Bill Laswell discography
| Bill Laswell discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 70 |
| Soundtrack albums | 5 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 8 |
| Singles | 4 |
| Remix albums | 5 |
This article presents the complete oeuvre of American bassist, composer and music producer Bill Laswell, including his work as a band member and collaborating artist. Laswell has an expansive and eclectic discography and has been involved in hundreds of recordings with many artists from across the world. Laswell's music is influenced by a plethora of musical genres, such as funk, world music, jazz, drum and bass, dub and ambient music. Starting in 1978, Laswell has built a reputation as an accomplished bass player and composer. He has also had a prolific career as a music producer and sound engineer, overseeing the recording process of diverse musical acts such as Sly and Robbie, Afrika Bambaataa, Bernie Worrell, Blind Idiot God, Henry Threadgill and Buckethead.[1]
As a solo artist
Studio albums
| Released | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Year | Month | |
| 1983 | Jun | Baselines |
| 1988 | Mar | Hear No Evil |
| 1994 | Dec | Outer Dark |
| 1995 | Sep | Silent Recoil: Dub System One |
| 1996 | Sep | Oscillations |
| 1997 | Jul | City of Light |
| 1998 | Jun | Oscillations 2 |
| 1999 | Mar | Invisible Design |
| Sep | Imaginary Cuba | |
| Nov | Permutation | |
| 2000 | Apr | Dub Chamber 3 |
| Oct | Lo. Def Pressure | |
| 2001 | Sep | Filmtracks 2000 |
| Oct | Points of Order | |
| 2004 | Sep | Version 2 Version: A Dub Transmission |
| 2009 | Mar | Invisible Design II |
| 2012 | Oct | Means of Deliverance |
| Nov | Túwaqachi (The Fourth World) | |
Under a pseudonym
| Released | Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Month | ||
| 1993 | Oct | Divination | Ambient Dub Volume I |
| Nov | Ambient Dub Volume II: Dead Slow | ||
| 1994 | Jul | Chaos Face | Doom Ride |
| Aug | Automaton | Dub Terror Exhaust | |
| Oct | Jihad (Points of Order) | ||
| 1995 | Mar | Divination | Akasha |
| 1996 | Jan | Possession + African Dub |
Off World One |
| Feb | Divination | Distill | |
| May | Sacred System | Chapter One: Book of Entrance | |
| 1997 | Sep | Chapter Two | |
| 1998 | Aug | Nagual Site | |
| Oct | Divination | Sacrifice | |
| 1999 | May | Hashisheen | The End of Law |
| Jul | Rasa | Serene Timeless Joy | |
| 2000 | May | Operazone | The Redesign |
| 2002 | Oct | Sacred System | Book of Exit: Dub Chamber 4 |
Collaborative albums
Remix albums
| Year | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Toshinori Kondo & IMA | In the '90s |
| 1995 | Boris Feoktistov | Russian Chants «Parastas» |
| 1997 | Bob Marley | Dreams of Freedom: Ambient Translations in Dub |
| Bill Laswell | Oscillations Remixes | |
| 1998 | Miles Davis | Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974 |
| 2000 | Various Artists | Emerald Aether: Shape Shifting |
| 2001 | Carlos Santana | Divine Light: Music from Illuminations & Love Devotion Surrender |
| 2002 | Sussan Deyhim | Shy Angels |
| 2003 | Gigi | Illuminated Audio |
| 2004 | Lili Boniche | Boniche Dub II |
| 2005 | Bill Laswell | Trojan Dub Massive: Chapter One |
| Trojan Dub Massive: Chapter Two | ||
| 2006 | Matisyahu | Youth Dub |
| 2011 | David Gould | Dub of the Passover |
Cover albums
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Jazzonia |
Compilation albums
Soundtracks
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Broken Vessels | Official soundtrack to the film, Broken Vessels |
Singles
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "Work Song" | Baselines |
| 1998 | "Moody's Mood for Love" | Non-album singles |
| 2003 | "Photo Op Before a Long Hard Fuck" | |
| 2005 | Todd Bridges on Lockdown/Summary Execution |
Axiom series
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Axiom Ambient: Lost in the Translation | |
| Axiom Funk: Funkcronomicon |
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| Axiom Dub: Mysteries of Creation |
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As a band member
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Bass guitar credits
| Year | Artist | Release | Song(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Michael Blaise and Cheater | Scoring Power (7") | "Scoring Power" |
| 1981 | Brian Eno and David Byrne | My Life in the Bush of Ghosts | "America Is Waiting" |
| Fred Frith | Speechless | — | |
| Kip Hanrahan | Coup de tête | "Whatever I Want", "This Night Comes Out of Both of Us", "India Song", "Shadow to Shadow" | |
| Elliott Sharp | Moving Info (CS) | — | |
| John Zorn | Archery | — | |
| 1982 | PHASE 2 | The Roxy (12") | — |
| Elliott Sharp | Ism | "Surdification", "Filter", "Just Like Here" | |
| Elliott Sharp | Nots | "TMI", "Obvious", "Surdification", "Just Like Here", "Filter" | |
| Brian Eno | Ambient 4: On Land | "Lizard Point" | |
| Daevid Allen | Divided Alien Playbax 80 | — | |
| Love of Life Orchestra | Casino | — | |
| Jill Kroesen | Stop Vicious Cycles | "Wayne Hayes Blues", "I Am Not Seeing That You Are Here", "Ride Your Pony", "I'm Sorry I'm Such a Weenie" | |
| Fab Five Freddy | Change the Beat (12") | — | |
| Tribe 2 | What I Like (12") | — | |
| 1983 | Daevid Allen | Alien in New York (12") | "Are You Ready", "Oo La La" |
| D.St. | Crazy Cuts (12") | — | |
| Herbie Hancock | Future Shock | — | |
| Fred Frith | Cheap at Half the Price | "The Welcome" | |
| Nona Hendryx | Nona | "Run for Cover" | |
| Daniel Ponce | New York Now! | — | |
| Lenny White | Attitude | — | |
| 1984 | Laurie Anderson | Mister Heartbreak | "Sharkey's Day", "Gravity's Angel", "Kokoku", "Excellent Birds", "Blue Lagoon", "Sharkey's Night" |
| Herbie Hancock | Sound-System | "Hardrock", "Junku", "Sound-System" | |
| Herbie Hancock | Hardrock (12") | "Hardrock" (long ver.), "T.F.S." | |
| David Moss | Full House | "Tunes", "3-Way Switch" | |
| Genji Sawai | Sowaka | — | |
| Shango | Shango Funk Theology | — | |
| Time Zone | World Destruction | — | |
| Tom Verlaine | Cover | "Miss Emily" | |
| Yellowman | King Yellowman | "Strong Me Strong", "Disco Reggae" | |
| Yla-Mago | TYO-Rock (12") | — | |
| 1985 | Afrika Bambaataa | Kick Out the Jams (7") | — |
| B-Side | Cairo Nights | "Change the Beat", "What I Like (American Dreams)" | |
| Mick Jagger | She's the Boss | "Lonely at the Top", "Just Another Night" | |
| Toshinori Kondo & IMA | China Boogie (12") | — | |
| 1986 | Public Image Ltd | Album | "F.F.F.", "Rise", "Fishing", "Round", "Bags", "Home" |
| Laurie Anderson | Home of the Brave | "Credit Racket" | |
| Ginger Baker | Horses & Trees | "Interlock", "Dust to Dust", "Uncut" | |
| Peter Gabriel | So | "This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)" | |
| Toshinori Kondo & IMA | Konton | — | |
| Meltable Snaps It | Points Blank | "Chigger Reel", "Crake", "Mike Me", "Points Blank" | |
| The Stalin | Fish Inn | — | |
| 1987 | The Epidemics | Do What U Do | — |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | Neo Geo | — | |
| Sonny Sharrock | Seize the Rainbow | "Sheraserhead's High-Top Sneakers" | |
| James Blood Ulmer | America – Do You Remember the Love? | — | |
| 1988 | Afrika Bambaataa | The Light | "Clean Up Your Act", "Zouk Your Body", "World Racial War" |
| Gettovetts | Missionaries Moving | — | |
| James Blood Ulmer | Wings | — | |
| 1989 | Menace | Doghouse | — |
| Robert Musso | Absolute Music | "Surakarta" | |
| Nicky Skopelitis | Next to Nothing | — | |
| Swans | The Burning World | — | |
| Swans | Saved (12") | — | |
| 1990 | Akira Sakata | Mooko | — |
| Ginger Baker | Middle Passage | — | |
| Bootsy's Rubber Band | Jungle Bass | — | |
| Fred Frith | Step Across the Border | — | |
| Niels & The New York Street Percussionists | Niels & The New York Street Percussionists | — | |
| Mandingo | New World Power | — | |
| Minako Yoshida | Gazer | "Gazer", "Silencer" | |
| 1991 | Valentina Ponomaryova | Live in Japan | "Gotanda U-Port Hall I" |
| Akira Sakata | Silent Plankton | — | |
| 1992 | Masabumi Kikuchi | Dreamachine | — |
| Robert Musso | Active Resonance | "A Dream Supreme", "Alliance", "All Funked Up", "Tanar!", "To Cross the Rubicon", "Ancient Silk Road", "The Squidge", "A Late One" | |
| Hector Zazou | Sahara Blue | "I'll Strangle You", "Lettre au Directeur des Messageries Maritimes" | |
| 1993 | Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects | Shabeesation | "A Muey a Muey", "Dunya", "Fin Roh", "Nbrik", "Nbrik" (dub version), "El Harb" |
| Anton Fier | Dreamspeed | — | |
| Umar Bin Hassan | Be Bop or Be Dead | — | |
| Icehouse | Big Wheel (12") | "Big Wheel" (Bill Laswell mix) | |
| Icehouse | Big Wheel | "Melt Steel" (Parts 1-3) | |
| The Last Poets | Black and Strong (Homesick) (12") | — | |
| The Last Poets | Holy Terror | — | |
| F. Robert Lloyd | Think About Brooklyn | "Blind Willie", "Waltzing Kate", "Lullaby You", "Bloody Buddy Rumba", "Four Lives in a Day Suite", "Proverbs From Hell", "True Man Coyote", "La Femme Bachir" | |
| Nicky Skopelitis | Ekstasis | "Meet Your Maker", "Ghost of a Chance", "One Eye Open", "Telling Time" | |
| Hideo Yamaki | Shadow Run | — | |
| Yothu Yindi | Freedom | — | |
| 1994 | The Beatniks | Another High Exit | "Mirrors" (Bill Laswell Alien Mind-Screen mix) |
| Hakim Bey | T.A.Z. | — | |
| Buckethead | Giant Robot | "Doomride", "Want Some Slaw?", "Binge and Grab", "Robot Transmission", "Post Office Buddy", "Last Train to Bucketheadland" | |
| Death Cube K | Dreamatorium | — | |
| Masters of None | Stained Glass Sky | "Seven Headed Queen", "Forever Came Today", "Legends of America", "80 Worlds", "Preincarnation" | |
| Monday Michiru | Groovement | "Is This How It Feels" | |
| Transonic | Downstream Illusion | — | |
| Transonic | Virtual Current | — | |
| Vodû 155 | Vodû 155 | "Zaka", "Tak This Tak That", "Feel No Evil" | |
| Zoopadelica feat. Menace | The Life and Times of One Chocolate Baby | "Secret" | |
| 1995 | A.P.C. | APC Tracks Vol. 1 | — |
| Ahlam | Acting Salam | "Tkelemti", "Ash Men Hila", "Irfiq Rak 2", "Mashi" | |
| Cypher 7 | Security | "Message Important" | |
| Aïyb Dieng | Rhythmagick | — | |
| Emergency Broadcast Network | Telecommunication Breakdown | "Electronic Behavior Control System", "Electronic Behavior Control" (System Ver. 2.0) | |
| Haruomi Hosono | N.D.E. | "Navigations", "Edge of the End" | |
| Abiodun Oyewole | 25 Years | — | |
| Julian Schnabel | Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud | — | |
| Transonic | Future Primitive | — | |
| John Zorn | Filmworks III: 1990–1995 | "France", "USA" | |
| 1996 | A.P.C. | APC Tracks Vol. 2 | — |
| Argan | Berberism | "Tibdit" | |
| Ashes | Corpus | — | |
| Buckethead | The Day of the Robot | — | |
| Niels Jensen & Jonas Hellborg | Ordinary Day | — | |
| Jali Kunda | Griots of West Africa & Beyond | "Lanmbasy Dub" | |
| Russell Mills | Undark | — | |
| The Dark Side of the Moog | The Dark Side of the Moog 4 | "Part I", "Part II", "Part III", "Part V", "Part VIII" | |
| The Dark Side of the Moog | The Dark Side of the Moog 5 | "Part III", "Part VII" | |
| Paul Schütze + Phantom City | Site Anubis | "Future Nights", "An Early Mutation", "Blue Like Petrol", "Ten Acre Ghost", "Eight Legs Out of Limbo" | |
| Stina Nordenstam | The Photographer's Wife | — | |
| Trawl | Trawl (12") | — | |
| 1997 | Lori Carson | Everything I Touch Runs Wild | "Something's Got Me", "Something's Got Me" (Curse of the Voodoo Swamp extended mix), "Something's Got Me" (Homegrown Fantasy mix), "Something's Got Me" (Instant Drip Hop mix) |
| Chakra | Seven Centers | — | |
| Death Cube K | Disembodied | — | |
| Elixir | Hegalien Zone | "Automation Required", "Voyage Orientis", "Humans Being Human", "Etherus Athirst C2 H50 CD H5" | |
| Chaba Fadela & Cheb Sahraoui | Walli | — | |
| The Last Poets | Time Has Come | — | |
| Paul Schütze + Phantom City | Shiva Recoil: Live/Unlive | — | |
| Bernie Worrell | Free Agent: A Spaced Odyssey | "AfroFuturism (Phazed One)", "In Pursuit" | |
| 1998 | Almamegretta | Lingo | "47", "Black Athena", "Berberia" |
| A.P.C. | On Goes the Beat/Oriental Disco (12") | "Oriental Disco" | |
| Lili Boniche | Alger Alger | — | |
| Lili Boniche | Boniche Dub | — | |
| Buckethead | Colma | "Machete" | |
| Cypher 7 | Nothing Lasts | "Message Important" | |
| Dubadelic | Bass Invaders | — | |
| Dub Syndicate | Fear of a Green Planet | — | |
| Enzo Gragnaniello | Neapolis mantra | "Il Viaggio del Sole" (remix) | |
| Jivamukti Yoga Center | Basic Yoga Class | — | |
| The Men Xperience | La Mancha Negra: The Black Stain | "End the Sin", "Backdoor" | |
| Meridiem | Meridiem | — | |
| Mœbius | Creatore di Universi | — | |
| Nia Monet | Laissez Faire | "Secrets of Life" | |
| Professor Shehab & Robert Musso | Ataxia | — | |
| Sapho | Digital Sheikha | "Sois Plus Radical", "Laouah", "Petit Demon", "Dabayji" | |
| Talvin Singh | OK | "Soni" | |
| 1999 | Percy Howard | Incidental Seductions | "Succubus" |
| Russell Mills | Innermedium | — | |
| O Rappa | Lado B Lado A | — | |
| DJ Cheb i Sabbah | Shri Durga | "Shri Durga", "Kese Kese", "Mere Kaku", "Gangta Dev" | |
| Jah Wobble | Deep Space | "Disks, Winds and Veiling Curtains" | |
| John Zorn | Taboo & Exile | "Sacrifist", "Thaalapalassi", "The Possessed" | |
| 2000 | Sting | Brand New Day: The Remixes | "A Thousand Years" (Bill Laswell remix) |
| 2001 | Gigi | Gigi | — |
| Herbie Hancock | Future 2 Future | — | |
| Robert Miles | Organik | "Release Me", "Improvisations" (Parts 1 & 2) | |
| Qaballah Steppers | Imaginatrix | "Automation", "Last Exit" | |
| Akira Sakata | Fisherman's.com | — | |
| James Blood Ulmer | Blue Blood | — | |
| 2002 | Robert Musso | Axiomatic | "For the Sky to Clear" |
| DJ Cheb i Sabbah | Krishna Lila | "Narajanma Bandage", "Maname Diname", "Raja Vedalu", "Lagi Lagan", "Rupa Tujhe Deva" | |
| Jah Wobble's Solaris | Live in Concert | — | |
| John Zorn | IAO | — | |
| 2003 | Audio Leter | Neti-Neti | "Liberation from Samsara" |
| Lili Haydn | Light Blue Sun | "Light Blue Sun (Prelude)", "Anything", "Wounded Dove", "The Longing", "The Chinese Song", "Seek", "Anything" (Radio edit) | |
| Karsh Kale | Liberation | "Milan" | |
| Lucky Peterson | Black Midnight Sun[3] | — | |
| Pharoah Sanders/Graham Haynes | With a Heartbeat | — | |
| 2004 | Azzddine | Massafat | — |
| Gigi | Gold & Wax | — | |
| Meridiem | A Pleasant Fiction | — | |
| Kankawa 122 | Greatfull Remixers | "Limbic System" (Bill Laswell mix) | |
| Ustad Sultan Khan | Rare Elements | — | |
| 2005 | Cheb i Sabbah | La Kahena | — |
| Sound Tribe Sector 9 | Artifact: Perspectives | "Tokyo Shinjuku" (Flashback mix) | |
| 2006 | Ashes | Unisono | — |
| D. Rad | Il Lato D | "Estrazione" (Electric Heater mix) | |
| GOMA | Soul of Rite | — | |
| Akiko Grace | Illume | — | |
| Maghrebika | Neftakhir | — | |
| DJ Cheb i Sabbah | La Ghibra | — | |
| Samsara Sound System | Tales of the Red Dawn | "Dawn at the Devils Tower", "Round the Corner" | |
| 2007 | Dorian Cheah | ARA | — |
| Raiz | Uno | — | |
| Sigillum S | 23/20 | — | |
| Submerged | Stars Lights the End | — | |
| 2008 | Sussan Deyhim | Out of Faze | "Maze" (remix), "Tell Me" (remix) |
| HiM | 1110 | "Sikyi Rock" | |
| Kasbah Rockers | Kasbah Rockers | "Hikayati", "Bred Atay", "Al Rafel", "Bledstyle", "Mafi Tika", "Fikou", "Hellou Al Biban", "Hashouma", "Shems", "Rassoul Al Houda" | |
| Toy Killers | The Unlistenable Years | "Smokey Raindrops", "Green Dolphin Sweet", "Corrugated Gems of Woe", "Bleed for the Mind", "The Devil May Be Your Santa Claus" (studio version) | |
| 2009 | Martin Bisi | Son of a Gun (EP) | "Mile High - Apple of My Eye" |
| Death Cube K | Torn From Black Space | — | |
| Jai Uttal and The Pagan Love Orchestra | Thunder Love | "Adonai" | |
| 2010 | Sussan Deyhim | City of Leaves | "Searching for You" |
| Tomás Doncker | Small World | "Conscience of the World" (Bill Laswell mix) | |
| Garrison Hawk | Livin' the Genocide | "Gangsta Roll" (Bill Laswell mix) | |
| 2011 | Tomás Doncker | Power of the Trinity | "Conscience of the World", "Peace Is Not Fiction" |
| Lee "Scratch" Perry | Rise Again | — | |
| 2012 | John Zorn | Nosferatu | — |
| 2015 | Samuel Claiborne | Love, Lust, and Genocide | "The Heart Is A Bomb" |
| "—" denotes a credit for the entire release. | |||
Production credits
| Year | Artist | Release | Role(s) | Song(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Laurie Anderson | Mister Heartbreak | Producer | "Sharkey's Day", "Kokoku", "Sharkey's Night" |
| Jalal Mansur Nuriddin & D.St. | Mean Machine (12") | Producer | — | |
| Herbie Hancock | Sound-System | Producer | — | |
| Toshinori Kondo & IMA | Taihen | Mixing | — | |
| Fela Kuti | Army Arrangement | Producer, Remixing | — | |
| Gil Scott-Heron | Re-Ron (12") | Producer | — | |
| 1985 | Afrika Bambaataa | Kick Out the Jams (7") | Producer | "Kick Out the Jams" |
| Manu Dibango | Electric Africa | Producer | — | |
| Herbie Hancock and Foday Musa Suso | Village Life | Producer | — | |
| Ronald Shannon Jackson | Decode Yourself | Producer | — | |
| Mick Jagger | She's the Boss | Producer | — | |
| Toshinori Kondo & IMA | China Boogie (12") | Co-producer | — | |
| The Last Poets | Oh My People | Producer | — | |
| Touré Kunda | Natalia | Producer | — | |
| Sly and Robbie | Language Barrier | Producer | — | |
| Yoko Ono | Starpeace | Producer | — | |
| 1986 | Public Image Ltd | Album | Producer | — |
| Ginger Baker | Horses & Trees | Producer | — | |
| Manu Dibango | Makossa '87 (Big Blow) (12") | Producer | — | |
| Peter Gabriel | In Your Eyes (12") | Producer | — | |
| Toshinori Kondo & IMA | Konton | Producer | — | |
| Motörhead | Orgasmatron | Producer | — | |
| Sonny Sharrock | Guitar | Producer | — | |
| The Stalin | Fish Inn | Producer | — | |
| 1987 | Mandingo feat. Foday Musa Suso | Watto Sitta | Producer | — |
| Motörhead | Rock 'n' Roll | Producer, engineering | "Eat the Rich" | |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | Neo Geo | Producer | — | |
| Sonny Sharrock | Seize the Rainbow | Producer | — | |
| Sly and Robbie | Rhythm Killers | Producer | — | |
| James Blood Ulmer | America – Do You Remember the Love? | Producer | — | |
| 1988 | Afrika Bambaataa | The Light | Producer | "Clean Up Your Act", "Zouk Your Body", "World Racial War" |
| Blind Idiot God | Undertow | Producer | — | |
| Bootsy Collins | What's Bootsy Doin'? | Producer | "Shock-It-To-Me" | |
| Gettovetts | Missionaries Moving | Producer | — | |
| Herbie Hancock | Perfect Machine | Producer | — | |
| Ronald Shannon Jackson | Texas | Producer, mixing | — | |
| Iggy Pop | Instinct | Producer | — | |
| Samulnori | Record of Changes | Producer | — | |
| 1989 | Menace | Doghouse | Producer | — |
| Ramones | Brain Drain | Producer | — | |
| Nicky Skopelitis | Next to Nothing | Producer | — | |
| Foday Musa Suso | Julu Kemo | Producer | — | |
| Swans | The Burning World | Producer | — | |
| Swans | Saved (12") | Producer | "Saved", "See No More" (acoustic ver.) | |
| White Zombie | Make Them Die Slowly | Producer | — | |
| Stevie Salas | Colorcode | Producer | — | |
| 1990 | Akira Sakata | Mooko | Producer | — |
| Ginger Baker | Middle Passage | Producer | — | |
| Bootsy's Rubber Band | Jungle Bass | Producer | — | |
| Gnawa Music of Marrakesh | Night Spirit Masters | Producer | — | |
| Ronald Shannon Jackson | Taboo | Producer | — | |
| Ronald Shannon Jackson | Red Warrior | Producer | — | |
| Limbomaniacs | Stinky Grooves | Producer | — | |
| Mandingo | New World Power | Producer | — | |
| Mandinka and Fulani Music of The Gambia | Ancient Heart | Producer | — | |
| Maceo Parker | For All the King's Men | Producer | — | |
| Simon Shaheen | The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab | Producer | — | |
| Shankar | Soul Searcher | Producer | — | |
| Foday Musa Suso | The Dreamtime | Producer | — | |
| Bernie Worrell | Funk of Ages | Producer | "Volunteered Slavery/Bern's Blues/Outer Spaceways", "At Mos'Spheres" | |
| 1991 | Apollo Smile | Apollo Smile | Remixing | "Thunder Box" |
| F.F.F. | Blast Culture | Producer | — | |
| Jonas Hellborg | The Word | Producer | — | |
| Akira Sakata | Silent Plankton | Producer | — | |
| Sonny Sharrock | Ask the Ages | Producer | — | |
| Nicky Skopelitis/Sonny Sharrock | Faith Moves | Producer | — | |
| X-Legged Sally | Slow-Up | Producer | — | |
| 1992 | Bahia Black | Ritual Beating System | Producer | — |
| Bachir Attar | The Next Dream | Producer | — | |
| Blind Idiot God | Cyclotron | Producer | — | |
| Bomb | Hate Fed Love | Producer | — | |
| Hardware | Third Eye Open | Producer | — | |
| Icehouse | Masterfile | Producer, mixing | "Love in Motion", "Byrralku Dhangudha" | |
| Masabumi Kikuchi | Dreamachine | Producer | — | |
| The Master Musicians of Jajouka | Apocalypse Across the Sky | Producer | — | |
| N-Factor | Paradigmashift | Mixing | — | |
| Talip Özkan | The Dark Fire | Producer | — | |
| Simon Shaheen | Turath (Heritage) | Producer | — | |
| 1993 | Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects | Shabeesation | Producer | "A Muey a Muey", "Dunya", "Fin Roh", "Nbrik", "Nbrik" (dub version), "El Harb" |
| William S. Burroughs | Words of Advice for Young People (12") | Remixing | "Interzone" (radio edit), "Mutatis Mutandis" (radio edit), "Interzone" (extended mix), "Mutatis Mutandis - Lemurs In the Mist" (Interzone mix), "Mutatis Mutandis" (mix) | |
| George Clinton | Hey, Man, Smell My Finger | Co-producer | "Maximumisness" | |
| Icehouse | Spin One (12") | Producer | "Byrralku Dhangudha" | |
| Icehouse | Big Wheel (12") | Producer | "Big Wheel" (Bill Laswell mix) | |
| Icehouse | Big Wheel | Producer | "Slow Motion", "The Great Southern Mix" | |
| The Last Poets | Black and Strong (Homesick) (12") | Producer | — | |
| The Last Poets | Holy Terror | Producer | — | |
| O.G. Funk | Out of the Dark | Producer | — | |
| Nicky Skopelitis | Ekstasis | Producer | — | |
| Soon E MC | O.P.I.D. (12") | Producer, remix | — | |
| Henry Threadgill | Too Much Sugar for a Dime | Producer | — | |
| Bernie Worrell | Pieces of Woo: The Other Side | Producer | — | |
| Bernie Worrell | Blacktronic Science | Producer | — | |
| X-Legged Sally | Killed By Charity | Producer | — | |
| Hideo Yamaki | Shadow Run | Producer | — | |
| Yothu Yindi | Freedom | Producer | "World of Innocence", "Baywara", "Mabo", "Yolngu Boy" | |
| Zillatron | Lord of the Harvest | Producer | — | |
| 1994 | Azonic | Halo | Producer | — |
| The Beatniks | Another High Exit | Producer, remix | "Mirrors" (Bill Laswell Alien Mind-Screen mix) | |
| Hakim Bey | T.A.Z. | Producer | — | |
| Buckethead | Giant Robot | Producer | — | |
| Cypher 7 | Decoder | Producer | — | |
| Death Cube K | Dreamatorium | Producer | — | |
| Mahmoud Guinia | The Trance of the Seven Colors | Producer | — | |
| King Cobb Steelie | Project Twinkle | Producer | — | |
| Mephiskapheles | God Bless Satan | Producer | — | |
| Buddy Miles Express | Hell and Back | Producer | — | |
| Slave Master | Under the Six | Producer | — | |
| Liu Sola | Blues in the East | Producer | — | |
| Vodû 155 | Vodû 155 | Producer | "Vodu Funkadelic", "Zaka", "Tak This Tak That", "Feel No Evil" | |
| Jah Wobble | The Sun Does Rise | Co-producer, mixing | "Om Namah Shiva" (Transformation of the Heart mix) | |
| 1995 | A.P.C. | APC Tracks Vol. 1 | Producer | — |
| Ahlam | Acting Salam | Producer | "Tkelemti", "Ash Men Hila", "Irfiq Rak 2", "Mashi" | |
| Paul Bowles | Baptism of Solitude | Producer | — | |
| Justin K. Broadrick/Azonic | Subsonic 3: Skinner's Black Laboratories | Producer | "River Blindness", "Nine Tails" | |
| Cypher 7 | Security | Producer | — | |
| Aïyb Dieng | Rhythmagick | Producer | — | |
| Emergency Broadcast Network | Telecommunication Breakdown | Co-producer, mixing | "Shoot the Mac 10" | |
| GOD | Appeal to Human Greed | Producer | "Bloodstream" (The Evening Redness in the West mix) | |
| Haruomi Hosono | N.D.E. | Producer | "Navigations", "Edge of the End" | |
| Mutiny | Aftershock 2005 | Co-producer | — | |
| Nicklebag | 12 Hits and a Bump | Co-producer | — | |
| Abiodun Oyewole | 25 Years | Producer | — | |
| Julian Schnabel | Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud | Producer | — | |
| Scorn | Ellipsis | Remixing | "Night Ash Black" (Slow Black Underground River mix) | |
| Henry Threadgill | Carry the Day | Producer | — | |
| Henry Threadgill | Makin' a Move | Producer | — | |
| Jah Wobble | Heaven and Earth | Producer | "Gone to Croatan", "Hit Me" | |
| 1996 | A.P.C. | APC Tracks Vol. 2 | Producer | — |
| Ashes | Corpus | Producer, mixing | — | |
| Buckethead | The Day of the Robot | Producer | — | |
| Anne Clark | Letter of Thanks to a Friend (12") | Remixing | — | |
| Kodo | Ibuki | Producer | — | |
| Jali Kunda | Griots of West Africa & Beyond | Producer | — | |
| Makyo | Rasa Bhava | Co-producer, mixing | "Devabandha" | |
| Nûs | All The Vertical Angels | Producer | — | |
| Stevie Salas | Color Code | Producer | — | |
| Pharoah Sanders | Message from Home | Producer | — | |
| Sonny Sharrock | Into Another Light | Producer | — | |
| Liu Sola/Wu Man | China Collage | Producer | — | |
| Trawl | Trawl (12") | Mixing | "Wireless" (Rupture mix) | |
| 1997 | Chakra | Seven Centers | Producer | — |
| George Clinton | Get Yo Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me (Single) | Producer | — | |
| Death Cube K | Disembodied | Producer | — | |
| Chaba Fadela & Cheb Sahraoui | Walli | Producer | — | |
| The Last Poets | Time Has Come | Producer | — | |
| Henry Threadgill & Make a Move | Where's Your Cup? | Producer | — | |
| Jai Uttal and The Pagan Love Orchestra | Shiva Station | Mixing | — | |
| Bernie Worrell | Free Agent: A Spaced Odyssey | Co-producer, mixing | — | |
| 1998 | A.P.C. | On Goes the Beat/Oriental Disco (12") | Producer | "Oriental Disco" |
| The Bogmen | Closed Captioned Radio | Producer | — | |
| Lili Boniche | Alger Alger | Producer | — | |
| Lili Boniche | Boniche Dub | Producer, mixing | — | |
| Buckethead | Colma | Producer | "Machete" | |
| Cypher 7 | Nothing Lasts | Producer | — | |
| Enzo Gragnaniello | Neapolis mantra | Remix | "Il Viaggio del Sole" (remix) | |
| Jivamukti Yoga Center | Basic Yoga Class | Recording, mixing | — | |
| The Men Xperience | La Mancha Negra: The Black Stain | Recording | — | |
| Mœbius | Creatore di Universi | Recording | — | |
| Naftule's Dream | Smash, Clap! | Mixing | — | |
| Nûs | Inside Is the Only Way Out | Producer | — | |
| Pharoah Sanders | Save Our Children | Producer | — | |
| Sapho | Digital Sheikha | Producer, mixing | "Sois Plus Radical", "Laouah", "Petit Demon", "Dabayji" | |
| 1999 | A.P.C. | Havana Mood/Rhum and Bass | Producer | — |
| Buckethead | Monsters and Robots | Producer | "Night of the Slunk" | |
| Laurel MacDonald | Wingspan | Remix | "A Wing & a Prayer" (Bill Laswell mix) | |
| Medeski Martin & Wood | Combustication Remix EP | Remix | "Satan's Church of Hypnotized Logic" (Bill Laswell remix) | |
| O Rappa | Lado B Lado A | Producer | "Lado B Lado A", "Na Palma Da Mão" | |
| DJ Cheb i Sabbah | Shri Durga | Recording | — | |
| Jah Wobble | Deep Space | Producer | "Disks, Winds and Veiling Curtains" | |
| 2000 | The Damage Manual | The Damage Manual | Mixing | "King Mob", "Denial", "Broadcasting", "Blame and Demand", "Damage Addict" (Laswell mix), "Stateless" (Laswell mix) |
| Enrico Macias | Enrico Experience | Remix | "L'oriental" (Laswell remix), "Le Violon de mon pére" (Laswell remix) | |
| Millennium Project | Simulasticity | Mixing | — | |
| Sting | Brand New Day: The Remixes | Remix | "A Thousand Years" (Bill Laswell remix) | |
| 2001 | A.P.C. | APC Dance: Ignore the Beat | Producer | — |
| Mari Boine | Remixed | Remix | "Maid Áiggot Muinna Eallin" (Bill Laswell remix) | |
| Freeform | Audiotourism Reinterpretations: Vietnam and China | Remix | "Lost World" | |
| Gonervill | Gonervill | Co-producer | — | |
| Herbie Hancock | Future 2 Future | Producer | — | |
| Nils Petter Molvær | Recoloured | Co-producer, mixing | "Merciful/Ligotage" (Incunabula mix) | |
| Naftule's Dream | Job | Mixing | — | |
| Akira Sakata | Fisherman's.com | Producer | — | |
| Henry Threadgill | Everybodys Mouth's a Book | Mixing | — | |
| Henry Threadgill | Up Popped the Two Lips | Recording, mixing | — | |
| James Blood Ulmer | Blue Blood | Producer | — | |
| 2002 | Karsh Kale | Redesign: Realize Remixed | Remix | "Empty Hands" (Bill Laswell mix) |
| Angélique Kidjo | Black Ivory Soul | Producer | — | |
| Nils Petter Molvær | Axis of Ignorance (12") | Remix | "Frozen" (Northern Light mix) | |
| Rovo | Tonic 2001 | Mixing | — | |
| DJ Cheb i Sabbah | Krishna Lila | Recording | — | |
| Vida Blue | Most Events Aren't Planned | Remix | "Most Events Aren't Planned" (Dreams of Tee Point mix) | |
| Satlah | Children of Israel | Producer, mixing | — | |
| 2003 | Abyssinia Infinite | Zion Roots | Producer | — |
| Audio Leter | Neti-Neti | Remix | "Liberation from Samsara" | |
| Lili Haydn | Light Blue Sun | Producer | "Light Blue Sun (Prelude)", "Come Here", "Wounded Dove", "Sweetness", "Seek", "Home", "The Promised Land" | |
| Jon Madof | Rashanim | Mixing | — | |
| Lucky Peterson | Black Midnight Sun | Producer | — | |
| Pharoah Sanders/Graham Haynes | With a Heartbeat | Producer | — | |
| Serj Tankian and Arto Tunçboyaciyan | Narina (12") | Remix | "Narina" (Bill Laswell mix) | |
| 2004 | Oz Fritz | All Around the World | Co-producer | — |
| Gigi | Gold & Wax | Producer | — | |
| Kankawa 122 | Greatfull Remixers | Remix | "Limbic System" (Bill Laswell mix) | |
| Ryukyu Underground | Ryukyu Remixed | Remix | "Koi No Michi Kusa" (Bill Laswell mix) | |
| Sly and Robbie | Version Born | Producer | — | |
| Yulduz | Bilmadim | Remix | "Kiss Me" (Bill Laswell mix) | |
| 2005 | Buckethead | Enter the Chicken | Engineering | "Running from the Light" |
| Nils Petter Molvær | Remakes | Co-producer, remix | "Frozen" | |
| Cheb i Sabbah | La Kahena | Recording | — | |
| Sound Tribe Sector 9 | Artifact: Perspectives | Remix | "Tokyo Shinjuku" (Flashback mix) | |
| 2006 | Ashes | Unisono | Mixing | — |
| D. Rad | Il Lato D | Remix | "Estrazione" (Electric Heater mix) | |
| Akiko Grace | Illume | Producer | — | |
| Matisyahu | Youth | Producer | — | |
| Matisyahu | No Place to Be | Remix | "Jerusalem (Out of Darkness Comes Light)", "Chop 'em Down", "Warrior", "Message in a Bottle", "Message in a Bottle" (dub version) | |
| Muddy World | Finery of the Storm | Mixing | — | |
| Roots Tonic | Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell | Producer, mixing | — | |
| DJ Cheb i Sabbah | La Ghibra | Recording | — | |
| John Zorn | Moonchild: Songs Without Words | Mixing | — | |
| John Zorn | Astronome | Mixing | — | |
| 2007 | Dorian Cheah | ARA | Producer | — |
| Nine Inch Nails | Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D | Remix | "Vessel" (Bill Laswell mix) | |
| Raiz | Uno | Mixing | — | |
| John Zorn | Six Litanies for Heliogabalus | Recording, mixing | — | |
| John Zorn | Asmodeus: Book of Angels Volume 7 | Recording, mixing | — | |
| 2008 | Enzo Avitabile & Bottari | Festa Farina E Forca | Producer | "Mamm" |
| Anthony Braxton/Milford Graves/William Parker | Beyond Quantum | Producer, mixing | — | |
| Sussan Deyhim | Out of Faze | Remix | "Bashad", "Maze" (remix) | |
| Hal and The Big Five | Umoya | Mixing | — | |
| 2009 | Death Cube K | Torn From Black Space | Producer | — |
| Dr. Israel | Gangsta N Police (12") | Producer, mixing | — | |
| The Project_Pale | Our Inventions and How They Fail Us | Mixing | — | |
| Jai Uttal and The Pagan Love Orchestra | Thunder Love | Mixing | — | |
| 2010 | Beatundercontrol | Beatundercontrol in Dub | Remix | "Secrets of Fascination" (Bill Laswell mix) |
| Sussan Deyhim | City of Leaves | Producer | "Searching for You" | |
| Tomas Doncker | Small World | Co-producer, remix | "Conscience of the World" (Bill Laswell mix) | |
| Garrison Hawk | Livin' the Genocide | Remix | "Gangsta Roll" (Bill Laswell mix) | |
| 2011 | Animation | Agemo | Producer, remix | "Pharoah's Dance" (Son of Panthalassa remix) |
| Tomas Doncker | Power of the Trinity | Co-producer | — | |
| Loud Apartment | Get Up Get Down | Mixing | — | |
| Lee "Scratch" Perry | Rise Again | Producer | — | |
| 2012 | Dr. Israel | Ghetto Defendant | Mixing | — |
| Garrison Hawk | Survive | Producer | — | |
| Jano | Ertale | Producer | — | |
| Jano | Ertale | Mixing | — | |
| Naked Truth | Ouroboros | Mixing | — | |
| John Zorn | Nosferatu | Mixing | — | |
| 2013 | Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band | Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band (12") | Mixing | "Mad Lifeline" |
| Suphala | Alien Ancestry | Remix | "Vashikaran" | |
| Bernie Worrell | Elevation: Upper Air | Producer | "World of Innocence", "Baywara", "Mabo", "Yolngu Boy" | |
| Mumpbeak | Mumpbeak | Co-producer, mixing | — | |
| 2014 | Abraxas | Psychomagia | Mixing | — |
| Colin Edwin/Lorenzo Feliciati | Twinscapes | Mixing | — | |
| Helio Parallax | Helio Parallax | Mixing | — | |
| 2015 | Blind Idiot God | Before Ever After | Producer | — |
| "—" denotes a credit for the entire release. | ||||
Other credits
| Year | Artist | Release | Credit | Song(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Nona Hendryx | Nona | Musical arrangements | — |
| 1984 | Jalal Mansur Nuriddin & D.St. | Mean Machine (12") | Shortwave | — |
| Nona Hendryx | The Art of Defense | Tapes | "I Sweat", "The Life", "Electricity" | |
| Toshinori Kondo & IMA | Taihen | Tapes | — | |
| Genji Sawai | Sowaka | Musical arrangements | — | |
| Gil Scott-Heron | Re-Ron (12") | DMX, radio | — | |
| Time Zone | World Destruction | DMX | — | |
| Yla-Mago | TYO-Rock (12") | Tapes | — | |
| 1985 | Manu Dibango | Electric Africa | DMX | "Pata Piya", "Echos Beti" |
| Ronald Shannon Jackson | Decode Yourself | drum programming | "Decoding" | |
| The Last Poets | Oh My People | DMX | "Get Movin'" | |
| 1987 | Mandingo feat. Foday Musa Suso | Watto Sitta | DMX programming | — |
| 1990 | Bootsy's Rubber Band | Jungle Bass | Musical arrangements | — |
| 1993 | Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects | Shabeesation | Effects, loops | "A Muey a Muey", "Dunya", "Fin Roh", "Nbrik", "Nbrik" (dub version), "El Harb" |
| Bernie Worrell | Pieces of Woo: The Other Side | Samples, loops, effects | "Gladiator Skull", "Moon Over Brixton", "Judie's Passion Purple", "Fields of Play" | |
| Bernie Worrell | Blacktronic Science | Loops | "Flex", "Won't Go Away" | |
| Yothu Yindi | Freedom | Musical arrangements | "World of Innocence", "Baywara", "Mabo", "Yolngu Boy" | |
| Zillatron | Lord of the Harvest | Ambient sounds | — | |
| 1994 | Azonic | Halo | Musical arrangements | — |
| Hakim Bey | T.A.Z. | Musical arrangements | — | |
| Death Cube K | Dreamatorium | Musical arrangements, effects | — | |
| 1995 | A.P.C. | APC Tracks Vol. 1 | Effects | — |
| Ahlam | Acting Salam | Musical arrangements | "Tkelemti", "Ash Men Hila", "Irfiq Rak 2", "Mashi" | |
| Paul Bowles | Baptism of Solitude | Musical arrangements | — | |
| Emergency Broadcast Network | Telecommunication Breakdown | Effects | "Electronic Behavior Control System", "Electronic Behavior Control" (System Ver. 2.0) | |
| Spectre | The Illness | Intro voice | "9th Secret Rule of the Order" | |
| 1996 | A.P.C. | APC Tracks Vol. 2 | Effects | — |
| Argan | Berberism | Intro voice | "Tibdit" | |
| Ashes | Corpus | Musical arrangements | — | |
| Buckethead | The Day of the Robot | drums | — | |
| Dubadelic | 2000: A Bass Odyssey | Samples, loops, effects | — | |
| Jali Kunda | Griots of West Africa & Beyond | Samples | "Lanmbasy Dub" | |
| Russell Mills | Undark | Drones | — | |
| The Dark Side of the Moog | The Dark Side of the Moog 4 | Sound collage | "Part I", "Part II", "Part III", "Part V", "Part VIII" | |
| The Dark Side of the Moog | The Dark Side of the Moog 5 | Effects | "Part III", "Part VII" | |
| Satori | Invisible Rhythm | Effects | "Relocations" | |
| 1997 | Chakra | Seven Centers | Effects | — |
| Chaba Fadela & Cheb Sahraoui | Walli | Effects | — | |
| The Last Poets | Time Has Come | Loops, effects | — | |
| The Dark Side of the Moog | The Dark Side of the Moog 6 | Effects | "Part IV" | |
| Sri Hari | One But Different | Effects | — | |
| 1998 | A.P.C. | On Goes the Beat/Oriental Disco (12") | Effects | "Oriental Disco" |
| Lili Boniche | Alger Alger | Synthesizers | — | |
| Lili Boniche | Boniche Dub | Synthesizers | — | |
| Enzo Gragnaniello | Neapolis mantra | Effects | "Il Viaggio del Sole" (remix) | |
| Jivamukti Yoga Center | Basic Yoga Class | Effects | — | |
| Mœbius | Creatore di Universi | Samples, effects | — | |
| 1999 | A.P.C. | Havana Mood/Rhum and Bass | Musical arrangements | — |
| 2001 | Gigi | Gigi | Guitar, synthesizer | — |
| Nils Petter Molvær | Recoloured | Effects | "Merciful/Ligotage" (Incunabula mix) | |
| 2002 | Buckethead | Funnel Weaver | Samples | — |
| 2003 | Abyssinia Infinite | Zion Roots | Musical arrangements, acoustic guitar, keyboards | — |
| Pharoah Sanders/Graham Haynes | With a Heartbeat | Musical arrangements, keyboards, flute | — | |
| 2004 | Gigi | Gold & Wax | Guitar, synthesizer | — |
| Sly and Robbie | Version Born | Musical arrangements, guitar, keyboards | — | |
| 2006 | D. Rad | Il Lato D | Effects | "Estrazione" (Electric Heater mix) |
| Akiko Grace | Illume | Electronics | — | |
| 2008 | Sussan Deyhim | Out of Faze | Programming | "Maze" (remix), "Tell Me" (remix) |
| 2009 | Death Cube K | Torn From Black Space | Effects | — |
| 2011 | Lee "Scratch" Perry | Rise Again | Effects | — |
| 2012 | Garrison Hawk | Survive | Musical arrangements, effects | — |
| "—" denotes a credit for the entire release. | ||||
References
General
- "Comprehensive Bill Laswell Discography and Reviews". silent-watcher.net. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
Notes
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Bill Laswell: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ^ "Third Rail – South Delta Space Age", Polystar – PSCW-5338
- ^ "Black Midnight Sun, by Lucky Peterson". Bill Laswell. Retrieved 2021-03-13.