Material is a musical group formed in 1979 and led by bass guitarist Bill Laswell.
In 1978, having received a substantial royalty payment for his work with The Yardbirds, Georgian music entrepreneur Giorgio Gomelsky relocated to New York in an attempt to open up the American market to the European progressive rock/jazz-rock bands he was working with, such as Gong, Henry Cow and Magma. He established the Zu Club in Manhattan and after meeting 24 year old bass player Bill Laswell, encouraged him to form a band. Three young friends, Michael Beinhorn (17, synthesizer), Martin Bisi (17, engineering) and Fred Maher (14, drums), responded to Laswell's advert in The Village Voice and the band began rehearsing in the club's basement.
Style over time
Genres of the artist's albums over the years: the higher the line, the stronger the genre on that album
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Artists on air on the same radio stations and in the same genres
Material members
Current members: Fred Frith, Bill Laswell (original, principal), Bernie Worrell, Henry Threadgill, Ginger Baker, Buckethead, Jerome Brailey, Michael Hampton, J.T. Lewis, Jonas Hellborg, Hamid Drake (drums (drum set)), Olu Dara, George Lewis, Charles K. Noyes, Billy Bang, David Moss, Nile Rodgers, Robert Quine, Michael Beinhorn (original), Fred Maher (original), Gary “Mudbone” Cooper, Bill Bacon, Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare, Arto Lindsay, Cliff Cultreri, Jeff Bova, Ali Jihad Racy, Nicky Skopelitis, Simon Shaheen, Mark E. Miller
Former members: Aïyb Dieng, Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, Foday Musa Suso
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On the radio
Stations that played Material in the last 30 days
- 9×
2 Bclub
Germany · Hip Hop - 7×
Golfo Paradiso Caffe
Italy · Funk - 5×
Galaxie New Wave
France · Rock - 3×
89.3 - WZRD “The Wizard” Freeform Radio
United States · Rock - 2×
Jazz de Ville - Groovy
Netherlands · Jazz - 2×
SomaFM Sonic Universe (256k MP3)
United States · Electronic - 2×
Atomicwave FM
Germany · Rock - 2×
SomaFM Sonic Universe (32k AAC)
United States · Electronic - 2×
SomaFM Sonic Universe (64K AAC)
United States · Electronic - 2×
Radio REAL - Radio fuera de la radio
Mexico · Rock - 2×
Dirty Water Radio
United States · Rock - 2×
Повтор
Russia · Electronic
