Bill Laswell

Computers and electronic music are not the opposite of the warm human music. It's exactly the same. ↗

— Bill Laswell

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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

#ambient #deep #find #finished #hours

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 and ambience. ↗

— Bill Laswell

#ambience #atmosphere #bass #been #deals

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 and it became trendy and then it became a style. ↗

— Bill Laswell

#copied #did #everything #first #guy

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

#career #existence #how #image #know

People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be as valuable as what they do. ↗

— Bill Laswell

#conventional #electronica #music #people #play

Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music. ↗

— Bill Laswell

#done #goes #just #keep #like

Sound comes out of a life experience. ↗

— Bill Laswell

#experience #life #life experience #out #sound

The atmosphere defines the environment of sound. ↗

— Bill Laswell

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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

#elements #i #just #music #pretend