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Laswell's first recording appearance was in 1978 , playing bass for Michael Blaise and Cheater on a track titled "Scoring Power". His artistic breakthrough came in producing " Rockit " for Herbie Hancock 's '' Future Shock '' album, a track cited by many as influencing the explosion of Hip Hop and Turntablism (via Grand Mixer D.ST ).

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Laswell continues to hybridize music styles of disparate world Culture s. Tabla Beat Science is one such fusion, joining Classical Indian instrumentation with modern electronic production.

Laswell draws upon many musical genres, most notably Funk , Dub and Ambient , but also Hardcore and Jazz .

Laswell's new project Method of Defiance is a blend of live instrumentation and electronic production drawing on avante garde Drum and Bass, Jazz and funk.


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