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I'll reluctantly admit that I own quite a few albums on which billy laswell is a producer or player.. he does seem to go for quantity over quality, and he's been mining the same vein of world-psych-funk-trance for n years now. that said, he's been involved in some ambitious & successful projects, although I can't think of anything recent that's really grabbed me. with a warning that my taste for his stuff tends toward the noisier end of the spectrum .... my essential B.L. list looks like this: massacre - killing time .brutal 'power trio' with laswell, fred frith and fred maher. totally great improvised aggro. the newer massacre album with charles hayward isn't nearly as good as this. they also appear on one side of frith's album 'speechless,' which is also excellent. p.i.l. - album (or "CD" or "Cassette") .not credited on the record anywhere, I don't think, but the band is laswell's, with tony williams, jonas hellborg, malachi favors, steve turre, ryuichi sakamoto & others. herbie hancock - rockit .however dated it sounds now, this was amazing at the time (1983). recorded at laswell's studio with michael beinhorn from material and D.ST last exit - everything except maybe "the noise of trouble" .jazz noise with laswell, sonny sharrock, peter brotzmann & ronald shannon jackson. painkiller - trio with laswell, mick harris, john zorn. yamantaka eye appears on disc 3 of 'execution ground.' caused aural hallucinations when I saw them play the cat's cradle in NC. master musicians of jajouka - apocalypse across the sky .laswell-recorded/produced sessions with the rediculously over-hyper master musicians of jajouka, morocco. still mind-blowing, though. a lot of the stuff on his now-defunct axiom label was pretty good.. henry threadgill, nicky skopelitis, sonny sharrock, maleem mahmoud ghania, here's what appears to be a complete laswell discography: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/7093/laswell/ ethan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

--- Ethan Clauset <eclauset@webslingerZ.com> wrote:

quoted 3 lines that said, he's been involved in some ambitious &

>that said, he's been involved in some ambitious & >successful projects, although I can't think of >anything recent that's really grabbed me.

what did you think of 'tabla beat science: tala matrix' and his painkiller work? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

I haven't heard the tabla beat science, but I do enjoy painkiller quite a lot. sometimes. the ambient dub v.1 and v.2 discs are good too, and probably easily findable as cutouts. who's on TBS:TM? laswell's power seems to be to assemble groups of hugely talented musicians in order to make mediocre records. e On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, winblad.donald.ichiro wrote:

quoted 9 lines --- Ethan Clauset <eclauset@webslingerZ.com> wrote:

> --- Ethan Clauset <eclauset@webslingerZ.com> wrote: > >that said, he's been involved in some ambitious & > >successful projects, although I can't think of > >anything recent that's really grabbed me. > > what did you think of 'tabla beat science: tala > matrix' and his painkiller work? > >

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On 24 Jun 2001, at 11:56, winblad.donald.ichiro wrote:

quoted 1 line what did you think of 'tabla beat science: tala matrix'

> what did you think of 'tabla beat science: tala matrix'

Strange you mention this, as I've just borrowed it and have been listening over the w/end. Hmmm, to be honest, quite boring would be my opinion. This is not really the direction of music I am fondest of, and after a while, it all seems to swim together into a homogenous mass of vaguely dubby eastern-infused ambientish sounds. The friend who lent it to me really likes it, though. So in the end (as always) it all rests on personal opinion. I * --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

From: Ethan Clauset <eclauset@webslingerZ.com>

quoted 4 lines p.i.l. - album (or "CD" or "Cassette")

> p.i.l. - album (or "CD" or "Cassette") > .not credited on the record anywhere, I don't think, but the band is > laswell's, with tony williams, jonas hellborg, malachi favors, steve > turre, ryuichi sakamoto & others.

He is credited on the vinyl version (as producer I think, I lost my copy), because that was where I first heard his name. I didn't know Ryuichci Sakamoto played on it too, the other names are new to me I'm afraid. Anyway, this is a really fantastic album, unless you hate the sound of John Lydon's voiiiiiiiice. It wanders from abrasive (but gorgeously produced) punk snarl through to delicate textural abstractions. I got it when I was about 15 or so (about 15 years or so ago :-) ) and I still think it's a very fine work. I don't normally enjoy lyrics with my music these days (which is largely why I got into underground electronic music when I was about 25), but again I still find the ones on that album worth listening to. While nothing specific is said on there, it was viewed at the time as a very aggressive political record and the BBC banned the second single after the first, 'Rise' became a surprise hit. Like the music, the lyrics tend to be quite abstract and subtle, and I think this is what gives them staying power - in fact they seem even more relevant in today's political climate. You could call it 'intelligent rant music'. Recommended. Anig Browl _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

"winblad.donald.ichiro" wrote:

quoted 7 lines for those that read autechre interviews but don't read

> for those that read autechre interviews but don't read > urb magazine, here is a link to an autechre interview, > entitled 'fuck you heroes', from the jul/aug 01 issue > of urb. > > http://www.geocities.com/blownawish/Autechre/fuckyouheroes.html >

The page seems to be gone...I would appreciate if anyone else could post a link to that, it's not so easy to find Urb here in Hong Kong! John -- John von Seggern DJ/producer Digital Cutup Lounge Hong Kong http://www.digitalcutuplounge.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 3 lines The page seems to be gone...I would appreciate if

>The page seems to be gone...I would appreciate if >anyone else could post a link to that, it's not so >easy to find Urb here in Hong Kong!

you can find it at my page. go to the link in my signature. it's under the music articles section... ===== http://www.geocities.com/elephntmx74/elephnt.html winbld.donld.ichro __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Answering my own question...the Autechre interview from Urb magazine can now be found on Autechre's own website at: http://www.autechre.nu/cgi-bin/newspro/news.cgi?newsid994248823,12473, John -- John von Seggern DJ/producer Digital Cutup Lounge Hong Kong http://www.digitalcutuplounge.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org