Bill Laswell (born December 2, 1950) is a prolific bassist, producer, and record label owner who has collaborated with hundreds of musicians all over the world. He is married to the Ethiopian singer Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw. Bands he has led include Material and Praxis.

Laswell's first recording appearance was in 1978, playing bass for Michael Blaise and Cheater on a track titled "Scoring Power". His artistic breakthrough came in producing "Rockit" for Herbie Hancock's Future Shock album, a track cited by many as influencing the explosion of hip-hop and turntablism (via Grand Mixer D.ST).

Laswell has remixed the works of Bob Marley, Miles Davis, and Carlos Santana. Laswell continues to hybridize music styles of disparate world cultures. Tabla Beat Science is one such fusion, joining classical Indian instrumentation with modern electronic production.

Laswell draws upon many musical genres, most notably funk, dub and ambient.

Artists Laswell has collaborated with

• Ahlam/Band
• Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects
• Laurie Anderson
• Atom Heart
• Azzddine
• Ginger Baker
• Afrika Bambaataa
• Paul Bowles
• Jeff Bova
• Peter Brotzmann
• Buckethead
• William S. Burroughs
• David Byrne
• Ralph Carney
• Bootsy Collins
• Dub Syndicate
• Manu Dibango
• Aiyb Dieng
• EBN
• Brian Eno
• Flavor Flav
• Fred Frith
• Peter Gabriel
• The Golden Palominos
• Mick Harris
• Zakir Hussain
• Jonas Hellborg
• Whitney Houston
• Ronald Shannon Jackson
• Mick Jagger
• Kool Keith
• Last Poets
• Arto Lindsay
• John Lydon
• Master Musicians Of Jajouka
• Motörhead
• Pete Namlook
• Yoko Ono
• Daniel Ponce
• Public Image Limited
• The Ramones
• Nile Rodgers
• Pharoah Sanders
• Shankar
• Sonny Sharrock
• Archie Shepp
• Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw
• Nicky Skopelitis
• Sly & Robbie
• DJ Spooky
• Sting
• Henry Threadgill
• James Blood Ulmer
• Steve Vai
• Tom Verlaine
• Jah Wobble
• Bernie Worrell
• John Zorn

External links

• Discography (in progress)