Biography
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Born
11 August 1958 (age 65)
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Born In
Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London, England, United Kingdom
Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell are two legendary bass-players.
Jah Wobble is from the UK and Bill Laswell is from the USA. Jah used to be in PiL teaming up with John Lydon, once the singer of the Sex Pistols. After PiL, Jah embarked on a solo career which saw him collaborate with a number of interesting musicians, making weird experimental music that incorporated reggae, dub, fusion, and ethnic music from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Other project he was a part of: The Damage Manual (with some members of Killing Joke), Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart and Chinese Dub Orchestra.
"Bill Laswell made his name in the New York avant-garde underground scene in the late 70s.In 1979, he formed the still-active Material, which soon became notorious for its bold fusion of jazz, funk, punk, hip hop, and ethnic music.
Laswell and Wobble first recorded under the name Divination in the early '90s, issuing Ambient Dub, Volumes 1 and 2 in '93 and '94. These were extended forays into the spaciest, most psychedelic regions of ambient music, marked by the hypnotic drone of the two musicians' twin basses, gentle dub effects, and subtle ethnic music embellishments. 2001's Radioaxiom: A Dub Transmission finds the duo working in much the same vein." — partially quoted from Jesse Ashlock's review.
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