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Kenny Wheeler R.I.P.

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Kenny Wheeler • flugelhorn
Keith Jarrett • piano
Dave Holland• bass
Jack DeJohnette• drums

Kenny Wheeler, born January 14 1930, died September 18 2014

THE PEOPLE v THE BANKS: Conviction beats Eviction

Excavation • Unauthorized Cut-Up Vol. I

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1. Untitled • Bill Laswell 
2. Untitled/Ta'Wil • Bill Laswell/Ira Cohen/Pharoah Sanders/Submerged
3. Untitled • Bootsy's Rubber Band
4. Untitled • Tony Williams/Bernie Worrell
5. Simple As That • Jungle Brothers
6. Untitled/The Furies • Bill Laswell & William Burroughs/Praxis & Iggy Pop
7. Untitled • Ornette Coleman/Bill Laswell
8. Untitled • Hasil Atkins
9. Doriella du Fontaine • Jimi Hendrix/Buddy Miles
10. Untitled • JT Money/George Clinton
11. Untitled • Bill Laswell/Bootsy Collins
12. Untitled • Bill Laswell/Ornette Coleman/Julian Schnabel
13. Abi Virus • Bill Laswell/John Zorn/Masada String Trio/SPL
14. Family Affair • Iggy Pop



The Players
Bill Laswell • George Clinton • Ornette Coleman • William S. Burroughs • Pharoah Sanders • Jimi Hendrix • Tony Williams • Bernie Worrell • Iggy Pop • Bootsy Collins • Hasil Atkins • Ira Cohen • Jungle Brothers • Buckethead • Submerged • John Zorn • Julian Schnabel • Fred Wesley • Masada String Trio • Maceo Parker • Brain • Buddy Miles • SPL • Master Musicians of Jajouka • Bernard Fowler • Aiyb Dieng • JT Money • Genesis P. Orridge • Mudbone • Billy Bang.


Reconstruction and mix translation done at Orange Music, West Orange, NJ
Engineer: Robert Musso
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at Turtle Tone, NYC
Production, reconstruction and mix translation: 
Bill Laswell



Label:none

Format:320
Country: US
Released: 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Jazz, Rock, Funk, Experimental, Ambient


Electric Ladyland (Vol.1)

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The original Electric Ladyland comp, not the Clickhop version which came out some years later. Some good tracks including Maschine by Gas, not be confused with the my previous post by another artist under the same name.
Stylø

1. Alec Empire• Kick Some Soul Pt. 1
2. Zulutronic• Drop A Lot
3. 4E• 91 Killer
4. Kerosene• Please Harder
5. G 104• Bassphemic Village
6. Alec Empire• Kick Some Soul Pt. 2
7. Ian Pooley• Dancehall Killer
8. Mouse On Mars• Schlecktron (Double Mix)
9. Zulutronic• Hong Kong Phui
10. Gas• Maschine
11. Hanin• The Outback
12. Himadri• Disconnect Dissect
13. Abe Duque• You

Label: Mille Plateaux: MP 019 CD
Series: Electric Ladyland 1
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: Germany
Released: 1995
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Abstract, Experimental

Buck Jam Tonic

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Buck Jam Tonic is a double album of improvised music by John Zorn, Bill Laswell & Tatsuya Nakamura. The album was released on the Japanese Wilddisc label in 2003 and is comprised of one disc mixed in Tokyo and another mixed in New York City. A vinyl edition was also released containing only the Tokyo mix.
The two discs make a neat set: the first was mixed by drummer Tatsuya Nakamura, while the second features three Bill Laswell interpretations of the same sessions. An obvious result is that there's some overlap of source material between the discs (see the samples of "Nu," from the Tokyo mix, and "Tzu," from the New York mix), but where Nakamura's tracks are rough-sounding little nuggets of rock, Laswell's are denser epics that build and ebb dramatically (across a wider spectral range, too) over the course of 20 or 30 minutes. Furthering the variety, John Zorn actually played alto and soprano sax that day instead of just honking, and Laswell pulled out some monstrous "boWAAAAAAAOW" noises to really get the blood flowing; the effect is a lot like the ugly muscle of Execution Ground, only with way peppier drumming. Hearing it through two different sets of ears gives BJT some replay value beyond its fist-pumping qualities, too, so it's more than just a replacement for a concert experience. Get past the awful name and hideous cover, and there's plenty to enjoy. - Taylor McLaren



Disc one • Tokyo mix
1. Old Dragon - 4:53
2. Lobo - 7:18
3. Matagi - 5:39
4. Toccata for Coyote - 10:20
5. Nu - 4:53

Disc two • New York mix
1. Tzu - 23:29
2. Second Sight - 28:37
3. Panepha - 15:39


John Zorn
• alto sax, soprano sax
Bill Laswell• electric bass
Tatsuya Nakamura• drums

All compositions by Nakamura/Laswell/Zorn
Recorded on December 6, 2002 at Victor Studio, Tokyo
Disc one mixed at Studio Sunshine,
Tokyo, by Tatsuya Nakamura
Disc two mixed at Turtletone Studio,
New York City, by Bill Laswell
Produced by Tsutomu Fujii


Label: WildDisk – WDD-004/005
Format: 320
Country: Japan
Released: 2003
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation

A William Burroughs Birthday Book

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I found this doing a clear out some years back a couple of months after Burroughs birthday and thought it would be a good idea to scan and post in time for the following year but just plain forgot. I would come across it from time and then forget about it again…anyway I’m on it this year round.
I bought this after the event from a underground mail order book distribution catalog called counter culture(?) pre internet days.
I haven’t read this since 1994 but had a quick scan through it whilst scanning, some interesting stuff within.
Counter Productions were a great source for finding unknown, weird and fringe gems, most of which I’ve kept and will scan and post if I find the time.
• Stylo •

A William Burroughs Birthday Book was produced to coincide with an event promoted by Catherine
Lupton and held on 5th February 1994 in Brighton, the 80th Birthday of William Burroughs.
The event itself in many ways mirrored Burroughs' own approach to literature and art, being a
random coming together of discrete connections that were collaged into a 'whole'. Alongside video
and sound-bites, numerous artists, writers and performers presented their work...
The only criterion was that the presentations should in some way be appropriate as a gift to Mr Burroughs.
The event was a sell-out, the dreamachines flickered into the night, and Dr Benway even
performed an appendectomy to thrill the crowds!
The booklet proved to be extremely popular. The following pages give just a flavour…WSB
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The last words of Hassan i Sabbah


Eivind Aarset Trio • Electromagnetic

The Art of Hel Hefner


Hilaryous...

Vote Israel?

Eric Dubay Flat Earth Anarchast

SENSATIONAL • I'M SO JAZZED OUT

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Ornette Coleman • Of Human Feelings (Repost)

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That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whether they play music or don't play music, has a sound - their own sound, that thing that you're talking about.

Ornette Coleman





1. Sleep Talk
2. Jump Street
3. Him & Her
4. Air Ship
5. What Is The Name Of That
6. Job Mob
7. Love Words
8. Times Square

Ornette Coleman• Alto Saxophone
Bern Nix• Guitar
Charlie Ellerbee• Guitar
Jamaaladeen Tacuma• Bass
Calvin Weston• Drums
Denardo Coleman• Drums

Produced byOrnette Coleman

Label: Antilles – AN-2001 / Polystar J33D-20002
Format: 32

Country: US / Japan
Recorded: 1979
Released: Vinyl 1982 CD 1985
Genre: Funk / Soul, Jazz
Style: Free Jazz, Free Funk

Dorian Cheah • ARA

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To the extent that Dorian Cheah views his debut recording as a deep expression of personal identity, his musical identity seems to be shaped very much by producer Bill Laswell and the sidemen here, including Zakir Hussain, Karsh Kale, Hamid Drake, Bernie Worrell and Nicky Skopelitis. Cheah’s articulate violin is a strong lead voice throughout, recalling Shankar’s own electric experiments in the Indian tradition, but his shimmering runs and carthartic highs are almost always draped in electronic effects and folded into a lush sonic tapestry courtesy of Laswell. Yes, this album is very much in the spirit of the producer’s own affinity for trance and meditation, worldly percussion, dub vibes, deep bass and occasional detours (like oblique guitar solos)— all of which makes it clear this is no New Age outing. Cheah is great, the album bears the bass-heavy stamp of a Laswell production, and the percussionists help bring the music back to its acoustic roots. Meditate at your own risk.

Nils Jacobson • Global Rhythm


1. Turiya Satchidananda
2. Rebirth
3. Rasa Lila
4. Coming Home (Resistance)

Dorian Cheah• violin, sounds
Bill Laswell• bass, sounds
Bernie Worrell• keyboards (2)
Hamid Drake• drums (2)
Nicky Skopelitis• guitar (2)
Aiyb Dieng• percussion (2)
Bill Buchen• tabla (2)
Karsh Kale• tabla (3)
Zakir Hussain• tabla (4)

Recorded and mixed at Orange Music, NJ
Engineering: Robert Musso
Second: James Dellatacoma
Additional Recording at Stone Soup Kitchen by Dorian Cheah

Produced by Bill Laswell

Purchase Here/Preview

Label: Metastation ‎– MT021
Format: 320
Country: US
Released: 2007
Genre: Electronic, Folk, World, & Country, Jazz
Style: Ambient

Consume • Hel Hefner


Daylyt • The Untold Truth

Masabumi Kikuchi • Susto

Drum n' Bass

Ol' Dirty Bastard

Wild Style Instrumental Beats

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For three days in June of 1981, a movie director, a hip hop scenester and a drummer met in Blank Tapes studios in Manhattan and created the soundtrack to the most iconic hip hop movie in history. Named Wild Style, the flick was a collaboration between the aspiring filmmaker Charlie Ahearn and Fred Brathwaite (known around the downtown scene as Fab 5 Freddy); after a conversation at a Times Square show, Ahearn recalls they decided to “bring the hip hop world and the graffiti world together into focus” on the big screen. As a musical curveball, Ahearn proposed what he looks back on as a “ridiculous” idea: Instead of utilizing the popular soul and funk breaks that DJs like Grand Wizard Theodore and Grandmaster Flash were spinning at parties, they would create their own instrumental percussive grooves to score the movie.
To that end, they drafted in the talents of Lenny Ferraro (sometimes known as Ferrari), a drummer playing on the punk circuit who had originally cut his teeth backing up Aretha Franklin and Jerry Butler. The outcome of those studio sessions became known as the Wild Style breakbeats – a series of 13 short instrumentals that are now some of hip hop’s most revered and mysterious recordings.


Dave Harper• Bass
Lenny Ferrari• Drums
Chris Stein• Guitar, Effects

Produced by Chris Stein, Fred Brathwaite 
and Charlie Ahearn


Label: Beyongolia ‎– BEGO 12002
Format: Vinyl, flac
Country: UK
Released: 1998
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Instrumental, Breaks
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