Immediately
after remixing Bob Marley for Island / Tuff Gong / Axiom for a "new" dub
electronic release (Sept. 26, 1997) and performing a similar task on Miles
Davis for Sony / Columbia for a dub-oriented instrumental release (Winter
'98), Laswell went into his new Orange, NJ studio to produce "Sacred System:
Chapter Two," his 2nd release for ROIR.
With
the sounds of Marley and Miles still ringing in his ears, he brought jazz
cornetist Graham Haynes, master guitarist Nicky Skopelitis, ace world
percussionist Bill Buchen and Jamaican drumming legend Style Scott into
the studio to create a new Laswell World Sound— a mixture of Arabic,
Indian and Bitches Brew jazz— but Laswell NEW.
A
word about the musicans:
Graham Haynes just came out with his 3rd Antilles-Verve jazz release "Tones
for the 21st Century," of which CMJ said "a cascade of global space jazz."
Haynes is one of the exploding group of young Turks on the contemporary
music scene.
Nicky
Skopelitis is a regular on Laswell productions since 1982, including Material
and Golden Palominos. A master of the rock/jazz/world guitar, he has his
own records out on Virgin and has a legion of followers among guitar musicians
and fanatics.
Bill
Buchen: Preeminent class— A world musician, trained with Ustad Kadar
Khan.
Style
Scott: drummer for Roots Radics, Dub Syndicate.
