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Bill Laswell
American
Musician
Born:
Feb 12
,
1955
Music
People
Sound
Think
Time
You
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People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image.
Bill Laswell
People
Relate
Security
Threatens
Know
Understand
How
Existence
Afraid
Things
Image
Career
If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room.
Bill Laswell
You
Yourself
Listening
Too Much
Long
Finished
Too
Those
Find
Records
Hours
Sound
Still
Ambient
Very
Listen
Move
After
Room
Might
Much
Really
Deep
People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be as valuable as what they do.
Bill Laswell
Music
People
Valuable
Consider
Threatened
Conventional
Who
Electronica
Play
What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm just dealing with sound elements, textures and sounds.
Bill Laswell
Music
Pretend
Dealing
Sound
Sounds
Textures
Just
Elements
Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition.
Bill Laswell
Jazz
Side
Consider
Possibilities
Criticized
Embraced
Davis
He
Part
Supposed
Himself
Tradition
Miles
Miles Davis
Fully
I got into dub a long time ago. I was into dub before I even had any interest in reggae or Jamaican songs, Bob Marley, or any of those established artists. I just thought it was such an unusual sound.
Bill Laswell
Time
Thought
Long
Long Time
Before
Those
Marley
Had
Songs
Long Time Ago
Unusual
Dub
Got
Sound
Any
Just
Artists
Established
Reggae
Interest
Bob
Bob Marley
Even
I put projects together. I put people together.
Bill Laswell
Together
People
Projects
Put
I've never used ethnic music as decoration for profit.
Bill Laswell
Music
Profit
Never
Decoration
Ethnic
Used
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