Deconstruction: The Celluloid Recordings

Deconstruction: The Celluloid Recordings
Compilation album by Bill Laswell
Released	January 19, 1993
Recorded	July 23, 1979 - January 6, 1987
Genre	Art rock, avant-garde jazz, disco, dub, electro, free jazz, funk, hip hop, jazz-funk, jazz fusion, makossa, no wave, noise rock
Length	138:18
Label	Restless
Producer	Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell chronology

Deconstruction: The Celluloid Recordings is a compilation album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on January 19, 1993 by Restless Records. It comprises solo recordings alongside his work with artists such as Material, Massacre, Time Zone, Fab Five Freddy, Tour‚ Kunda, the Last Poets, Manu Dibango and Fela Kuti.[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]

Track listing

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist (date)	Length
1.	"World Destruction"	Bambaataa, Laswell	Time Zone (1984)	5:33
2.	"Killing Time"	Frith, Laswell, Maher	Massacre (1981)	2:53
3.	"Mean Machine"	Nuriddin	Jalal Mansur Nuriddin & D.St. (1984)	4:42
4.	"Electric Africa"	Dibango, Laswell	Manu Dibango (1985)	10:23
5.	"Work Song"	Beinhorn, Laswell, Lewis	Bill Laswell (1983)	7:14
6.	"Memories"	Hopper	Material (1982)	4:02
7.	"Death Rattle"	Brötzmann, Laswell	Peter Brötzmann/Bill Laswell (1987)	4:28
8.	"Reduction"	Beinhorn, Laswell, Maher	Material (1980)	5:32
9.	"Uprising"	Laswell	Bill Laswell (1983)	1:07
10.	"Boat Peoples"	Dibango, Turre, Wilson	Deadline (1985)	7:07
11.	"For a Few Dollars More"	Morricone	Material (1984)	3:53
12.	"Get Movin'"	Hadi, Worrell	The Last Poets (1985)	6:41
13.	"Bustin' Out"	Beinhorn, Drayton, Hendryx, Laswell, Maher, Scott	Material (1981)	8:03

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist (date)	Length
1.	"Oh My People"	Hadi	The Last Poets (1985)	7:34
2.	"Cross Examination"	Kuti	Fela Kuti (1984)	11:54
3.	"Interlock"	Laswell, Ponce, Skopelitis, Suso	Ginger Baker (1986)	4:54
4.	"Harima"	Suso	Mandingo feat. Foday Musa Suso (1987)	6:04
5.	"Locomotive"	Monk	Peter Brötzmann/Bill Laswell (1987)	3:43
6.	"Change the Beat"	Material, Zekri	Fab Five Freddy (1982)	7:40
7.	"Shango Messager"	Afrika Bambaataa, Material	Shango (1984)	7:44
8.	"Legs"	Frith, Laswell, Maher	Massacre (1981)	2:04
9.	"My Balls/Your Chin"	Brötzmann, Sharrock, Jackson, Laswell	Last Exit (1987)	2:27
10.	"Square Dance"	Frith, Laswell, Maher	Material (1981)	4:29
11.	"Natalia"	Touré Kunda	Touré Kunda (1985)	4:56
12.	"O.A.O."	Beinhorn, Cultreri, Laswell, Maher	Material (1979)	4:45

Personnel

Bill Laswell – bass guitar
Robert Soares – compiling

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1993	Restless	CD	7 72665-2
Germany	1994	Celluloid	CD	CELD 5100

References

McDonald, Steven. "Deconstruction: Celluloid Recordings". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
Robbins, Ira (June 11, 1993). "Deconstruction: The Celluloid Recordings". Entertainment Weekly (174). Retrieved October 19, 2014.
Robbins, Ira (2007). "Bill Laswell". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

External links

Deconstruction - The Celluloid Recordings at Discogs (list of releases)

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[allmusic-1] McDonald, Steven. "Deconstruction: Celluloid Recordings". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[entertainmentweekly-2] Robbins, Ira (June 11, 1993). "Deconstruction: The Celluloid Recordings". Entertainment Weekly (174). Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[trouserpress-3] Robbins, Ira (2007). "Bill Laswell". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 19, 2014.