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622:. Laswell explained "We have a lot of directions to pursue, we do get involved in quite a few projects, and we like bringing different people into Material. It's healthy for us as players, and it's a way of exposing good musicians to new audiences. But even though we're fluid, we definitely are a band. And since whatever we play tends to have a strong pulse to it, I'd say we're a rock band... Playing with really strong musicians does change our playing, we improvise and play off one another. We may sound somewhat different, depending on who's playing with us, but to me that's an advantage." 1528: 43: 151: 535:
and alto-saxophonist Don Davis, a friend of Kramer. They toured North America in an old school bus from April into June playing most of Gong's Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy, with Martin departing after a few weeks, his place being taken by another of Kramer's friends, Bill Bacon. In autumn, they
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for a performance at his Zu Manifestival at the Zu Club on October 8, 1978, for which they became "New York Gong". They were joined at this performance by saxophonist George Bishop and drummer
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By 1989, Laswell had ceased using the Material name as an umbrella for his own activities and began to use it as a front for specific projects. The first of these projects was the album
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was involved alongside Frith and Drayton, but perhaps more significantly, was one of the first appearances of longtime Laswell collaborator
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Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn settled into a duo and began working with other musicians, producing, writing and performing, with
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called her contribution "one of the most gorgeous ballads you've ever heard". As an indication of the direction the band headed for,
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They started working with singers and their music became more melodic and funkier. Their next single "Ciquiri" (included on the
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continuing occasionally as the engineer. They worked initially in the electro genre, but quickly moved into the fields of
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and the band began rehearsing in the club's basement. They were joined by guitartist Cliff Cultreri and then by organist
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Laswell would continue with the name as a front for his own projects up until 1999, releasing four more studio albums (
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in an attempt to open up the American market to the European progressive jazz-rock bands he was working with, such as
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Allen returned in March 1979 and the group of Laswell, Beinhorn, Maher, Cultreri and Kramer were joined by drummer
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with support from guitarist Ronnie Drayton. This line-up also recorded "It's a Holiday" for a split single with
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The group would play around New York as a three-piece with a revolving list of “front-men” such as guitarists
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MP3s from Giorgio Gomelsky's Zu Manifestival Concert October 8, 1978 at Entermedia, 189 Second Avenue in NYC
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The band then took the name Material, from the Laswell/Cultreri-composed instrumental "Materialism" on the
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In 1985 Laswell and Beinhorn parted company. Beinhorn went into record production for the likes of the
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The band became known as the "Zu Band" until Gomelsky hooked them up with former Gong frontman
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and Bootsy Collins being Laswell's main collaborators. Vocal performances were given by the
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was a fusion of jazz, Indian and Middle Eastern influences. Noted jazz players included
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From 1982, the name would be used by Laswell and Beinhorn for many projects, including
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Laswell has on occasion used the name for live performances, the last being at the
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They were reduced back to the trio of Beinhorn, Laswell and Maher for the 1981 EP
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In 1978, having received a substantial royalty payment for his work with
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was an American band formed in 1979 and operating until 1999, led by
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Bill Laswell 2015 Interview by DJ Soulswede at Soulinterviews.com
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album, guitarist Michael Lawrence deputised for Cultreri, while
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duties at its climax. An hour long edit was broadcast on the
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Kramer would work again with Allen, recording the albums
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Studios, Chicago with three incarnations of his groups:
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On 5 April 2005, Laswell performed a 2-hour concert at
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EP for Gomelsky's Zu Records. The band then signed to
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The final release under the name Material was 1999's
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album. Their debut recording was 1979's instrumental
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Other musicians included members of 859: 545: 305:The group began in 1978 coalescing at 1616: 1474: 1282: 1269: 749:A chance meeting between Laswell and 2451:American experimental musical groups 1374: 1042:(both from Laswell's other project, 65:adding citations to reliable sources 36: 30:For the 21st-century rock band, see 587:where he is credited with bringing 24: 625:The first full album as Material, 25: 2467: 1537: 2446:American post-disco music groups 475:. He established the Zu Club in 41: 1493: 1468: 1464:. Record Research. p. 169. 1450: 1403:Bessman, Jim (15 August 1992). 906:was released in 1991, with duo 342:, followed by two more albums ( 52:needs additional citations for 1429:Palmer, Robert (May 1, 1981). 1205: 1124: 874:reading portions of his novel 13: 1: 1193: 895:The Road to the Western Lands 693:. 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