12.19.11
Read a review of the new album Blixt, from the trio of Raoul Björkenheim, Bill Laswell, and Morgan Ågren, from Stereophile's January 2012 issue here.


11.09.11
Bill is in the process of creating a Solo Bass exhibition called "Invisible Design." He will debut this performance at the Winter Jazz Festival in NYC on January 7th, 2012 at Le Poisson Rouge. Bill is also in the pre-production process of composing music for a new album focused on Solo Bass and treatments for the Innerhythmic label. It's presently untitled, and will feature both acoustic and electric bass. More shall be revealed soon.


11.01.11
Bill has been traveling quite a bit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and is exploring new ways of freeing the creative process there. He's begun this process with a focus on a few artists, both young and mature. He's built a recording studio to house this exploration.


07.27.11
On Thursday, Bill Laswell and Laurie Anderson's River to River performance was a huge success. The two challenged each other as an improvisational duo for a packed audience that included legendary musicians like Philip Glass, John Zorn and many more. The New Yorker ran a pick for the show raving, "Anderson is known as the cool, spacy, cerebral type; Laswell is more of a firebrand, at home in fusion, reggae, even heavy-metal environments. This should be a fascinating collision."


05.26.11
The Bill Laswell produced Lee "Scratch" Perry record, Rise Again was released this month and Relix greeted it with a three-page feature on Laswell. Paste chimed in declaring that, "Rise Again is the Lee Perry record that his fans have been waiting for, and much of the credit for this rests with Bill Laswell. There's not really a bum track on the whole record."


01.27.11
Anil Prasad's new book Innerviews: Music Without Borders contains a broad historical overview of Bill Laswell's career, with an entire chapter that look at the evolution of Material, connecting cultures, the business of music, the difficulties of bringing global musicians into the USA, his relationship with Miles Davis, working with PiL and Motorhead, and much more. Prasad also conducted a brand new 2011 interview with Bill, separate from the book, that can be found at his Innerviews website here. Other artists included in the book include Björk, Chuck D, Ani DiFranco, Béla Fleck, Leo Kottke, John McLaughlin and Victor Wooten.


01.25.11
Bill Laswell's band, Material, will accompany Gigi on February 5 during a sold out 10,000 seat performance in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. It's Gigi's first home performance since leaving the country 10 years ago.


12.16.10
Bill Laswell just completed producing a new record for the master of dub himself, Lee "Scratch" Perry. There are some pretty major guest starts involved, including George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Tunde Adebimpe from TV on the Radio. The album, titled Rise Again, will be released in spring 2011.


11.09.10
Bill Laswell's band Method Of Defiance just released its new album, Jahbulon, on October 26 via MOD Technologies. The band showcased the new material at Santo's Party House in NYC November 6.


10.12.10
Bill Laswell is currently producing a new record for the master of dub himself, Lee "Scratch" Perry. There are some pretty major guest starts involved, including George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Tunde Adebimpe from TV on the Radio.


04.06.06
Coming April 25th is the latest from Innerhythmic...
Unearthed from the vaults comes Praxis "Zurich". This RARE live performance captures Buckethead, Bill Laswell, Brain & DXT along with legendary Invisibl Skratch Piklz: Mix Master Mike, Q- Bert & DJ Disk in what might be called The Ultimate Underground Supergroup. Musically, simply devastating.

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11.08.04
The Last Poets Holy Terror is now available in stores and here through our site. Produced by Bill Laswell, the album reunited Umar Bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole (aka Dune) for the first time in over twenty years resulting in an album as vital as any of the Poets work in the 70s. The album has been digitally re-mastered and packaged with loving care in a 6 panel digipack.


3.24.04
Now available online and in stores:

Zillatron: (Bootsy Collins) Lord of the Harvest

Buddy Miles: Hell and Back

Shine: Heaven and Hell


10.28.03
New Innerhythmic releases scheduled 2004:
January 27th:
Zillatron: (Bootsy Collins) Lord of the Harvest

Buddy Miles: Hell and Back

February 24th:
Shine: (Buckethead, Bill LAswell, Shin Terai) Heaven and Hell


Recent Laswell projects of note:
Tabla Beat Science DVD: Talamanam Sound Clash, Further Adventures in Hypercussion is out now on Palm. Filmed June 21st, 2002, with 12 cameras at the legendary Fillmore in San Fransisco, these two DVDs document a Tabla Beat Science performance every fan will want to own.

GIGI's stellar new album Gold and Wax is now finished with a release coming early next year

Lilli Hayden Light Blue Sun is now out on RCA Victor.


Charged Live has arrived and is in stores on October 29th (in Europe January). The album features selections from Japan, Germany and Holland tours 1999-2001 with the phenomenal line-up of Eraldo Bernocchi, Toshinori Kondo, Bill Laswell, Hamid Drake, DJ Disk and Aiyb Dieng. Check the releases page for more information.


6.27.02
Here is a bit of an update on what Laswell has been up to of late. He just finished up his first 5.1 Surround Sound remix, getting to revisit Herbie Hancock's landmark recording 'Future Shock'; Look for it in early 2003 and don't be surprised if you see more 5.1 news in future. Next up he'll be remixing some of the Sony Classical catalog.


1.18.02
Redesigned and reconfigured for 2002, welcome to Innerhythmic.com. Find out what we're about, check out and order our record releases and keep tabs on the latest from Bill Laswell.