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Bill Laswell
Person · male · United States · Salem · born 1955 · recording since 1983
American musician (born 1955)
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Also known as Axiom Ambient · Bill Lazwell · Bill O Laswell · William Laswell · William O. Laswell · 比爾·拉斯威爾
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1950s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Baselines
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography2,107 words · 8 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1373542107
Biography
William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, world music, jazz, dub, and ambient styles.
According to music critic Chris Brazier, "Laswell's pet concept is 'collision music' which involves bringing together musicians from wildly divergent but complementary spheres and seeing what comes out." Although his bands may be credited under the same name and often feature the same roster of musicians, the styles and themes explored on different albums can vary dramatically. Material began as a noisy dance music band, but later albums concentrated on hip hop, jazz, or spoken word readings by William S. Burroughs. Most versions of the band Praxis have included guitarist Buckethead, but they have explored different permutations on albums.
Early life
Bill Laswell was born on February 12, 1955, in Salem, Illinois. As a child, his family relocated frequently, exposing Laswell to a variety of regional cultural and musical traditions.
In his teenage years, Laswell's family settled in Michigan, an area with a very diverse music scene during the 1960s and 1970s, from Motown Records to Detroit's burgeoning punk and rock scenes. During this time, Laswell taught himself to play bass guitar, and he developed an unconventional approach to the instrument, experimenting with its potential to create soundscapes rather than merely support rhythm.
Early years
Laswell began performing as a bass guitarist in R&B and funk bands in Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan, and saw shows that combined genres, such as Iggy and the Stooges, MC5, and Funkadelic. He was also influenced by jazz musicians John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and Miles Davis. The live jazz performances and experimental rock acts of Michigan's music festivals encouraged him towards musical experimentation and non-traditional forms, including African drumming, Indian ragas, and Middle Eastern maqams. Later, he was intrigued by the avant-garde and experimental movements of the 1970s, including the works of minimalist composers and electronic music pioneers. He began experimenting with effects pedals and early recording techniques, reflecting his broader artistic philosophy, that music could transcend traditional categorizations and connect diverse cultural and sonic elements.
New York and Material
In the late 1970s Laswell moved to New York City, immersing himself in the thriving New York music scene. He moved into producer Giorgio Gomelsky's loft and became part of a group of musicians that would become the first version of Material. Material became the backing band for Daevid Allen and New York Gong. The band consisted of Laswell, keyboardist Michael Beinhorn, and drummer Fred Maher. They were usually supplemented by guitarists Cliff Cultreri or Robert Quine.
He worked with Brian Eno, Fred Frith, John Zorn, Daniel Ponce, Ginger Baker, Peter Brötzmann, Kip Hanrahan, Sonny Sharrock, and with musicians in no wave, a genre that combined avant-garde jazz, funk, and punk.
He started a recording studio with Martin Bisi and met Jean Karakos, owner of Celluloid Records. Under the Material name Laswell became the de facto house producer for Celluloid until the label was sold in the 1980s. He recorded music that was experimental, combining jazz, funk, pop, and R&B, by musicians such as Whitney Houston, Sonny Sharrock, Archie Shepp, Henry Threadgill, and the band Massacre with Fred Frith and Fred Maher. His association with Celluloid allowed his first forays into "collision music", a term coined by British writer Chris May of Black Music & Jazz Review. Recordings with the Golden Palominos and production on albums by Shango, Toure Kunda, and Fela Kuti appeared on the label. Celluloid was an early advocate of hip hop, producing albums by Fab 5 Freddy, GrandMixer D.ST, Phase II, and Afrika Bambaataa. The album World Destruction paired John Lydon with Afrika Bambaataa years before Aerosmith and Run–D.M.C. collaborated on their rock/hip hop version of "Walk This Way".
In 1982, Laswell released Baselines, his solo debut album. A year later, he had a breakthrough with "Rockit", a song he co-wrote and produced for Herbie Hancock's album Future Shock. He played bass guitar and co-wrote other songs on the album, leading to collaborations with Hancock through the 2000s. He won a Grammy Award for producing Hancock's next album, Sound-System.
He became a member of the band Last Exit in 1986 with Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, and Sonny Sharrock. Aside from one album that Laswell cobbled together in the studio, the band was primarily a live one, showing up at gigs with no rehearsal. The first time the four members played together was on stage at their first show.
Laswell produced albums for Sly and Robbie, Mick Jagger, PiL, Motörhead, Ramones, Stevie Salas, Iggy Pop, Swans, and Yoko Ono. Many of these bands afforded Laswell the opportunity to hire his working crew to record on more mainstream records. Sly and Robbie hired him to produce their 1985 album Language Barrier and 1987 album Rhythm Killers.
Axiom Records
Island Records founder Chris Blackwell gave him the opportunity to establish a label in 1990, forming Axiom Records. In addition to albums by Material that included Sly and Robbie, William S. Burroughs, Bootsy Collins, Wayne Shorter, and Bernie Worrell, he produced and released albums by Ginger Baker, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock, Nicky Skopelitis, and Umar Bin Hassan. Among the studio-based albums, Palestinian oud and violinist Simon Shaheen recorded an album of music by Egyptian composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab. Gambian virtuoso Foday Musa Suso recorded an album of dance music with his electric Kora, and Turkish saz master Talip Oezkan recorded an album. Master Musicians of Jajouka recorded an album in their village in the Rif Mountains. There were albums by Mandinka and Fulani recorded at Suso's family compound in Gambia and Gnawa music from Morocco.
Praxis featured guitarist Buckethead on Transmutation with Bootsy Collins, Bryan Mantia, Bernie Worrell, and Afrika Baby Bam from the Jungle Brothers. The album blended funk grooves and heavy metal riffs with many tracks co-written by Laswell.
Funkcronomicon included previously released tracks by Praxis and Skopelitis and tracks with members of Parliament-Funkadelic. George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, and the last recordings of Eddie Hazel are featured prominently. The album includes DXT, Umar Bin Hassan, Abiodun Oyewole and Torture. Laswell remixed the Axiom catalog for Axiom Ambient, blending seemingly disparate tracks, releasing some of the music for Sample Material – International Free Zone, a sample library for other musicians to use as material.
Other labels
Subharmonic, conceived by Laswell and ex-Celluloid A&R Robert Soares, though not owned by Laswell, was essentially a vehicle for his projects, most in the ambient or ambient-dub categories. The label licensed a few releases from European labels for American re-release, notably Psychonavigation with Pete Namlook and Cymatic Scan with Tetsu Inoue from Pete Namlook's FAX label; Somnific Flux with Mick Harris and Cold Summer by Lull from the Sentrax label. Other collaborators included Jonah Sharp and Terre Thaemlitz. The label also released albums by Painkiller, Praxis, and Divination, an ambient dub project by Laswell. A sub-label called Strata was created with five releases in a more experimental dub/noise/ambient vein. Each of these releases (Death Cube K, Cypher 7, Azonic, and two under his alias Automaton) came in a black jewel case with the name of the project and album title printed on the front.
Three other short-lived labels were created after the demise of the Subharmonic deal. One was Meta, which was intended to be a spoken word label. The second label, Submeta, managed four releases before folding. Meta, formed with Janet Rienstra, released only one album, Baptism of Solitude with novelist Paul Bowles reading excerpts from his work over soundscapes by Laswell. Meta would appear periodically, distributed by other labels, over the next few years until it returned as a spiritual/yogic label run by Rienstra. The third label, Black Arc, was an associated label of Rykodisc focusing on "Black Rock, Cyber Funk, and Future Blues", according to a sampler. The label featured members of P-Funk on most of the albums and released albums by Bootsy Collins (under the name "Zillatron"), Bernie Worrell (Japan-only), Mutiny (Jerome Brailey), and Billy Bass.
Charged (1999) by Eraldo Bernocchi and Toshinori Kondo was released by Laswell's label Innerythmic. After a brief inactive period, the label restarted in 2001, releasing over the next few years and albums by Nicky Skopelitis, Raoul Björkenheim, James Blood Ulmer, Shin Terai, and Gonervill. Innerhythmic also released a live recording by Praxis and reissued Black Arc albums from the 1990, including Zillatron, The Last Poets' Holy Terror and Buddy Miles' Hell & Back.
Laswell moved his studio to West Orange, New Jersey and called it Orange Music Sound Studios. Under Palm's umbrella, though, four albums and a DVD set were released, including a studio album and a live 2-disc set from Tabla Beat Science centered on tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, son of Alla Rakha. The album included Karsh Kale, Trilok Gurtu, Ustad Sultan Khan, and Talvin Singh. This group has performed in the US, Lebanon, and Japan. Laswell, Kale, Kahn, and Hussain are usually supplemented by other musicians, which have included Gigi, DJ Disk, Serj Tankian from System of a Down, Sussan Deyhim, and artist Petulia Mattioli. In 2001 Life Space Death was released with Japanese trumpeter Toshinori Kondo, Laswell on bass, guitar, and keyboards, and words by the 14th Dalai Lama interviewed by Kondo. At the request of Blackwell, Laswell oversaw the debut album by Ethiopian singer Gigi for Palm Pictures with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Laswell. He also produced Abyssinia Infinite and Gold & Wax.
Laswell has stated in interviews that he met with Miles Davis a number of times and discussed working together, but busy schedules kept them from arranging such a recording before Davis' death. He remixed some of Davis's music for Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974 (Axiom, 1998).
21st century
He signed a contract with Sanctuary Records that led to the creation of his label Nagual. He worked in the drum and bass genre, starting with Brutal Calling credited to Bill Laswell vs. Submerged that was released by Avant in 2004. He and Submerged worked together again on The Only Way to Go is Down (2006) under the name Method of Defiance. After this album, they assembled producers in drum and bass to collaborate with musicians from jazz. Evol Intent, Future Prophecies, and SPL recorded with Buckethead, Herbie Hancock, and Pharoah Sanders.
In 2010, Laswell created the label M.O.D. Technologies. Its first releases were the albums Jahbulon and Incunabula by Method of Defiance and Mesgana Ethiopia by Material with Gigi.
Along with live dates around the world with Massacre, Material, Method of Defiance, and Painkiller, Laswell travels to Japan every year for recordings and live dates, including with Tokyo Rotation.
In November 2018, he performed in Dave Douglas Uplift band at the London Jazz Festival.
Laswell suffered health problems which required hospitalization in December 2022 and prolonged recovery, which jeopardized his tenure of Orange Music Studio.
Prior to his health problems, Laswell had been recording as a duo with his long-time on-and-off collaborator Zorn releasing the albums The Cleansing
The CleansingSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracks1Brion Gysin10:042Aleister Crowley6:523Austin Osman Spare6:474William Burroughs10:195Alejandro Jodorowsky8:566The Cleansing3:41 (2022) and Memoria
MemoriaSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Pharoah Sanders14:362Milford Graves13:083Wayne Shorter9:40 (2023) on Zorn's Tzadik label. His first venture during his health recovery in 2024 was a new Painkiller album titled Samsara with Zorn and original drummer Harris, although for this recording Harris' percussion is electronic and Zorn then Laswell layered up their contributions separately.
Collaborators
Laswell works frequently with a small group of collaborators. These include bassists Jah Wobble, Josh Werner, Jonas Hellborg, and Bootsy Collins; guitarists Buckethead and Nicky Skopelitis; keyboardists Jeff Bova and Bernie Worrell; percussionists Aïyb Dieng and Karsh Kale, and musicians from P-Funk. Robert Musso has been his chief engineer for over twenty years. Oz Fritz has occasionally filled the role. Fritz is usually Laswell's live engineer of choice, known for live mixing technique. Remixes have been done for Sting, Nine Inch Nails, Almamegretta, Scorn, Ozzy Osbourne, and Tori Amos. He has done much work for John Zorn's Tzadik Records.
In 2005, Laswell was invited to appear on the PBS series Soundstage. The show featured musicians he has played with over the years, including members of Praxis and Tabla Beat Science, Pharoah Sanders, Foday Musa Suso, Bootsy Collins, and Catfish Collins.
Laswell worked with Sony Creative Software on a box set loop library called The Bill Laswell Collection.
He has also worked with Eraldo Bernocchi and Mick Harris on a project called Equations of Eternity, which is an ambient music project started in 1995 by Eraldo. Since its members live in separate parts of the world (Mick Harris in England; Bill Laswell in the US; and Eraldo Bernocchi in Italy), the project has been predominantly studio-based, with its members recording music in their respective countries.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 169 | 99.1th |
| Studio albums | 93 | 99.7th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 96 | 99.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 43 | 83.8th |
| Genres | 11 | 97.2th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (169 release groups · 93 studio albums)
Albums · 93
1983 · studio album
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A1Activate3:20A2Work Song7:11A3Hindsight3:54A4Uprising1:03B1Barricade4:06B2Upright Man3:50B3Moving Target1:51B4Lowlands4:24B5Conservation4:511987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 40:59
1Death Rattle4:282Low Life3:333Disengage3:024Locomotive3:435Barrier4:096Wheeling Vultures3:537Curved Dog1:358Abasement1:399Land One8:1110Tingle Hairs4:1311The Last Detective2:331988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 43:18
1Lost Roads7:272Bullet Hole Memory7:153Illinois Central7:014Assassin6:265Stations of the Cross7:336Kingdom Come7:361993 · studio album
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1Melting Pot7:142Chasin' the Air4:483Asian Games6:534Ninja Drive7:545Napping on the Bamboo5:506A Parade of Rain, the Moon and a Bride2:461994 · studio album
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1Zurvan Akarana31:552Aion30:161994 · studio album
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Disc 11Eternal Drift15:532Peace17:053Aum17:344Cosmic Trigger16:18Disc 21Dharmapala14:342Flash of Panic15:143Holy Mountain16:384Ruins7:571994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 47:45
1Chakra24:142Ananta (Passing Dream)23:311995 · studio album
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1Open URL16:162Insectoidal Regression17:073Transfer Complete17:251995 · studio album
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1Distal Sonority35:172Capacious30:511995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 52:23
1Bass Terror Tetragrammaton15:162Nocturnal Crawl18:383Again and Again18:291995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 54:23
1Amphora10:302Sombre Stream15:173Undercurrent (Endless Light in the Nameless Land)28:361996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 45:56
1Digitaria6:222Faktura6:123Dislocation8:014Extinguisher7:505Third Stage Navigator9:006Wird8:31Sacred System Chapter One: Book of Entrance
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 46:43
1Babylon Ghost6:012Dread Iternal9:203Cyborg Assault5:384Galactic Zone9:315Sub Terrain16:131996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:00:03
1Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part I6:562Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part II21:483Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part III4:574Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part IV2:215Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part V2:286Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part VI7:577Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part VII2:538Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part VIII8:529Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Part IX1:511996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 56:38
1UNFINISHED SCREAMS9:032INTERPIECES6:363COILED10:214JEEPHEAD SHAMAN5:255WAKARE MICHI9:096Y.S. TANGLED IN TOKYO7:537BUSH8:111996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:00:19
1Psychedelic Brunch, Part I0:152Psychedelic Brunch, Part II4:303Psychedelic Brunch, Part III8:304Psychedelic Brunch, Part IV3:465Psychedelic Brunch, Part V16:216Psychedelic Brunch, Part VI8:457Psychedelic Brunch, Part VII9:508Psychedelic Brunch, Part VIII8:221997 · studio album
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1Crooklyn Dub Syndicate8:062Fourth Column8:103Aeon7:374Emergency at the Plant7:465Radioactive Dub7:376Fallout7:597A Greater Source of Power7:468Melting Pot Dub7:241997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 51:07
1Thunupa13:352Anubis12:373Purana13:204Akapana11:351997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 44:48
1Nothing13:032Kála13:063Káshí7:194Above the Earth11:201997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:04:18
1The Final DAT, Part I7:562The Final DAT, Part II7:093The Final DAT, Part III4:424The Final DAT, Part IV9:415The Final DAT, Part V24:096The Final DAT, Part VI10:411998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 53:41
1The 7th6:332Mingle4:103Interference3:574Frozen7:065Iurodivii5:516Votive Rhythm3:357Lunarsa5:568Anaesthesia5:019Crucible11:321998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 48:18
1Virus7:362Autopia8:233El Hombre Invisible (For William S. Burroughs)16:084Red Night16:111998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 46:38
1Encoded5:212Acid Test8:293Coma6:244Perimeter5:395Escape Clause4:406Iron Black9:027Scatter4:158Enhanced2:481998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 54:22
1Moody's Mood for Love6:162Little Boy Don't Get Scared7:563Swan Blues6:154I'm Gone5:445Blue6:216Cottontail8:367Angel Eyes6:008Twisted5:259Fade1:491998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 49:58
1Obscured by Klaus, Part I5:012Obscured by Klaus, Part II7:253Obscured by Klaus, Part III19:014Obscured by Klaus, Part IV6:375Obscured by Klaus, Part V3:446Obscured by Klaus, Part VI8:101999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 52:36
1Called5:282Cried5:503Cornered5:154Connected7:495Cleared4:506Tokyo8:587Crooned5:238Changed5:369Out3:271999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 48:11
1First Reading0:302The Old Man of the Mountain3:133The Western Lands6:134The Spilled Cup1:485Marco Polo's Tale1:446Pilgrimage to Cairo1:507Freya Stark at Alamut0:218Castles0:589Hashish Poem2:5310Sinan's Boat1:5611Assassinations0:3312The Mongols Destroy Alamut1:1513The Divine Self5:1114Morning High3:0415A Quick Trip to Alamut3:4216Slogans0:4717Book of the Highest Initiation2:4218The Lord of the Ressurection0:5319Assassinations0:5320Tale of the Caliph Hakem5:0121The Assassins2:0622Last Reading0:381999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:27:38
Disc 11Cien fuegos5:352Mil congojas2:423No tiene teleraña3:094Lágrimas negras4:335Rhythm Impro3:226Yo soy como candela3:467Descarga para gozarte6:288El diablo tun tun3:469La mujer de Antonio3:1910El manisero2:2611Al vaivén de mi carreta4:25Disc 21Rhythm Impro (dub)4:332La mujer de Antonio (dub)3:183Cuban Beat7:014Mil congojas (dub)6:135La mujer de Antonio (soundcheck dub)5:176Al vaivén de mi carreta (dub)4:307Yo soy como candela (dub)2:498Radio Cuba Version5:169Cien fuegos (dub)5:101999 · studio album
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1Black Aether4:212Commander Guevara7:063Oceans of Borrowed Money5:134Aisha5:455Night Air & Low Frequency9:186White Arc Spiral5:407Aghora9:491999 · studio album
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1Habana Transmission 1# / Avisale a la vecina dub4:582Para clave y guaguanco3:043Loungin With F. E.1:094Chacon and Daniel4:265Dejala en la puntica2:216Habana Transmission 2# / Cuban Evolution4:397Los ibellis6:378Habana Transmission 3# / Shango Sound Scan4:449Hombre lobo, no! Hombre nuevo, si3:4810Guerillero heroico (El Che vive!)3:3311Shango1:1512Pompa at the House1:5213Madre no me pida in Dub3:3614Chaos in the Heat (Last Transmission)4:4915Drafting Shadows / Leaving la Habana (Peaceful)6:342000 · studio album
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1Definition of Life14:132The Question of Containment20:443Keeper of the Purple Twilight11:474DSTC7:472000 · studio album
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1Beyond the Zero9:102Cybotron9:273Devil Syndrome11:534A Screaming Comes Across the Sky17:342000 · studio album
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1Shyvamythscience23:362Black Ice24:372001 · studio album
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1X297:202Staple Nex5:013Broken Toenail Gland4:464Cyclops6:185White Ark1:476Iron Cross11:107Conquer Worm4:178Lightning Teleportation7:31Radioaxiom: A Dub Transmission
2001 · studio album
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1Subcode7:362Alsema Dub5:483Virus B8:064Orion7:5156th Chamber7:106Alam Dub6:507Second Sight8:352002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 48:28
1Ethiopia6:142The Lower Ground7:363Shashamani7:314Bati7:495Land of Look Behind6:476Jerusalem12:312002 · studio album
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1Life7:482Space6:323Death7:434Mun Pa13:582003 · studio album
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1Duck11:082Mushroom9:563Crab14:144Sea Weeds12:30A Navel City / No One Is There
2004 · studio album
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1Azlo8:502Todes Fuge6:173Sospirando4:094The Desert13:525Zarathustra6:116Sad Emission16:197Parrot Fashions4:062004 · studio album
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1Srir F'Al Houbb4:062Britou3:473Ana Ou Enta4:564Takassim4:405Ah Ya Zamane4:216Fine3:197Al Mouktab3:558Droub Al Lil5:319Koun Shaqiqi6:0410Goa Rozali4:2811Rozali3:4412Jina5:0813Anta Fbali5:1214Ya Nass3:59Aftermathematics Instrumental: Rhythm and Recurrence
2004 · studio album
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14D5:082Cut Virus5:503Scratch Code5:544Ghost Dub4:465Subcut6:106Black Dust6:137Lo-tek5:348Phase Draft5:539Posthuman4:3110Dark Black5:442004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 51:26
1Mass Graves5:552Tunnel 1107:183Doctored Intelligence6:194Not Tomorrow or Never6:285Decapitation Strike6:286Whistleblower Body7:097Lockdown on Bridges and Tunnels5:398UXO6:10Version 2 Version: A Dub Transmission
2004 · studio album
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1Dystopia9:432Simulacra8:573Space-Time Paradox6:194Babylon Site8:445Night City8:556System Malfunction8:392005 · studio album
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1Introduction4:242Interlude 12:373Part One6:524Interlude 21:505Part Two16:316Interlude 31:387Postlude4:258Coda9:292006 · studio album
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1Fudge13:242Layout14:313Substantiality7:094Spin9:445Hedge14:18Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 47:17
1Road to Axum5:342Concrete Sunrise5:233Akademikus Du Umbeigu5:104JD36:355Employees Must Wash Your Hands6:106Instrument of the Trinity6:297Healing of the Nations5:488Clean Escape (The Crew Is Here)6:08Live At the Bowery Poetry Project 11/07/04
2007 · studio album
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1Untitled39:532008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:16:40
1Hikayati4:382Bred Atay4:183Falludjah Car4:364Shta6:325Al Rafel4:106Bledstyle4:387Mafi Tika4:038Fikou4:439Hellou Al Biban5:4110Hashouma4:4811Shems4:4312Rassoul Al Houda4:2013Jebel2:4914Kasbah Rockers (vocal mix)5:5215Ayna5:2216Kafaka Mina Raks (vocal mix)5:272008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 54:41
1Early Bright5:112Veil3:353Breeze5:084Stream2:395Breath4:286Darkness2:337Mist3:058Sunlight1:549Fog1:4010Leaves1:5811Sea1:1612Dusk3:2713Shadow6:2214Peace2:5415Winds1:1816Twilight2:2517Rain2:0418Sunset2:442008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 45:10
1Orh5:482Bloodline5:363Transgenesis4:474Hollow Grounds4:545Fourth Voice5:356Transfer Code6:327The Incal7:338Shroud4:252008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 55:16
1Please Be Seated8:012Expansion12:473Suspension4:014Hamsa3:505Nirodha8:106Ekatanata7:417Return to Bell10:462009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 49:40
1Xtrak2:592Quartz5:123Aphasia7:164Sub Sonnet7:125Solar Clip3:266Iron Monger1:567Fractal5:098Pillar3:099Gulf of Stars7:0810Darkness After6:132011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 48:05
1Black Whole3:442Moon Tune2:103Tools5:234Cinque Roulettes3:535Shifting Sands Closing Hour2:446Ghost Strokes8:267Invisible One11:178Drill Beats2:469Storm3:38104-4-4-4-2-2-2-5-24:042011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 45:24
1Majuu3:332Valhalla4:223In Gold Mesh4:014Orbs2:145Nooks3:066Funnel Drone2:237Yuga Warp6:428Near Nadir5:359Ternary Rite +4:3410Flo Vi Ru Dub8:542011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 47:06
1Divine Dub5:342Dub of Affliction3:443Dub Questions3:214Dub Plagues5:005Jah Dub3:236Dub is Mighty3:397Who Knows Dub?4:128Goat's Dub3:199May the Dub Arise3:4810Once We Were Dub2:3911Peace Dub3:4712Next Dub In Jerusalem4:402012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 45:03
1Against the Upper House4:372A Dangerous Road4:323Ouroboros4:194Buhala3:155Bagana / Sub Figura X4:206In Failing Light5:377Aeon5:138Epiphaneia4:409Lightning in the South4:1710Low Country4:132012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 59:10
1Totoka3:032Kwatoko0:243Wikima1:154The Upper Air1:295Oraibi1:406Pamösi1:247Waki1:508Pátuwvotah4:299Pávati2:1710Kwátoko (Part 2)1:0211Wikima (Part 2)0:5912Panaiyoikyasi2:2313Cloud House0:5914Wénima2:3315Totoka (Part 2)3:1216Waki (Part 2)2:3717Solstice3:5418Pátuwvotah (Part 2)1:3619Cloud House (Part 2)2:5120Migration12:5321Wénima (Part 2)6:202014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:01:16
1Eternal Signs9:032Sonny Sharrock10:043Another Space17:284Autopossession9:085Another Time15:332014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 1 track · 47:49
1The Dream Membrane47:492014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 49:08
1B11:382Drop Away5:073Timeline4:364Haunted5:335B23:466Turn on the Light / Ascent7:067Black Arc4:128Spiral4:379B32:0010Time Falls3:2911The Drift7:042015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:05:16
1Enharmonic5:382Residue5:403Occult Persuasion3:464Metabolic Regulator6:065Entretiens5:236Unveiled4:027Physica Subterranea3:488Spirals4:439Painting in Space4:3510Hombre Invisible4:5811Polarity2:4612Nonmatter4:0613Enharmonic (extended version)5:5314Polarity 23:522015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 39:56
1MJ2:532Buddy Rich3:013Detroit3:124Daybreak4:015Quench2:216Grazin'2:347Acres4:158Airplane Mode5:079Shades of Sunny Days2:4810Praxis4:0411Ohio5:40After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness?
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 51:01
1The Driven5:242Temporal Portal5:563Concealed6:204Malaysian Kraken6:375The Summoning6:486Shahapet5:127Servant7:088Entombed in Ice7:362016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 46:07
1Beyond the Pale10:172Shore12:343Headwaters11:254Raze11:512016 · studio album
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 51:30
1Nessun Dorma (None Shall Sleep)4:072Con Te Partirò (Time to Say Goodbye)3:413La Traviata (The Fallen Woman)4:274Funiculì, Funiculà3:205Moon (Over the Ruined Castle - Kōjō No Tsuki)4:286Traviata Dub7:187Risurrezione Dub8:138Tonight3:279Pagliacci Dub6:0310Risurrezione (Resurrection)6:26Tagnawwit - Holy Black Gnawa Trance
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:03:20
1Sidi Fkih Shamharouch11:142Zaini10:143Oulad Khalifa Maneen Shesh10:174Sheikh Moulay Ahmed11:415Toumarmania9:096Mabodallah Allah Dayyim10:45Inaugural Sound Clash (For The 2 Americas)
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 51:58
1Empire State8:122In This World Of Love5:563Time Freezer6:274Saudade6:275Reverse Amnesia5:146Elevators4:007Nowstalgia7:118Tzea / Reborn8:312018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:14:25
1Orange Kut11:462Logarhythm6:543Emphyrio Salpuri8:424The Story Changes8:305Silappadikaram Pacifica8:056Yongari Vs Bulgasari19:177The Final Ritual11:112019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 55:26
1Fanfare for Phenomena6:152Uncoiling7:063The Perfect Beat4:504Off World Departure9:155Dark Luminosity4:196Code of Echo’s9:027At the Point of Hustle4:448Realm of Spells9:552019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 48:39
1Introduction1:032Zeus, King Of The Universe1:183Hera, Queen Of The Universe3:334Hermes, The Messenger God4:005Apollo, The Sun God3:036Athena, The Goddess Of Wisdom3:427Pan, The Playful God Of The Country4:098Hades, The God Of The Underworld3:219Aphrodite, The Goddess Of Love3:0610Eros, Aphrodite's Son 3611Vulcan, The God Of Inventions And Metal3:2612Poseidon, The God Of The Ocean & Amphitrite4:1913Mars, The God Of War1:5114Artemis, The Goddess Of The Hunt1:5315Cassandra, The Unheeded Prophet3:4716Dionysis, The God Of Spirits2:5517Prometheus, Brought Fire To Man3:132019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 41:21
1Waiting in the Void5:272Black Aether Transmission11:583Caravan to the Stars23:562019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 46:24
1Truth Be Told7:102Hard to Believe5:323Smoke + Glass6:154Strange Weather3:375Chasing Chaos7:166Another Way6:217Second Thoughts4:038Forgotten City6:102019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 1 track · 45:48
1The Science of Imaginary Solutions45:482019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:02:03
1Part I - From The Earth To The Ceiling5:002Part II - From The Earth To The Ceiling5:003Part III - From The Earth To The Ceiling5:034Part IV - From The Earth To The Ceiling4:575Part V - From The Earth To The Ceiling5:006Part VI - From The Earth To The Ceiling5:007Part VII - From The Earth To The Ceiling5:008Part VIII - From The Earth To The Ceiling5:009Part IX - From The Earth To The Ceiling5:0010Part X - From The Earth To The Ceiling5:0011Part XI - From The Earth To The Ceiling5:0012Part XII - From The Earth To The Ceiling7:032020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 54:38
1Upward Collapse9:412Oracle12:343Parascience10:294Incantation13:585Equation7:562020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:00:38
1Golden Spiral11:202Tabu16:163Shadowline15:054The Seven Holy Mountains17:572020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 50:00
1The Arch of Heaven7:162Ka Manu12:213Eō Hawai'i featuring Kepa Kruse5:514Mara’Ai Moana13:325Hanalei Haze11:002021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 1:00:00
1Essay in Light part 118:142Essay in Light part 223:063Essay in Light part 318:402021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 2:54:32
Disc 11Nyoto: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 321:492Baby Dodds In Congo Square13:393Celebration Rhythms6:414Poetic Sonics5:255The Poet: Play Ebony, Play Ivory (Dedicated To Henry Dumas)5:57Disc 21Ascending The Sacred Waterfall - A Ceremonial Practice11:092Prince - The Blue Diamond Spirit6:083Donald Ayler’s Rainbow Summit7:064Tony Williams4:525Mysterious Night7:306Earth - A Morning Song6:287Minnie Riperton - The Chicago Bronzeville Master Blaster13:03Disc 31Social Justice - A Fire For Reimagining The World6:312Myths Of Civilizations And Revolutions8:463Truth In Expansion10:094The Healer’s Direct Energy11:025Waves Of Elevated Horizontal Forces10:576An Epic Journey Inside The Center Of Color6:287Ruby Red Largo - A Sonnet10:522021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 34:57
1Introspection3:502Immortal Fire5:013Cold Cuts4:254More Worlds4:165Principia4:256Leviathan5:047The Giver3:408Thinking of You4:162022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 46:39
1Brion Gysin10:042Aleister Crowley6:523Austin Osman Spare6:474William Burroughs10:195Alejandro Jodorowsky8:566The Cleansing3:412022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 50:36
1Agrun10:312Im-Nun13:183Kishar13:444Anzag13:032023 · studio album
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1Black Terrain40:002023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 37:24
1Pharoah Sanders14:362Milford Graves13:083Wayne Shorter9:402023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 32:13
1Water5:572Earth12:193Air4:594Fire4:155Emptiness4:43Book of Woo Vol.1: Bill Laswell Mix Tape
2024 · Mixtape/Street
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1Alabama5:382Blood Secrets6:503At Mos'Spheres3:564Volunteered Slavery / Bern's Blues / Outer Spaceways4:475Woo Doo4:036By a River (For Peter)7:537X-Factor11:548In a Silent Way5:419Flashlight - Redux3:5210Revelation in Black Light2:2211Flex6:0512Outer Woo5:2813I'd Rather Be With You4:2114Black and Strong (Homesick)11:292024 · studio album
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1Sanctum1:00:062025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 1:07:47
1Tzu23:292Second Sight28:383Panepha15:402025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 33:13
1Old Dragon4:542Lobo7:203Matagi5:414Toccata For Coyote10:255Nu4:532026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:56:05
Disc 11Intro1:052Meeting7:253Supposition12:504Crossing14:055Arrival13:456Outro1:00Disc 21Jodorowsky's Peradam48:142The Door to the Visible Must be Visible6:313The Alchemist3:17421 May 19442:205The Application of Obscure Knowledge5:332026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 1 track · 50:18
1Mount Analogue50:18
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Bill Laswell Material and FriendsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 35:47A1Take a Chance4:32 A2Discourse4:07 A3Conform to the Rythm4:27 A4Cookout4:38 B1Memories4:00 B2Busting Out3:40 B3Work Song4:37 B4Secret Life5:46 | Compilation | 1984 | |
| 1992 | Improvised Music New York 1981Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 33:051[untitled]1:21 2[untitled]5:04 3[untitled]4:34 4[untitled]5:50 5[untitled]6:42 6[untitled]5:46 7[untitled]3:48 | Live | 1992 | |
| 1993 | Deconstruction: The Celluloid RecordingsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 2:20:00Disc 1 1World Destruction5:34 2Killing Time2:53 3Mean Machine4:43 4Electric Africa10:24 5Worksong7:15 6Memories4:02 7Death Rattle4:28 8Reduction5:32 9Uprising1:07 10Boat Peoples7:07 11For a Few Dollars More3:53 12Get Movin'6:42 13Busting Out8:02 Disc 21Oh My People7:34 2Cross Examination11:54 3Interlock4:55 4Harima6:04 5Locomotive3:44 6Change the Beat7:41 7Shango Message7:44 8Legs2:04 9My Balls/Your Chin2:28 10Square Dance4:29 11Natalia4:57 12O.A.O.4:44 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 1996 | Russian Chants: Parastas (Ambient Mix)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 49:441Cold Chamber (traditional): Alleluia, tone 8 Troparion the 1st.the 2nd - The beginning "Bless be, O Lord" Troparion "Give repose, O Lord" - The Small Litany - "Repose, Our Saviour"16:38 2Four Sided Vortex (traditional): "Repose, Our Saviour" - "The Only Immortal" - The Small Litany16:24 3Relative Motion (traditional): "I cry and sob" - "With the Spirits of the Just" - The Insistent Litany16:42 | Remix | 1996 | |
| 1996 | Ambient CompendiumSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 2:12:24Disc 1 1[data track]0:13 2Descent6:04 3Maps of Impossible Worlds5:50 4Angel Tech7:00 5Aion6:47 6Monochrome Existence11:03 7Open URL10:20 8Distal Sonority11:18 9Broken Dream7:29 Disc 21[data track]0:13 2Tangier Space Draft7:03 3Black Dawn7:22 4Evil Eye7:48 5Ports of Entry11:42 6Ancient Evenings7:44 7Zurvan Akarana8:56 8Asiyah Dub9:11 9White Lies6:21 | Compilation | 27 August 1996 | |
| 1997 | Oscillations RemixesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 52:271Oscillations (remix)6:05 2Oscillations (live Pop mix)5:58 3Oscillations (Low Membrane mix)5:10 4Oscillations (remix)8:20 5Oscillations (Digital cut-Up)6:07 6Oscillations (remix)4:42 7Oscillations (Milky remix)4:56 8Oscillations (Very Optimistic Dog mix)6:50 9Oscillations (D mix)4:19 | Remix | August 1997 | |
| 1999 | Broken VesselsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 48:591Broken Vessel5:37 2ER3:18 3Dementia2:57 4Light Speed3:46 5Strained4:52 6High Ride2:07 7Needle Drop2:32 8Graveyard1:49 9Smoking Up5:14 10Explosion1:16 11First Call5:41 12Falling Under2:17 13Lost Control2:47 14Hands4:46 | Soundtrack | 1999 | |
| 2000 | Emerald Aether: Shape ShiftingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 49:381The Wayfaring Stranger2:49 2The Stride Set6:45 3The Labouring Man’s Daughter5:08 4We Dreamed Our Dreams0:48 5Wendel’s Wedding3:15 6The Gray Selchie2:13 7Dark Green4:00 8Wind Chimes and Nursery Rhymes2:49 9One, I Love4:44 10La bruxa4:35 11The Hare in the Heather2:33 12Caoineadh na dTrí Muire (Lament of the Three Marys)3:38 13Slieve Russell, Jimmy Wards J.G.2:01 14The Beauty Spot4:20 | Remix | 14 March 2000 | |
| 2001 | Filmtracks 2000Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 56:451Oman5:23 2Turf War3:22 3Oum el Bouaghi9:09 4O Haji Baig2:12 5Into the Void4:17 6Comoro 11:37 7Siren Song3:34 8Soldiers of Misfortune2:22 9Deadly Heaven4:47 10Portals2:00 11Jammu2:51 12Abu Sayyam0:37 13The Taliban4:59 14Comoro 21:24 15Odyssey2:39 16El-Oued5:32 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2002 | The Evolution of The Dark Side of the MoogSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:18:151Intro0:13 2Wish You Were There (excerpt)3:32 3A Saucerful of Ambience (excerpt)15:01 4Phantom Heart Brother (III/3)5:26 5Phantom Heart Brother (III/4)6:18 6Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn (IV/7)2:39 7Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn (IV/8)8:46 8Psychedelic Brunch (V/8)8:03 9The Final DAT (VI/6)10:28 10Obscured by Klaus (VII/6)7:57 11Careful With the AKS, Peter (VIII/5)1:09 12Careful With the AKS, Peter (VIII/6)8:43 | Compilation | 15 April 2002 | |
| 2003 | Final OscillationsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 2:15:56Disc 1 1Digitaria6:21 2Faktura6:12 3Dislocation8:01 4Extinguisher7:49 53rd Stage Navigator9:00 6Wird8:33 7Oscillations (remix)8:23 8Digital Cut-Up5:56 9Milky (remix)4:21 10Répercussions4:50 Disc 21Virus7:36 2Autopia8:23 3El Hombre Invisible (for William S. Burroughs)16:08 4Red Night16:14 5Very Optimistic Dog mix7:04 6Live Pop mix5:57 7Low Membrane mix5:08 | Compilation | May 2003 | |
| 2003 | ROIR Dub SessionsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 46:151Dread Iternal9:21 2Thunupa13:36 3Cybotron9:28 4Ethiopia / The Lower Ground13:50 | Compilation | 18 November 2003 | |
| 2004 | Soup LiveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 2:09:27Disc 1 1Chikin17:14 2Corn20:12 3Onion10:14 4Eel23:18 Disc 21Pea15:31 2Clam19:37 3Truffe23:21 | Live | 20 September 2004 | |
| 2007 | Low Life / Last ExitSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:11:441Death Rattle4:26 2Low Life3:30 3Disengage3:01 4Locomotive3:42 5Wheeling Vultures3:52 6Curved Dog1:34 7Abasement1:40 8Land One8:11 9Tingle Hairs4:11 10The Last Detective2:32 11Hard School18:21 12Brain Damage6:05 13Last Call4:17 14Dark Heart6:22 | Compilation | 2007 | |
| 2008 | Excavation: Unauthorized Cut-Up Volume 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:09:101Untitled1:14 2Untitled/Ta'Wil8:19 3Untitled5:01 4Untitled4:32 5Untitled5:00 6Untitled/The Furies5:44 7Untitled4:38 8Untitled5:12 9Untitled4:08 10Untitled5:11 11Untitled6:40 12Untitled2:13 13Abi Virus5:43 14Family Affair5:35 | Compilation | 2008 | |
| 2009 | Spent: Beats to Bring You BackSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 59:001Possession 10:33 2Nafaken4:51 3Black Lotus7:25 4Possession 20:53 5Haayo4:00 6Kala Infinite5:14 7Cien Fuegos Dub5:01 8Mengedegna5:26 9Chacón And Daniel4:01 10Asha5:44 11Lost Roads10:50 12Guramayle (Slight Return)2:23 13The Rhythm0:56 14Possession 30:26 15Restored1:17 | Compilation,DJ-mix | 13 January 2009 | |
| 2011 | Bass & DrumsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 50:241Kanazuchi One28:07 2Kanazuchi Two15:37 3Kanazuchi Three6:40 | Live | 2011 | |
| 2014 | The StoneSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 38:291Akashic Meditation38:29 | Live | 2014 | |
| 2014 | The Stone - April 22, 2014Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 40:411Back In No Time40:41 | Live | 29 July 2014 | |
| 2019 | EXCAVATION Unauthorized Cut‐Up, Vol 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 26:391Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted1:14 2We Wanna See Bootsy5:01 3The Western Lands1:09 4I Just Got Back From Mars5:12 5Booty Record5:11 6Shock‐It to Me6:39 7Apartment #92:13 | Compilation | 13 March 2019 | |
| 2020 | IZA! NubluSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 1:02:031IZA! Nublu part 122:06 2IZA! Nublu part 227:24 3IZA! Nublu part 312:33 | Live | 23 October 2020 | |
| 2020 | Shinjuku Pit InnSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:12:211Part I11:24 2Part II6:01 3Part III11:50 4Part IV10:56 5Part V16:22 6Part VI4:55 7Part VII10:53 | Live | 3 November 2020 | |
| 2020 | Gen Jyo RakuSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:21:151Prologue25:05 2E-Ten-Raku13:27 3Introduction to Gen-Jyo-Raku6:57 4Gen-Jyo-Raku 1: Ko-Ranjyo1:20 5Gen-Jyo-Raku 2: Ranjo9:03 6Gen-Jyo-Raku 3: Netori0:38 7Gen-Jyo-Raku 4: To-Kyoku8:03 8Gen-Jyo-Raku 5: Ama-Ranjyo2:25 9Cho-Gei-Shi4:11 10Epilogue10:06 | Live | 13 November 2020 | |
| 2020 | Mooko – Japan ConcertsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 39:181Nitchimo Satchimo9:42 2Hunnahahna - Bushi7:14 3Itai - Itai2:02 4Mooko No Ohkami (A Mongolian Wolf)5:21 5Ryoshi Ga Kita (A Hunter Is Coming14:59 | Live | 10 December 2020 | |
| 2021 | SaalfeldenSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 57:451Saalfelden part 121:57 2Saalfelden part 218:00 3Saalfelden part 317:48 | Live | 6 February 2021 | |
| 2021 | Tokyo Rotation 4 - Day 3Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 49:131Day 3 set 1 part 121:23 2Day 3 set 1 part 214:48 3Day 3 set 1 part 313:02 | Live | 24 February 2021 | |
| 2021 | Inkstick SessionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 1:03:571Inkstick Session part 19:19 2Inkstick Session part 213:59 3Inkstick Session part 314:49 4Inkstick Session part 413:32 5Inkstick Session part 512:18 | Live | 11 March 2021 | |
| 2021 | Tokyo Rotation 1 - Day 2 set 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 53:351Day 2 Set 1 Part 125:24 2Day 2 Set 1 Part 221:07 3Day 2 Set 1 Part 37:04 | Live | 17 March 2021 | |
| 2021 | Tokyo Rotation 1 - Day 2 Set 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 1:07:131Day 2 set 2 part 131:02 2Day 2 set 2 part 29:13 3Day 2 set 2 part 38:51 4Day 2 set 2 part 410:26 5Day 2 set 2 part 57:41 | Live | 20 March 2021 | |
| 2021 | Tokyo Rotation 4 - Day 1 Set 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 43:361Day 1 set 1 part 18:43 2Day 1 set 1 part 218:12 3Day 1 set 1 part 39:38 4Day 1 set 1 part 47:03 | Live | 19 May 2021 | |
| 2021 | Tokyo Rotation 4 - Day 1 Set 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 1:01:591Day 1 set 2 part 117:01 2Day 1 set 2 part 26:32 3Day 1 set 2 part 313:54 4Day 1 set 2 part 46:35 5Day 1 set 2 part 517:57 | Live | 21 May 2021 | |
| 2021 | Bass & Drums Complete SessionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 55:331Bass & Drums Complete Session part 128:08 2Bass & Drums Complete Session part 215:37 3Bass & Drums Complete Session part 36:34 4Bass & Drums Complete Session part 45:14 | Live | 17 September 2021 | |
| 2021 | Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 3 Set 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 58:411Day 3 set 1 part 122:30 2Day 3 set 1 part 26:51 3Day 3 set 1 part 39:09 4Day 3 set 1 part 420:11 | Live | 28 September 2021 | |
| 2021 | Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 3 Set 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 1:00:511Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 3 set 2 part 117:09 2Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 3 set 2 part 27:28 3Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 3 set 2 part 39:04 4Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 3 set 2 part 410:04 5Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 3 set 2 part 59:17 6Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 3 set 2 part 6 (Eye)7:49 | Live | 6 October 2021 | |
| 2021 | Tokyo Rotation 2 - Day 3 Set 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 51:431Tokyo Rotation 2 - Day 3 set 2 part 117:11 2Tokyo Rotation 2 - Day 3 set 2 part 219:09 3Tokyo Rotation 2 - Day 3 set 2 part 312:56 4Tokyo Rotation 2 - Day 3 set 2 part 42:27 | Live | 25 October 2021 | |
| 2021 | The Stone Residency 2015 - Day 2 Set 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 43:221The Stone Residency 2015 Day 2 set 1 part 110:55 2The Stone Residency 2015 Day 2 set 1 part 27:32 3The Stone Residency 2015 Day 2 set 1 part 37:09 4The Stone Residency 2015 Day 2 set 1 part 47:49 5The Stone Residency 2015 Day 2 set 1 part 59:57 | Live | 30 December 2021 | |
| 2021 | The Stone Residency 2015 - Day 2 Set 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 44:501The Stone Residency 2015 Day 2 set 2 part 114:12 2The Stone Residency 2015 Day 2 set 2 part 28:14 3The Stone Residency 2015 Day 2 set 2 part 37:38 4The Stone Residency 2015 Day 2 set 2 part 414:46 | Live | 31 December 2021 | |
| 2022 | RedemptionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 31:301Redemption part 114:43 2Redemption part 29:34 3Redemption part 33:34 4Redemption part 43:39 | Live | 27 February 2022 | |
| 2022 | Tokyo Rotation 4 - Day 2 Set 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 51:011Tokyo Rotation 4 Day 2 set 1 part 15:38 2Tokyo Rotation 4 Day 2 set 1 part 28:32 3Tokyo Rotation 4 Day 2 set 1 part 318:33 4Tokyo Rotation 4 Day 2 set 1 part 48:51 5Tokyo Rotation 4 Day 2 set 1 part 59:27 | Live | 12 March 2022 | |
| 2022 | Tokyo Rotation 4 - Day 2 Set 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 49:231Tokyo Rotation 4 - Day 2 set 2 part 16:10 2Tokyo Rotation 4 - Day 2 set 2 part 27:15 3Tokyo Rotation 4 - Day 2 set 2 part 320:08 4Tokyo Rotation 4 - Day 2 set 2 part 412:41 5Tokyo Rotation 4 - Day 2 set 2 part 53:09 | Live | 14 March 2022 | |
| 2023 | Axiom Sound System / Musical FreezoneSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 54:571PBS part 116:24 2PBS part 215:46 3PBS part 36:47 4PBS part 411:53 5PBS part 54:07 | Live | 5 March 2023 | |
| 2023 | WillisauSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 1:13:571Willisau Part 19:11 2Willisau Part 223:23 3Willisau Part 310:21 4Willisau Part 414:33 5Willisau Part 516:29 | Live | 6 June 2023 | |
| 2023 | OutlandSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 36 tracks · 5:23:40Disc 1 1From the Earth to the Ceiling Part 14:59 2From the Earth to the Ceiling Part 25:00 3From the Earth to the Ceiling Part 35:03 4From the Earth to the Ceiling Part 44:57 5From the Earth to the Ceiling Part 55:00 6From the Earth to the Ceiling Part 65:00 7From the Earth to the Ceiling Part 75:00 8From the Earth to the Ceiling Part 85:00 9From the Earth to the Ceiling Part 95:00 10From the Earth to the Ceiling Part 105:00 11From the Earth to the Ceiling Part 115:00 12From the Earth to the Ceiling Part 127:03 Disc 21African Virus (Electronic Sonata With A Cold Loved By Nature) Part 19:30 2African Virus (Electronic Sonata With A Cold Loved By Nature) Part 29:28 3African Virus (Electronic Sonata With A Cold Loved By Nature) Part 318:09 4African Virus (Electronic Sonata With A Cold Loved By Nature) Part 45:48 5African Virus (Electronic Sonata With A Cold Loved By Nature) Part 56:08 6African Virus (Electronic Sonata With A Cold Loved By Nature) Part 610:16 Disc 31Definition of Life14:13 2The Question of Containment20:45 3Keeper of the Purple Twilight11:48 4DSTC7:47 Disc 41The Old World5:10 2East Meets West2:57 3Our Small Blue World4:53 4Bella Prime4:55 5Physical Transformation4:40 6African Dub9:14 7East Leaves West6:26 8DSPill12:06 Disc 51Outland Exploration10:45 2An Intelligent Force6:34 3Object Approaching8:52 4N‐Dimensional17:45 5The Origin13:35 Disc 61Blackland39:54 | Compilation | 13 October 2023 | |
| 2024 | Tokyo Rotation 1 - Day 5 Set 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:12:271Day 5 set 2 part 1 - Tokyo Rotation 120:42 2Day 5 set 2 part 1 - Tokyo Rotation 18:11 3Day 5 set 2 part 2 - Tokyo Rotation 117:00 4Day 5 set 2 part 3 - Tokyo Rotation 15:54 5Day 5 set 2 part 4 - Tokyo Rotation 112:04 6Day 5 set 2 encore 1 Asadoya Yunta - Tokyo Rotation 13:23 7Day 5 set 2 encore 2 Jyuku-no-Haru - Tokyo Rotation 15:13 | Live | 31 January 2024 | |
| 2024 | Tokyo Rotation 1 - Day 5 Set 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 51:451Day 5 set 1 part 1 - Tokyo Rotation 115:14 2Day 5 set 1 part 2 - Tokyo Rotation 113:00 3Day 5 set 1 part 3 - Tokyo Rotation 17:41 4Day 5 set 1 part 4 - Tokyo Rotation 115:50 | Live | 31 January 2024 | |
| 2025 | MoersSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 58:241Moers Part 112:26 2Moers Part 27:58 3Moers Part 33:54 4Moers Part 413:09 5Moers Part 52:20 6Moers Part 612:00 7Moers Part 76:37 | Live | 31 January 2025 | |
| 2025 | MoldeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 1:25:231Molde part 113:53 2Molde part 211:33 3Molde part 38:04 4Molde part 411:35 5Molde part 59:06 6Molde part 67:14 7Molde part 712:55 8Molde part 811:03 | Live | 1 May 2025 | |
| 2025 | Akashic Bassmatter: Dictionary of Spells (24 bit)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:02:311Milan 2012 part 1 - Material14:53 2Black Rain - Method Of Defiance - Montreux Jazz Festival: Intro - Anachronizer8:46 3Milan part 8 - Method Of Defiance 5th Column8:50 4The Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage part 1 - Praxis4:25 5Milan part 6 - Method of Defiance 5th Column5:33 6Milan 2012 part 4 - Material11:54 7Maura Maura encore 2 - Material8:10 | Compilation,Live | 25 June 2025 | |
| 2025 | Akashic Bassmatter: Arcane CodexSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 1:03:511Jazz Middelheim part 111:08 2Sapporo: Introduction7:51 3Milan part 116:51 4Vegoose part 1 & 28:55 5Milan part 75:30 6Milan 2012 part 613:36 | Compilation,Live | 26 June 2025 | |
| 2025 | Akashic Bassmatter: The Space Between (24 bit)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 1:18:211Tarab15:06 2Milan 2012 part 316:08 3Warsaw part 311:19 4Niaje Maje5:38 5Maura Maura part 313:28 6Jazz Middelheim part 54:25 7Kyoto part 212:17 | Compilation,Live | 6 August 2025 | |
| 2025 | NYCSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 39:171NYC part 119:01 2NYC part 211:43 3NYC part 38:33 | Live | 1 December 2025 | |
| 2025 | Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 1 Set 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 58:191Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 1 set 1 part 122:03 2Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 1 set 1 part 211:54 3Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 1 set 1 part 312:14 4Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 1 set 1 part 412:08 | Live | 21 December 2025 | |
| 2026 | Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 1 Set 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 1:04:161Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 1 set 2 part 119:56 2Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 1 set 2 part 218:50 3Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 1 set 2 part 36:53 4Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 1 set 2 part 411:29 5Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 1 set 2 part 57:08 | Live | 11 January 2026 | |
| 2026 | Live at the Knitting FactorySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 1:14:431Zero Point Field16:44 2Wave Function Collapse8:00 3Observer Effect8:25 4The Implicate Order13:41 5The Uncertainty Principle19:17 6Schrödinger's Bardo8:36 | Live | 27 June 2026 | |
| 2026 | Akashic Bassmatter: Raising America (24 bit)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:33:161Show Me Your Love, America10:36 2In the Name of12:11 3The Stone Residency 2015 Day 2 Set 1 Part 47:49 4Intro - Grounded12:14 5Itchin'7:23 6Day 2 Set 2 Part 37:38 7Funk All Night8:11 8We Got to Get Together5:38 9After Dark13:00 10Encore8:36 | Compilation | 30 August 2026 | |
| — | 1998-04-22: Sacred System: Fabrik, Hamburg, GermanySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 1:08:311Intro2:35 2Sacrament, Part I / Tarab / Sacrament, Part II13:02 3Meet Your Maker13:31 4Proud Flesh9:31 5One Eye Open20:53 6Black Lotus8:59 | Live | — |
Single · 14
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Re‐charged #1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 15:14ACalled (re‐charged by Source Direct)7:01 BTokyo (re‐charged by Usual Suspects)8:13 | Remix | 29 May 2000 | |
| 2003 | Photo Op Before a Long Hard FuckSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 14:12OHMDoctored Intelligence (version)6:03 OSRNormality Complex, Parts 1 & 28:09 | 15 December 2003 | ||
| 2005 | Todd Bridges on Lockdown (Temulent remix) / Summary Execution (Corrupt Souls remix)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:32ATodd Bridges on Lockdown (Temulent remix) AASummary Execution (Corrupt Souls remix)7:32 | 23 May 2005 | ||
| 2014 | ShuenSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 10:061Shuen10:06 | 26 August 2014 | ||
| 2014 | Bilmawn (Little Village)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 5:191Bilmawn (Little Village)5:19 | Soundtrack | 4 December 2014 | |
| 2015 | Bass CultureSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 16:431Bass Culture: Silent Warfare / The Deep / The Thunder Lizard / Jungleoverload / World As Will / Starship Burning / Babylon Space Draft16:43 | 1 November 2015 | ||
| 2019 | The WoodsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 11:501The Woods11:50 | 30 September 2019 | ||
| 2020 | Risurrezione dub transmission - duboperaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 12:531Piangi, Si, Piangi (Cry, Yes, Cry)6:26 2Piangi, Si, Piangi dub mix6:27 | 8 November 2020 | ||
| 2021 | Broken DreamSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 7:291Broken Dream7:29 | 6 February 2021 | ||
| 2021 | Nexus 6Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:411Nexus 64:41 | 12 May 2021 | ||
| 2021 | dub channel 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 1:581Saturn0:59 2Return0:59 | 19 September 2021 | ||
| 2022 | MisogiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 8:111Misogi8:11 | 16 January 2022 | ||
| 2024 | Maha HoyoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 5:151Maha Hoyo5:15 | 2 February 2024 | ||
| 2025 | Dumar KubaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:491Dumar Kuba3:49 | 7 March 2025 |
Broadcast · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | One World MusicSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 1:26:251Volunteered Slavery16:11 2Goodfellas9:51 3Drum Solo8:15 4Tendi8:14 5Kung Fu Dance12:09 6Thinking of Hendrix4:35 7Reggaefrenic13:11 8Eagger7:14 9Last Round6:45 | Live | 2012 |
EP · 5
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | On Brion GysinSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 9:091On Brion Gysin 14:48 2On Brion Gysin 22:26 3Elegy1:55 | 7 August 2015 | ||
| 2015 | Dubopera EPSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 32:041Nessum Dorma Dub8:18 2Moon Dub5:01 3Tonight Dub8:03 4I Pescatori di Perle5:18 5Pagliaci5:24 | 13 October 2015 | ||
| 2016 | FunkcronomicSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 20:261Woo Doo4:08 2Flashlight Redux3:51 3Outer Woo5:27 4Flashback3:26 5Shochurolling3:34 | 10 June 2016 | ||
| 2016 | The Road To The Western LandsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 25:491The Western Lands/Hashisheen1:30 2The Western Lands6:12 3Seven Souls5:45 4Soul Killer4:16 5Words Of Advice For Young People3:52 6The End Of Words4:14 | Compilation | 16 July 2016 | |
| 2020 | Street Fighter Alpha: GenerationsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 9:091Chapter 012:19 2Chapter 03a3:35 3Chapter 03b3:15 | 26 October 2020 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Bill Laswell head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 169 | 99.1th |
| Studio albums | 93 | 99.7th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 96 | 99.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 43 | 83.8th |
| Genres | 11 | 97.2th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Człowiek ze Złotym Uchem | won | |
| 2013 | Człowiek ze Złotym Uchem | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Jam Tonic(band) | — | present | |
| Deadline(band) | — | present | original |
| Equations of Eternity(band) | — | present | |
| Massacre(band) | — | present | |
| Last Exit(band) | — | present | |
| Method of Defiance(band) | — | present | |
| Shin.e(band) | — | present | |
| Bill Laswell India Project(band) | — | present | |
| Praxis(band) | — | present | |
| Psychonavigation(band) | — | present | |
| The Golden Palominos(band) | — | present | |
| Material(band) | — | present | original,principal |
| Tabla Beat Science(band) | — | present | |
| Arcana(band) | — | present | |
| Mandingo(band) | — | present | |
| Shango(band) | — | present | |
| Sacred System(band) | — | present | original |
| Outland(band) | — | present | |
| Cymatic Scan(band) | — | present | |
| Activities of Dust(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bill-laswell.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8b7a121c-5b50-4912-ab4c-e49a631a2db0discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8b7a121c-5b50-4912-ab4c-e49a631a2db0core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552511genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552511seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswellbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell
Why this artist is in the database
- List of funk musicians
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Tier rule: genre canon: jazz
Image: nomo /michael hoefner http://www.zwo5.de · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q552511 · MusicBrainz: 8b7a121c-5b50-4912-ab4c-e49a631a2db0
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