Laswell Remix on Dreams Of Freedom by Bob Marley & The Wailers Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) - Bill Laswell Remix on Dreams Of Freedom by Bob Marley & The Wailers So Much Trouble In The World - Bill Laswell Remix on Dreams Of Freedom by Bob Marley & The Wailers One Love / People Get Ready - Bill Laswell Remix on Dreams Of Freedom by Bob Marley & The WailersTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Realm Of Spells | Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell | 2019 | Album |
| Realm Of Spells | Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell, Invaders Of The Heart | 2019 | Album |
| Nowstalgia | Alex Haas / Bill Laswell | 2018 | Album |
| Mudang Rock | Simon Barker, Henry Kaiser, Bill Laswell, Rudresh Mahanthappa | 2018 | Album |
| Deconstruction Of The 80s | Bill Laswell | 2017 | Compil. |
| The Drawing Center | Hideo Yamaki, Bill Laswell With Dave Douglas | 2017 | Album |
| Inaugural Sound Clash (For The 2 Americas) | Hideo Yamaki, Bill Laswell, Raoul Björkenheim, Mike Sopko, Dominic James | 2017 | Single |
| Funkcronomic | Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell, Karsh Kale | 2016 | Album |
| After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness? | Submerged vs. Bill Laswell | 2016 | Album |
| The Stone | Hideo Yamaki, Bill Laswell | 2016 | Single |
| Risurrezione - Dubopera | Masahiro Shimba, Bill Laswell | 2016 | Album |
| Tagnawwit - Holy Black Gnawa Trance | Maâlem Mokhtar Gania & Bill Laswell | 2016 | Album |
| Untaken Path | Bill Laswell & Hideo Yamaki | 2015 | Single |
| Realm I | Barton Rage - Bill Laswell | 2015 | Album |
| On Brion Gysin | Bill Laswell & Ira Cohen | 2015 | Album |
| Bass Culture | Bill Laswell | 2015 | Album |
| Dubopera | Bill Laswell / Masahiro Shimba | 2015 | Album |
| In Dub | Bill Laswell | 2015 | Album |
| The Process | Jonathan Batiste, Chad Smith, Bill Laswell | 2014 | Album |
| The Dream Membrane | David Chaim Smith, Bill Laswell, John Zorn | 2014 | Album |
| The Stone | Wadada Leo Smith & Bill Laswell | 2014 | Single |
| Bilmawn - Little Village | Bill Laswell | 2014 | Single |
| The Stone | Milford Graves & Bill Laswell | 2014 | Single |
| Shuen | Bill Laswell / DJ Krush | 2014 | Single |
| Kauai : The Arch Of Heaven | Bill Laswell | 2014 | Album |
| Space/Time • Redemption | Milford Graves & Bill Laswell | 2014 | Album |
| Means Of Deliverance | Bill Laswell | 2012 | Album |
| Túwaqachi (The Fourth World) | Bill Laswell | 2012 | Album |
| Robert Musso's Axiomatic | Robert Musso With Bill Laswell | 2012 | Album |
| Blixt | Raoul Björkenheim / Bill Laswell / Morgan Ågren | 2011 | Album |
| Dub Of The Passover | David Gould vs Bill Laswell | 2011 | Album |
| Near Nadir | Mark Nauseef - Ikue Mori - Evan Parker - Bill Laswell | 2011 | Album |
| Bass & Drums | Bill Laswell, Tatsuya Nakamura, Hideo Yamaki | 2011 | Album |
| Invisible Design II | Bill Laswell | 2009 | Album |
| No Matter | Mark Nauseef - Kudsi Erguner - Markus Stockhausen - Bill Laswell | 2008 | Album |
| Lodge | Fanu + Bill Laswell | 2008 | Album |
| Kasbah Rockers | Kasbah Rockers With Bill Laswell | 2008 | Album |
| Low Life / Last Exit | Peter Brötzmann / Bill Laswell | 2007 | Compil. |
| Live At The Bowery Poetry Project 11/07/04 | Robert Musso, Bill Laswell & Lance Carter | 2007 | Album |
| Neftakhir | Maghrebika With Bill Laswell | 2006 | Album |
| Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell | Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell | 2006 | Album |
| Episome | Otomo Yoshihide / Bill Laswell / Tatsuya Yoshida | 2006 | Album |
| Bill Laswell & Material | Bill Laswell & Material | 2005 | Compil. |
| Todd Bridges On Lockdown (Temulent Remix) / Summary Execution (Corrupt Souls Remix) | Bill Laswell vs. Submerged | 2005 | Album |
| Soup Live | Otomo Yoshihide, Bill Laswell, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki | 2004 | Album |
| Massafat | Azzddine With Bill Laswell | 2004 | Album |
| AFTERMATHematics instruMENTAL - Rhythm And Recurrence | Bill Laswell · DXT | 2004 | Album |
| Brutal Calling | Bill Laswell Vs Submerged | 2004 | Album |
| A Navel City / No One Is There | Hoppy Kamiyama + Bill Laswell | 2004 | Album |
| Version 2 Version: A Dub Transmission | Bill Laswell | 2004 | Album |
| Photo Op Before A Long Hard Fuck | Bill Laswell vs. Submerged / Fracture & Neptune | 2003 | Album |
| Soup | Otomo Yoshihide, Bill Laswell, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki | 2003 | Album |
| Final Oscillations | Bill Laswell | 2003 | Compil. |
| Roir Dub Sessions | Bill Laswell | 2003 | Compil. |
| Book Of Exit : Dub Chamber 4 | Bill Laswell / Sacred System | 2002 | Album |
| Shy Angels | Sussan Deyhim | 2002 | Album |
| The Evolution Of The Dark Side Of The Moog | Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze Featuring Bill Laswell | 2002 | Compil. |
| Radioaxiom Remixed | Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell | 2002 | Album |
| Life Space Death | Toshinori Kondo And Bill Laswell Featuring His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso | 2001 | Album |
| Points Of Order | Bill Laswell | 2001 | Album |
| Filmtracks 2000 | Bill Laswell | 2001 | Compil. |
| Radioaxiom – A Dub Transmission | Jah Wobble • Bill Laswell | 2001 | Album |
| Emerald Aether: Shape Shifting | Bill Laswell | 2000 | Album |
| Hear No Evil (Ambient Re-Orchestrations) | Bill Laswell | 2000 | Single |
| Re-charged #1 | Toshinori Kondo, Eraldo Bernocchi, Bill Laswell | 2000 | Album |
| Dub Chamber 3 | Bill Laswell | 2000 | Album |
| Lo. Def Pressure | Bill Laswell | 2000 | Album |
| Transformational Meditation - Perfect Weight | Kathy Freston, Janet Rienstra, Bill Laswell | 2000 | Album |
| Invisible Design | Bill Laswell | 1999 | Album |
| Broken Vessels | Bill Laswell | 1999 | Album |
| Imaginary Cuba | Bill Laswell | 1999 | Album |
| Hashisheen : The End Of Law | Bill Laswell | 1999 | Album |
| Charged | Toshinori Kondo, Eraldo Bernocchi, Bill Laswell | 1999 | Album |
| Permutation | Bill Laswell | 1998 | Album |
| Meridiem | Percy Howard, Charles Hayward, Fred Frith, Bill Laswell | 1998 | Album |
| The Dark Side Of The Moog VII | The Dark Side Of The Moog Featuring Bill Laswell | 1998 | Album |
| Oscillations 2 | Bill Laswell | 1998 | Album |
| Moody's Mood For Love | Bill Laswell | 1998 | Single |
| A-015 | Bill Laswell, Praxis | 1997 | Album |
| Oscillations (Nico & Scanner Remixes) | Bill Laswell | 1997 | Album |
| Dub Meltdown | Bill Laswell Meets Style Scott | 1997 | Album |
| Oscillations (Remixes) | Bill Laswell | 1997 | Album |
| Sacred System: Chapter Two | Bill Laswell / Sacred System | 1997 | Album |
| The Dark Side Of The Moog VI | The Dark Side Of The Moog Featuring Bill Laswell | 1997 | Album |
| City Of Light | Bill Laswell | 1997 | Album |
| Ambient Compendium | Bill Laswell | 1996 | Compil. |
| Interpieces Organization | Haruomi Hosono & Bill Laswell | 1996 | Album |
| Russian Chants «Parastas» ~Ambient Mix~ | Boris Feoktistov Featuring Remixer Bill Laswell | 1996 | Album |
| Interpieces Organization | Haruomi Hosono & Bill Laswell | 1996 | Album |
| The Dark Side Of The Moog IV | The Dark Side Of The Moog Featuring Bill Laswell | 1996 | Album |
| Oscillations | Bill Laswell | 1996 | Album |
| The Dark Side Of The Moog V | The Dark Side Of The Moog Featuring Bill Laswell | 1996 | Album |
| Silent Recoil | Bill Laswell | 1995 | Album |
| Web | Bill Laswell & Terre Thaemlitz | 1995 | Album |
| Somnific Flux | Mick Harris & Bill Laswell | 1995 | Album |
| Bass Terror | Bill Laswell / Nicholas Bullen | 1995 | Album |
| Outer Dark | Bill Laswell | 1994 | Album |
| Visitation | Jonah Sharp / Bill Laswell | 1994 | Album |
| Axiom Ambient - Lost In The Translation | Bill Laswell | 1994 | Single |
| Asian Games | Yosuke Yamashita / Bill Laswell / Ryuichi Sakamoto | 1993 | Album |
| Deconstruction - The Celluloid Recordings | Bill Laswell | 1993 | Compil. |
| I'll Strangle You | Hector Zazou With Gérard Depardieu, Anneli Drecker, Bill Laswell, Tim Simenon | 1992 | Single |
| Improvised Music New York 1981 | Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Derek Bailey, Charles K. Noyes | 1992 | Album |
| I'll Strangle You | Hector Zazou With Gérard Depardieu, Anneli Drecker, Bill Laswell, Tim Simenon | 1992 | Album |
| Hear No Evil | Bill Laswell | 1988 | Album |
| Low Life | Peter Brötzmann / Bill Laswell | 1987 | Album |
| Worksong | Bill Laswell | 1984 | Album |
| Bill Laswell Material And Friends | Bill Laswell | 1984 | Compil. |
| Baselines | Bill Laswell | 1983 | Album |
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