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Profile:
Experimental punk-jazz-funk-noise-electro band, founded in 1978 by bassist Bill Laswell and keyboard player Michael Beinhorn.
Material was not only a band name, but an alias for the intensive production work of the duo (for Afrika Bambaataa, Herbie Hancock, Nona Hendryx ...).

Michael Beinhorn left the 'band' in 1985. In the 90s, Material became more world/indian/afro/ambient/dub-oriented.
Members:
Aiyb Dieng, Bernie Worrell, Bill Bacon, Bill Laswell, Billy Bang, Buckethead, Charles K. Noyes, Cliff Cultreri, David Moss, Foday Musa Suso, Fred Frith, Fred Maher, Gary Mudbone Cooper, George Lewis, Ginger Baker, Henry Threadgill, J.T. Lewis, Jeff Bova, Jerome Brailey, Jihad Racy, Jonas Hellborg, Lowell Dunbar, Mark E. Miller, Michael Baklouk, Michael Beinhorn, Michael Hampton, Nicky Skopelitis, Nile Rodgers, Olu Dara, Robbie Shakespeare, Robert Quine, Simon Shaheen, Sonny Sharrock, Thi-Linh Le, Vikku Vinayakram
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Albums

Temporary Music - Compilation

◄ (9 versions) 		Celluloid 1980

Memory Serves

◄ (11 versions) 		Elektra Musician 1982

One Down

◄ (10 versions) 		Celluloid 1982

Red Tracks

(LP) 		Performance Records 1985

Secret Life

◄ (3 versions) 		Jungle Records 1986

Seven Souls

◄ (8 versions) 		Virgin Records America, Inc. 1989

The Third Power

(Cass) 		Axiom 1991

Live In Japan

(CD, Album) 		Restless Records 1993

Hallucination Engine

◄ (3 versions) 		Axiom 1994

Live From Soundscape

(CD, Album) 		DIW Records 1994

The Road To The Western Lands

◄ (3 versions) 		Mercury 1998

Intonarumori

◄ (2 versions) 		Palm Pictures, Axiom 1999

Gigi W Material - Mesgana Ethiopia (CD, Album)

M.O.D. Technologies 2010

Singles & EPs

Temporary Music 1

◄ (4 versions) 		Red Records (US) 1979

Discourse / Slow Murder

◄ (3 versions) 		Red Music 1980

Ciguri (Discomix)

◄ (2 versions) 		Red Records (US) 1981

American Songs

◄ (3 versions) 		Red Music 1981

Bustin' Out

◄ (7 versions) 		Island Records 1981

Material With Nona Hendryx / Cristina - It's A Holiday / Things Fall Apart (12", Promo)

ZE Records, Island Records 1981

Reduction / A.O.A.

(12") 		Base Record 1981

Temporary Music 2

(12") 		Red Records (US) 1981

I'm The One

◄ (12 versions) 		Elektra, Celluloid 1982

Memories

◄ (3 versions) 		Celluloid 1983

Time Out

◄ (5 versions) 		Elektra 1983

For A Few Dollars More

◄ (4 versions) 		Carrere 1984
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Review by Harry_X Sep 15, 2002
The New York jazz new wave industrial conglomeration Bill Laswell started his career on. There are a lot of side projects: Golden Palominos, Massacre, Praxis,... Material made a mixture of noises, funk, new wave, jazz and industrial and became later a soul-funk-disco-project (Whitney Houston sung on "One Down"!), later again Material transformed to P-Funk and world music which became a little boring.
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