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Axiom

Profile:Created by Bill Laswell in 1989 for the promotion of his own, most "crucial" (to his point of view) projects. Axiom was a subdivision of Island Records (and of Polygram) but had always the advantage of a complete artistic freedom, because of the friendship between Bill Laswell and Chris Blackwell (boss of Island).
"Nothing is true, everything is possible" was Axiom's motto.
In 1998, when Island Records became a subsidiary of the Universal Music Group, Chris Blackwell was fired and Axiom was closed (it was not enough commercially interesting and too much "experimental" for Universal), even if more than 20 records had been released and that some of them sold well (Praxis) or had been highly awarded (Sonny Sharrock, Henry Threadgill) by jazz magazines.
Bill Laswell has then followed Chris Blackwell with the creation of Palm Pictures and the Axiom logo can be found in some releases that Laswell has produced for this label.
Parent Label:Island Records (US)
URLs:http://music.hyperreal.org/labels/axiom/
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Discography:
12 AXM 1 Material Mantra - Remixes (12") 1993
12 AXM 2 Material Reality (12") 1991
12 AXM 3 Bahia Black Capitão Do Asfalto (12") 1993
12 AXMDJ 1 Material Mantra (12", Promo) 1993
12 AXMDJ 3 Bahia Black Capitão Do Asfalto (12", Promo) 1993
12 AXMG 1 Mandingo Powerhouse (12") 1990
12 AXMG 2 Bahia Black The Seven Powers / Retrato Calado (12") 1992
210 879 Ginger Baker Middle Passage (LP) 1990
211 562 Material The Third Power (LP, Album) 1991
261 562 Material The Third Power (CD) 1991
411 562 Material The Third Power (Cass) 1991
510 856-1 Bahia Black Ritual Beating System (LP) 1992
518 048-1 Umar Bin Hassan Be Bop Or Be Dead (LP, Ltd, Num) 1993
518 351-1 Material Hallucination Engine (LP, Ltd, Num) 1994
524 053-1 Bill Laswell Axiom Ambient - Lost In The Translation (LP, Album, Ltd + 12") 1994
524 077-2 Axiom Funk Funkcronomicon (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) 1995
539 865-1 Simon Shaheen The Music Of Mohamed Abdel Wahab (LP, Album) 1990
539 872-1 Ronald Shannon Jackson Red Warrior (LP) 1990
524 053-1DJ Material Axiom Ambient - Lost In The Translation (12", Promo) 1994
162-531 046-1 Various Altered Beats - Assassin Knowledges Of The Remanipulated (LP) 1996
162-531 046-2 Various Altered Beats - Assassin Knowledges Of The Remanipulated (CD) 1996
162-531 070-2 Various Axiom Dub - Mysteries Of Creation (2xCD, Comp) 1996
314-510 147-2 Various Gnawa Music Of Marrakesh - Night Spirit Masters (CD, Album) 1990
314-510 148-2 Various Ancient Heart - Mandinka And Fulani Music Of The Gambia (CD, Album) 1990
314-510 149-2 Ronald Shannon Jackson Red Warrior (CD) 1990
314-510 856-2 Bahia Black Ritual Beating System (CD, Album) 1992
314-510 857-2 Master Musicians Of Jajouka Apocalypse Across The Sky (CD) 1992
314-512 003-2 Talip Ozkan The Dark Fire (CD, Album) 1992
314-512 338-2 Praxis Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) (CD) 1992
314-514 258-2 Henry Threadgill Too Much Sugar For A Dime (CD, Album) 1993
314-514 453-1 Various Manifestation - Axiom Collection II (2xLP, Promo) 1993
314-514 453-2 Various Manifestation - Axiom Collection II (CD) 1993
314-514 518-2 Nicky Skopelitis Ekstasis (CD, Album) 1993
314-518 048-2 Umar Bin Hassan Be Bop Or Be Dead (CD) 1993
314-518 351-2 Material Hallucination Engine (CD, Album) 1994
314-524 003-2 Liu Sola Blues In The East (CD) 1994
314-524 014-2 Hakim Bey T.A.Z. (CD) 1994
314-524-047-2 Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders The Trance Of Seven Colors (CD) 1994
314-524 053-1 Bill Laswell Axiom Ambient - Lost In The Translation (2x12") 1994
314-524 053-2 Bill Laswell Axiom Ambient - Lost In The Translation (2xCD, Album) 1994
314-524 077-2 Axiom Funk Funkcronomicon (2xCD, Comp) 1995
314-524 419 1 Bob Marley Dreams Of Freedom - Ambient Translations Of Bob Marley In Dub (2xLP) 1997
314-524 419-2 Bob Marley Dreams Of Freedom - Ambient Translations Of Bob Marley In Dub (CD) 1997
314-524 431-2 Arcana (4) Arc Of The Testimony (CD) 1997
422-846 753-2 Ginger Baker Middle Passage (CD, Album) 1990
422-846 754-2 Simon Shaheen The Music Of Mohamed Abdel Wahab (CD, Album) 1990
422-846 755-2 Shankar Soul Searcher (CD) 1990
422-846 853-2 Mandingo New World Power (CD) 1990
422-848 374-2 Jonas Hellborg The Word (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 1991
422-848 417-2 Material The Third Power (CD, Album) 1991
422-848 957-2 Sonny Sharrock Ask The Ages (CD) 1991
422-848 958-2 Various Axiom Collection - Illuminations (CD) 1991
422-866 499-1 Material Playin' With Fire (12") 1992
74321 12171 2 Mandinka - Fulani* Ancient Heart: Mandinka And Fulani Music Of The Gambia (CD, Album) 1990
74321 15376 2 Umar Bin Hassan Be Bop Or Be Dead (CD, Album) 1993
74321 18190 2 Material Hallucination Engine (CD, Album) 1994
AXLPS 3004 Mandingo New World Power (LP) 1990
AXMCD 1 Material Mantra (CD, Maxi) 1993
AXMCD 2 Material Reality (CD, Maxi) 1993
PALMCD 2073-2 Jah Wobble • Bill Laswell Radioaxiom – A Dub Transmission (CD) 2001
PR12 6681-1 Material The Third Power (LP, Album, Promo) 1991
PR12 6794-1 Umar Bin Hassan Be Bop Or Be Dead (Acappella) (LP, pro) 1993
PR12 6901-1 Material Eternal Drift (12") 1994
PR12 7212-1 Axiom Funk If 6 Was 9 (12") 1996
PR12 7286-1 Various Altered Beats (12") 1996
PR12 7350-1 Various Axiom Dub (12", Promo) 1996
PR12 7621-1 Bob Marley Dreams Of Freedom - Ambient Mix Translations Of Bob Marley In Dub (12", Promo) 1997
PRCD 6726-2 Praxis Animal Behavior (CD, Maxi, Promo) 1992
PRCD 7324-2 Various Axiom Dub - Mysteries Of Creation (CD, Promo) 1996
PR V20461 Tabla Beat Science Tala Matrix - Remix (12", Ltd) 2000
rec-1 Junior O Nast Funk (12") 1999
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