Bill Laswell to amerykański muzyk awangardowy, basista i kompozytor.
Związany z muzyką elektroniczną, a w szczególności gatunkiem ambient.
Dyskografia Billa Laswella zawiera kilkaset pozycji w tym wiele kolaboracji
z czołowymi muzykami sceny ambient, techno, rocka i jazzu, a między
innymi z Johnem Zornem, Fredem Frithem, Pete’em Namlookiem, Klausem
Schulzem, Yosuke Yamashitą, Jah Wobble’em, Toshinori Kondo, Percym
Howardem, Tetsu Inoue, z takimi grupami jak Material, Painkiller,
Massacre i wieloma innymi.
A definite street-wise streak runs strong through Destruction of Syntax, a
collection of various artists. Collectively entitled Valis the artists were "called
down by Bill Laswell", who adds his dubby bass signature to his opening collab
with Automaton, Ex Machina. Jazzy horn riffs and those scritchy turntables are
only a few of the urban atmospheric effects employed. Other tracks (by DJ Spooky,
Spectre and more) include ear-bending amounts of samples of rappers, sirens,
arguments, screams, and subway trains. The prominent feature of most cuts is
the Beat, present in various degrees of hip-hop swagger and metropolitan
grittiness. Personal standouts include DXT's Twisted Tables which overlays
a cool groove with a spooky theremin-like synthline. Somone turned the
recording levels way up with Conveyor by Corporal Blossom, a loud
acoustic guitar jam/synth fuzz-fest.
