My knowledge of him is not that extensive, but I know he makes great songs. If I see his name on a record, I know I am in for some top 80s experimental dance, punkfunk, afro, dub or jazz. His 90s catalog is pretty heavy too, but I wouldn't know where to start with it.
^^^^Yeah, weird to think Whitney Houston's first recording was a Soft Machine cover.
One of my favorite things he did was a dub of this album, pretty unique, imo. I've recommended this to several people to play in their bar/restaurant and it's always gone over well:
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that guy was really diligent...
Some of the best things I dicovered so far:
So much more good stuff around. Dude is a bit of a genius. I like even a lot of his ambient work.
Those who think Nunjabes is not complex enough, should definetly check out Bill Laswell body of work from the 90s.
the issue I have with bill laswell is that his quality control is suspect. most that axiom stuff with dream line-ups is basically unlistenable. i liked those dub versions he did of miles and bob marley but i have no desire to hear them again. he comes up with great concepts but the execution is often missing. i think this one is kind of a standout:
as a bass player he is fairly impressive. i saw him play with zorn and some death metal drummer years ago (and a totally befuddled and outclassed a-track on turntables) and he really stole the show with his aggressive and fast runs.
In my early digging days I had many encounters with 80s albums that had Laswells name on them and finally decided, that they stood for everything I hated about what I believed was "80ies jazz music". I also bought the Jungle Brothers album he produced and thought it was the crappiest thing they've ever done. I've never even thought about the man within the last 15 years and was curious, if my perception of his work has changed (like it did with most of the 80ies/early 90ies sound aesthetics), now that you brought the name up... but not a bit. Those stiff drum patterns...brrrr. Guess I'll never make friends with any of his music.
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One of my favorite things he did was a dub of this album, pretty unique, imo. I've recommended this to several people to play in their bar/restaurant and it's always gone over well:
Some of the best things I dicovered so far:
So much more good stuff around. Dude is a bit of a genius. I like even a lot of his ambient work.
Those who think Nunjabes is not complex enough, should definetly check out Bill Laswell body of work from the 90s.
as a bass player he is fairly impressive. i saw him play with zorn and some death metal drummer years ago (and a totally befuddled and outclassed a-track on turntables) and he really stole the show with his aggressive and fast runs.
I've never even thought about the man within the last 15 years and was curious, if my perception of his work has changed (like it did with most of the 80ies/early 90ies sound aesthetics), now that you brought the name up... but not a bit. Those stiff drum patterns...brrrr. Guess I'll never make friends with any of his music.
Yeeeeow!
I like "Baselines".