“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 … Read More
“Records are just moments of achievement. They’re like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.” Bill Laswell
“Sound comes out of a life experience.” Bill Laswell
“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 … Read More
“People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don’t consider it to be as valuable as what they do.” Bill Laswell
“The atmosphere defines the environment of sound.” Bill Laswell
“I put projects together. I put people together.” Bill Laswell
“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 … Read More
“In all the music that deals with experimental repetition, drum and bass, dub, various kinds of house music, there’s always been a quality of atmosphere … Read More
“Ambient means the natural center or atmosphere of a space. All music has that in it- a space or center. I think it just means … Read More
“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 … Read More
“People are afraid of things they don’t understand.” Bill Laswell
“Obviously, it’s had a huge effect on repetitive music or dance music or house music. Ambient in the last ten years has infiltrated into all … Read More
“Computers and electronic music are not the opposite of the warm human music. It’s exactly the same.” Bill Laswell
“Nothing was a style first. Everything started as an idea. A guy did something with an idea. Someone copied him. Some copied all of them … Read More
