Uploaded by plastikdisco on Oct 2, 2008
One of the most high-profile projects of the endlessly prolific bassist and producer Bill Laswell, Material pioneered a groundbreaking fusion of jazz, funk, and punk that also incorporated elements of hip-hop and world music well before either's entrance into the mass cultural consciousness. Formed in 1979, the first Material lineup consisted of Laswell, multi-instrumentalist Michael Beinhorn, and drummer Fred Maher, all three staples of the downtown New York City underground music scene. The group, plus Kramer and a few others backed Gong's Daevid Allen during his New York visit, resulting in the album About Time by New York Gong. After Material's debut LP under their own name, Temporary Music, the group's ranks swelled to include figures ranging from Sonny Sharrock to Henry Threadgill to Fred Frith, additions which yielded 1981's superb Memory Serves. A guest list running the gamut from Nile Rodgers to a then-unknown Whitney Houston distinguished the avant funk of 1982's One Down, the final Material LP before a nearly decade-long hiatus; Laswell finally reassembled the troops in 1989 to record the atmospheric Seven Souls, which spotlighted the spoken word performances of the legendary William S. Burroughs. 1991's The Third Power brought the group back to its soulful roots, with guests including Herbie Hancock, Sly & Robbie, Maceo Parker, and the Jungle Brothers; after 1994's Hallucination Engine, another four-year hiatus preceded the release of the remix collection The Road to the Western Lands. Intonarumori followed in 1999.
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MATERIAL - I'M THE ONEby OLDSCHOOLNEVERDIES25,775 views- 5:07
Material - Memory Servesby memoryserves9,279 views
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Material with Nona Hendryx - It's A Holidayby jusrelax68,181 views
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Whitney Houston - Memories (1982)by voice25450,625 views
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Material - Seven Soulsby madkrull17,912 views
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Material - Reduction (1980)by Endzeitstille2,073 views
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Material (Bill Laswell & The Orb) - Mantra (Doors Of Perception Mix) (downbeat) (1993)by diskoblastick7,628 views
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material - discourseby postpunked3,286 views
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Bill Laswell's Material ft. Buckethead (live)by theworldsgonemad64,024 views
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Kazino - Binaryby DarkWagner44,726 views
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NEW YORK GONG - MUCH TOO OLD / BLACK SEPTEMBER / MATERIALISM.by Dontevensoundsame4,392 views
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Arthur Russell - Let's Go Swimming - LR1002by recordbot50,874 views
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New York Gong - Hours Goneby madkrull3,926 views
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Words Of Advice William S. Burroughsby vamfv40,578 views
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Bill Laswell - Morning Highby magadaguda17,841 views
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Sly & Robbie - Get to This, Get to That 12" [Instrumental Dub Remix]by 0x51d12,169 views
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Megamix Flash House (Playlist Completo)by fefedj341,554 views
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Manu Dibango - Pata Piya 12" [Extended Version]by 0x51d6,928 views
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Gong - Blues For Findlayby GeorgeLupine33,773 views
The big THING. What a band!
Berlac8526 3 weeks ago
This dance is no white man's business
PaddyButton 5 months ago
Yes YEs' Bass WaRp'
Bluecactusegg 7 months ago
BIG !!!
fantaskmusic 1 year ago
5/5
DarkWagner4 1 year ago
Starts out soo spoooky. And somehow it sounds so new ?!?
aeroeau 1 year ago
OMFG I forgot about this!
clubmix666 1 year ago
AINT NOTHIN ELSE LIKE THIS.....
BunnyStoner 1 year ago
Oh sweet bastard, yes!
turntapzap 2 years ago
everything !!! wish it could be.
jrossutubeedt2 2 years ago