Bill Laswell - Secret Life '1998/2001

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[4:46] 01. Bill Laswell - Secret Life
[7:44] 02. Bill Laswell - Reduction
[5:07] 03. Bill Laswell - Discourse
[4:36] 04. Bill Laswell - O.A.O.
[4:08] 05. Bill Laswell - White Man
[4:01] 06. Bill Laswell - Heritage
[5:47] 07. Bill Laswell - Slow Murder
[5:32] 08. Bill Laswell - Detatched
[3:36] 09. Bill Laswell - Ciquiri
[5:14] 10. Bill Laswell - On Sadism
[5:03] 11. Bill Laswell - Process/Motion
[6:25] 12. Bill Laswell - Dark Things

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
Total length: 01:01:59
Main artist: Material
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Subharmonic
Genre: Pop/Rock, Rock, Alternative & Indie
(c) 2001 Interra Music Publishing
(p) 2001 CineVu/NuMedia

Material became less unique and interesting with each passing release, so its no
surprise that their most solid album is this compilation that gathers their
first four singles and EPs, written and recorded between 1979 and 1981.
Materials roots were in New Yorks anti-musical no wave scene, and although from
the very beginning these guys had chops galore (Michael Beinhorn sounds like hes
playing electronic drums even on a trap kit, hes so precise), theres a much
harsher and more aggressive edge to these early recordings than there ever would
be on later Material albums, which were far too slick and veered dangerously
close to fusion territory. Songs like O.A.O., with its fiery Robert Quine guitar
solo, and the free jazz-influenced rhythm improvisation On Sadism are as fresh
and exciting as any jazz-based instrumental music of the early 80s, although the
unfortunate vocal disco track Dark Things that closes the disc portends the
groups slow and steady decline.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo

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