Bill Laswell Radioaxiom: A Dub Transmission CD

A mainstay of the downtown avant-garde scene for decades, and a noted connoisseur of reggae and dub, bassist Bill Laswell has led a musical career marked by an avid interest in unorthodox musical forms from around the world. His 2001 release, RADIOAXIOM: A DUB TRANSMISSION, is a collaboration with another experimentally minded, dub-infatuated bass player, Jah Wobble, formerly of Public Image Ltd. Over the course of RADIOAXIOM, the two enlist a host of guest artists, including Sly Dunbar, Hamid Drake, Graham Haynes, and others, to help them create fevered musical soundscapes that evoke the disorienting effects of the works of dub producers like Scientist and King Tubby.

W/Hamid Drake,Aiyb Dieng,Karsh Kale,Sly Dunbar,N.Skopelitis+

Recorded at Orange Music, West Orange, New Jersey.

Personnel: Nicky Skopelitis (guitar); Graham Haynes (cornet); Amina Claudine Myers (electric piano, organ); Hamid Drake, Karsh Kale (drums, tabla); Sly Dunbar (drums); Aiyb Dieng (percussion).

Recording information: Orange Music, West Orange, NJ.

Directors: Jah Wobble; Bill Laswell.

Unknown Contributor Role: Bill Murphy .

Personnel includes: Jah Wobble, Bill Laswell (bass); Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw, Tigist Shibabaw (vocals); Tigist Shibabaw (vocals); Nicky Skopelitis (guitar); Graham Haynes (cornet); Nils Petter Molvaer (trumpet); Amina Claudine Myers (electric piano, organ); Karsh Kale, Hamid Drake (drums, tabla); Sly Dunbar (drums); Aiyb Dieng (percussion).

Q (12/01, p.146) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A series of dub-infused, moody soundscapes..."
Alternative Press (10/01, p.95) - 8 out of 10 - "...High-quality space dub...Stellar..."
The Wire (10/01, p.70) - "...An endowment of earthly goods..."
Down Beat (4/02, p.74) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Evocative mood music for the modern man..."