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Praxis: Profanation

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On January 1, 2008, “Nagual” label released “Profanation” (Preparation for a Coming Darkness), the fifth and the last Praxis album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by Bill Laswell.

Personnel:

  • Bill Laswell – bass, arrangements
  • Buckethead – guitar
  • Otomo Yoshihide – guitar
  • Bernie Worrell – keyboards
  • Brian (Bryan Mantia) – drums
  • Tatsuya Yoshida – drums
  • Iggy Pop – vocals
  • Mike Patton – vocals
  • Killah Priest (Walter Reed) – vocals
  • Hawkman – vocals
  • Rammellzee – vocals
  • Serj Tankian – vocals
  • Dr. Israel – (Douglas Bennett) – vocals
  • Maximum Bob (Robert Bornum) – vocals
  • Phonosycographdisk – turntable
  • DXT (Derek Showard) – turntable
  • Monkey & Large (F. Rønning, Kåre Frisvold) – beats
  • Future Prophecies – beats
  • Rawthang – beats
  • Robert Musso – engineer
  • James Dellatacoma – engineer assistant
  • Michael Fossenkemper – mastering
  • Artie Smith – technicians
  • James Koehnline – artwork
  • John Brown – design
  • Giacomo Bruzzo – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Caution
  2. Worship
  3. Ancient World
  4. Furies
  5. Galaxies
  6. Sulfur and Cheese
  7. Larynx
  8. Revelations Part 2
  9. Ruined
  10. Garbage God’s
  11. Babylon Blackout
  12. Endtime

Yosuke Yamashita, Bill Laswell & Ryuichi Sakamoto: Asian Games

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On May 26, 1993, “Verve Forecast” label released “Asian Games”, album by Yōsuke Yamashita, Bill Laswell and Ryuichi Sakamoto. It was recorded in 1988, at “Kampo”, and “Platinum Island” in New York, and “Runt” in Tokyo, and was produced by Bill Laswell and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Personnel:

  • Yōsuke Yamashita – piano, keyboards
  • Bill Laswell – bass guitar, sitar, effects
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto – keyboards, recording 
  • Nicky Skopelitis – Fairlight synthesizer, effects
  • Aïyb Dieng – congas, cymbals, tambourine, percussion
  • Oz Fritz – recording
  • Dimitri Jakimowicz – recording 
  • Hiroaki Sugawara – recording 
  • Robert Musso – recording, mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Katsuhiko Hibino – illustrations

Track listing:

  1. Melting Pot – Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis, Yosuke Yamashita
  2. Chasin’ the Air – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yosuke Yamashita
  3. Asian Games – Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis, Yosuke Yamashita
  4. Ninja Drive – Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis, Yosuke Yamashita
  5. Napping on the Bamboo – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yosuke Yamashita
  6. A Parade of Rain, The Moon and a Bride – Yosuke Yamashita

Bill Laswell & Submerged: Brutal Calling

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On May 25, 2004, “Avant Records” label released “Brutal Calling”, album by Bill Laswell and Submerged. It was recorded in 2004, at “Died and Went to Hell Studios”, “Orange Music” in West Orange, New Jersey, and was produced by Bill Laswell and Submerged,

Personnel:

  • Bill Laswell – bass guitar, effects, mixing
  • Submerged (Kurt Gluck) – drum programming, effects
  • Robert Musso – engineering
  • James Dellatacoma – engineer assistant
  • Alex Theoret – mastering
  • Michael Fossenkemper – mastering
  • Ikue Mori – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Laswell and Kurt Gluck.

  1. Mass Graves
  2. Tunnel 110
  3. Doctored Intelligence
  4. Not Tomorrow or Never
  5. Decapitation Strike
  6. Whistleblower Body
  7. Lockdown on Bridges and Tunnels
  8. UXO

Nicky Skopelitis: Ekstasis

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On April 20, 1993, “Axiom” label released “Ekstasis”, the second Nicky Skopelitis studio album. It was recorded 1992 – 1993, at “BC Studio”, “Greenpoint Studios” and “Platinum Island Studios” in New York, and was produced by Bill Laswell and Nicky Skopelitis.

Personnel:

  • Nicky Skopelitis – electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, bağlama, coral sitar, dobro
  • Amina Claudine Myers – Hammond B-3
  • Bill Laswell – bass guitar 
  • Jah Wobble – bass guitar
  • Jaki Liebezeit – drums 
  • Ziggy Modeliste – drums 
  • Aïyb Dieng – ghaṭam, talking drum
  • Guilherme Franco – cuíca, electric berimbau, whistle, cowbell, tambourine, congas
  • Zakir Hussain – tabla
  • Bachir Attar – flute, ghaita 
  • Simon Shaheen – violin, oud
  • Foday Musa Suso – harp, kora
  • Martin Bisi – engineer
  • Bruce Calder – engineer
  • Robert Musso – engineer
  • Oz Fritz – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Flam – engineer assistant
  • Imad Mansour – engineer assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • James Koehnline – cover art
  • Aldo Sampieri – design
  • Ira Cohen – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nicky Skopelitis, except where noted.

  1. Tarab – Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis, Jah Wobble
  2. Meet Your Makers
  3. Ghost of a Chance
  4. Proud Flesh
  5. Sanctuary – Bachir Attar, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis
  6. One Eye Open – Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis
  7. Heresy – Nicky Skopelitis, Foday Musa Suso, Jah Wobble
  8. Jubilee – Nicky Skopelitis, Foday Musa Suso, Jah Wobble
  9. Witness – Simon Shaheen, Nicky Skopelitis, Jah Wobble
  10. Telling Time

Bill Laswell: Hear No Evil

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On March 21, 1988, “Venture” and “Virgin Records” labels released “Hear No Evil”, the second Bill Laswell studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “B.C. Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced Bill Laswell.

Personnel:

  • Bill Laswell – bass guitar
  • Nicky Skopelitis – guitar
  • L. Shankar – violin
  • Aïyb Dieng – percussion
  • Zakir Hussain – percussion
  • Daniel Ponce – percussion
  • Robert Musso – engineer
  • Martin Bisi – recording, mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Thi-Linh Le – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bill Laswell.

  1. Lost Roads
  2. Bullet Hole Memory
  3. Illinois Central
  4. Assassin
  5. Stations of the Cross
  6. Kingdom Come

Bill Laswell & Nicholas Bullen: Subsonic 2: Bass Terror

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On March 14, 1995, “Sub Rosa” label released “Subsonic 2: Bass Terror”, album by Bill Laswell and Nicholas Bullen. It was recorded in 1994, at “Greenpoint Studios”in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Bill Laswell and Nicholas Bullen.

Personnel:

  • Nicholas Bullen – prepared bass guitar, electronics
  • Bill Laswell – instruments
  • Neil Griffiths – prepared bass guitar
  • Guy Marc Hinant – editing
  • Robert Musso – engineering 
  • Layng Martine – engineer assistant
  • Manuel Mohino – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Bass Terror Tetragrammaton – Bill Laswell
  2. Nocturnal Crawl – Nicholas Bullen
  3. Again and Again – Nicholas Bullen

Mick Harris & Bill Laswell: Somnific Flux

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On March 7, 1995, “Subharmonic” label released “Somnific Flux”, album by Mick Harris and Bill Laswell. It was recorded in November 1994, at “Wall of Silence” in Birmingham, UK, in December 1994, at “Greenpoint Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Mick Harris and Bill Laswell.

Personnel:

  • Mick Harris – effects, recording, photography
  • Bill Laswell – effects, recording, mixing
  • Robert Musso – engineer
  • Layng Martine – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Mick Harris and Bill Laswell.

  1. Distal Sonority
  2. Capacious

Haruomi Hosono & Bill Laswell: Interpieces Organization

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On February 21, 1996, “Baidis” label released “Interpieces Organization”, album by Haruomi Hosono and Bill Laswell. It was recorded in 1995, at “Quiet Lodge”, “Hanagebyoon Studio”, “Camouflage Studio” in Tokyo, and “Greenpoint Studios” in Brooklyn, “Meow Studio” in New York,  and was produced by Bill Laswell and Haruomi Hosono.

Personnel:

  • Tetsu Inoue – electronics
  • Miharu Koshi – voice
  • Something Wonderful – remix
  • Terre Thaemlitz – remix
  • Yoshihiro Sawasaki – remix
  • Kay Nakauama – engineer
  • Robert Musso – engineer
  • Bobby Hata – mastering
  • Akira Kitajime – photography
  • Osamu Yahagi – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Unfinished Screams
  2. Interpieces
  3. Coiled
  4. Jeephead Shaman
  5. Wakare Michi
  6. Y.S. Tangled in Tokyo
  7. Bush

Divination: Distill

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On February 20, 1996, “Sub Meta” label released “Distill”, the fourth Bill Laswell issued under the moniker Divination. It was recorded in 1996 at “Greenpoint Studio” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Bill Laswell, Anton Fier, Mick Harris, Haruomi Hosono, Tetsu Inoue, Thomas Köner, Pete Namlook and Paul Schütze.

Personnel:

  • Bill Laswell – instruments
  • Knox Chandler – guitar
  • Anton Fier – instruments, mastering
  • Mick Harris – instruments
  • Haruomi Hosono – instruments
  • Tetsu Inoue – instruments
  • Thomas Köner – instruments
  • Pete Namlook – instruments
  • Paul Schütze – instruments
  • Bruce Calder – engineer
  • Robert Musso – engineer, mastering
  • Aldo Sampieri – design

Track listing:

  1. Green Evil – Paul Schütze
  2. Subharmonic Invocation of the Dark Spirit – Pete Namlook
  3. Ether Vibes – Haruomi Hosono, Koshi
  4. There – Mike Harris
  5. Zone – Thomas Köner
  6. Blue Filter – Anton Fier
  7. Interlink – Tetsu Inoue
  8. Black Dangers – Bill Laswell

Moonchild Trio: Astronome

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On October 17, 2006, “Tzadik” label released “Astronome”, the second Moonchild Trio album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by John Zorn.

Personnel:

  • John Zorn – concept, arranger, conductor 
  • Mike Patton – voice
  • Trevor Dunn – bass
  • Joey Baron – drums
  • Robert Musso – engineer
  • James Dellatacoma – engineer assistant
  • Bill Laswell – mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Chippy (Heung-Heung Chin) – design
  • Scott Irvine – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Zorn.

  1. Act One: A Secluded Clearing in the Woods; A Single Bed in a Small Room; The Innermost Chapel of a Secret Temple
  2. Act Two: A Medieval Laboratory; In the Magick Circle
  3. Act Three: A Barren Plain at Midnight; An Unnamed Location