Biography

One of the numerous projects of multi-instrumental bassist and producer Bill Laswell, Material played a key role in the late-1970s/early-80s New York City scene that saw disco merge with punk and the avant-garde to create a radical new vision of dance-club culture. In addition to key sides such as "Don't Lose Control" and "Ciquiri," core members of the mercurial ensemble also provided backing for Herbie Hancock on his famed FUTURESHOCK album. Laswell would continue to use the Material name on and off for decades.

Top Tracks

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• Bustin' Out

• Ciquiri

• Cucumber Slumber

• Etiopia

• For A Few Dollars More

• Gudfela

• I'm The One

• Mantra

• Memories

• Memory Serves

• Metal Test

• On Sadism

• Playin' With Fire

• Reality

• Reduction

• Secret Life

• Seven Souls

• Shema

• Take A Chance

• The Seven Souls

• The Western Lands

• Words Of Advice

Discography

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• Mesgana Ethiopia

  M.O.D. Technolo / M.O.D. Technologies

  2010

• Intonarumori

  Axiom Records / Palm

  1999

• The Road to the Western Lands

  Triloka / Triloka

  1998

• Live from Soundscape

  Disk Union

  1994

• Live in Japan

  Restless Records

  1993

• Hallucination Engine

  Axiom Records / Axiom

  1993

• The Third Power

  Axiom

  1991

• Seven Souls

  Virgin

  1989

• Red Tracks

  RED Distribution

  1986

• One Down

  Restless Records

  1982

• Memory Serves

  Restless Records

  1981