21 April, 2023

233a - Laswell's Ambient and World Music





Starting a six day stretch showcasing the big beautiful dub infected world of Bill Laswell.   This guy has touched near every genre of music, and has produced massive hits (Herbie Hancock's Rockit for example).  He dove in and made some of the best illbient, drum and bass, free jazz, all when those genres were in their infancy.  His exploration of ambient and world music is absolutely engrossing and rewarding.   Here's a quick dip into that world music style, with some ambient moments.  I didn't include much of his ambient music in this series of mixes as those are all generally album long pieces that should be taken in as a whole and not mixed together.

Bill has fallen on financial hard times through the COVID lockdown, please consider contributing or purchasing his music directly  Bill Laswell Bandcamp page.

00:00  Bill Laswell - Intro / The Axiom
01:02  Bill Laswell, Toshinori Kondo and The Dalai Lama - Life
08:34  Kandisha, Aisha Jarring Effects - A Muey A Muey
13:32  Nicky Skopelitis - Tarab
20:19  Sacred System - X-Zibit-I
27:40  Tabla Beat Science - Magnetic
34:45  Bill Laswell - Kingdom Come
41:53  Bill Laswell - Lost Roads Orchestral Site
59:43  Axiom Ambient - Aum
77:05  Genesis P. Orridge & Helios Creed & Bill Laswell - Slogans


photo credit: Discogs

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