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🎶 2:35am From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 1 - Outland One by Bill Laswell from Outland.
1190 Mixtape: Ambient Overnights
#BillLaswell #1190MixtapeAmbientOvernights #Radio1190 #KVCU

fc Mar 20

#FortnightFridayMusic
March 20 2026
The mood is #Indigo

Matik, “Indigo” from Rhythm Science (2004)

Rhythm Science is a print and audio project by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal kid (as it states right there on the cover), who penned a slim volume, a kind of manifesto/wordscape for electronic music production via #DJ sample culture, and assembled an accompanying CD compilation of tracks full of sounds from the archive of Belgian label #SubRosa that traverses that territory.

The track that first got my attention was a spoken word piece by #PattiSmith over electronic washes of sound. There are also some atmospheric cut-and-paste sample-fests that you’d associate with #DJSpooky. Prominent names such as #BillLaswell and #LeeRenaldo of Sonic Youth appear here, and others I would call ‘genre-famous’ like #Oval and #Seefeel - and a piece by #Debussy with warm crackly vinyl noise, tying it in with the #turntablism theme.

This track by Matik bubbles with suggestions of #dub, feels like #ambient but pulses with rhythm and features repeated melodic phrases, flirts with #ElectronicGlitch but rides on an undercurrent that remains smooth.

https://djspookythatsubliminalkid.bandcamp.com/track/mat-ik-indigo

For more on the DJ Spooky project see https://djspooky.com/rhythm-science/

Mat:ik "Indigo", by dj Spooky (That Subliminal Kid)

from the album Excerpts and Allegories from the Sub Rosa Audio Archives #1 : Rhythm Science

dj Spooky (That Subliminal Kid)

50+ Music Feb 25

"Rockit" is a composition recorded by American jazz pianist #HerbieHancock #and produced by #BillLaswell and #MichaelBeinhorn. Hancock released it as a #single from his twenty-ninth album, #FutureShock (1983). The selection was composed by Hancock, Laswell, and Beinhorn. The track was driven by its deejay #scratch style, performed primarily by #DXT, and its music video created by #GodleyAndCreme, featuring the robotic art of #JimWhiting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zY

Herbie Hancock - Rockit (Official Video)

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Brian Lavelle Feb 16

#NowPlaying Arcana 'The Last Wave' CD (DIW, 1996)

Can it really be 30 years since this brilliant album was released by a superlative “power trio” (for want of a better expression) of improvisors comprising Derek Bailey, Bill Laswell and Tony Williams?

Williams’ room-filling drumming is such a brilliant foil for the shards of Bailey’s explosive electric guitar attack. So sad that the former died the following year, aged just 51.

More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Wave_(album)

#DerekBailey #BillLaswell #TonyWilliams #ArcanaTheLastWave #ImprovisedMusic @improvisedmusic

The Last Wave (album) - Wikipedia

Joe Brockmeier Dec 1

Oh, nice. New BASSMATTER exclusive album just dropped: a live show from 2016 with Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart and Bill Laswell. Something great to listen to while editing. #Music #Bass #BillLaswell #JahWobble

https://billlaswell.bandcamp.com/bassmatter

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