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 Copy Share Image
Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of… — Bill Laswell Copy Share
Ambient means the natural center or atmosphere of a space. All music has that in it- a space or center. I think it just… — Bill Laswell Copy Share
Engineering producers who don't play and have technology as a background may be the reason why there's a lot of cold non-musical music, for… — Bill Laswell Copy Share
I don't think technology is viable unless the person applying it has something to say. — Bill Laswell Copy Share
I think everything's experimental whether you like it or not. I think that people who do generic pop are experimenting with cliches. It's no… — Bill Laswell Copy Share
I think if you look at exactly where you are, you can't really focus without looking back and forward at the same time. — Bill Laswell Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Nothing was a style first. Everything started as an idea. A guy did something with an idea. Someone copied him. Some copied all of… — Bill Laswell Copy Share
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… — Bill Laswell Copy Share
People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be as valuable as what they do. — Bill Laswell Copy Share
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… — Bill Laswell Copy Share