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Praxis to Release New Album February 8th featuring Iggy Pop, Serj Tankian, Mike Patton, and more! – News

January 12, 2011

Bill Laswell – Version 2 Version: A Dub Transmission – Review

February 7, 2005

Laswell always gets first-rate players, and he’s always layering things into his dubs, giving you the opportunity to keep listening further.

Bill Laswell – Points of Order – Review

March 15, 2002

Sub-sonic bass grooves, meandering melodies, rappers with more than a passing SAT vocabulary, and more musicality than any one person should have a right to.

Carlos Santana – Divine Light: Reconstruction & Mix Translation by Bill Laswell – Review

February 15, 2002

Carlos has the skill, but his jazz isn’t top notch. Santana fans want him to rock, jazz fans want him to swing, and Divine Light doesn’t really do either.

Second Nature – Review

May 1, 1996

Exceptionally deep grooves and a layered complexity matched with utter simplicity make this trance/ambient disc a wonder to listen to.

A Few of my Favorite Things – Music for the Collapse of Civilization – Column

April 1, 1996

Last Exit: The four best musicians in NYC (Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Jackson, and Peter Brötzmann), on stage, completely improvised.