Material discography

Material discography
Releases
↙Studio albums	6
↙Live albums	2
↙Compilation albums	1
↙EPs	3
↙Singles	9

Releases by Material:

Studio albums

Title	Album details	US Jazz ^[1]
Memory Serves	Released: 1981 Label: Island Formats: LP	37
One Down	Released: 1982 Label: Asylum, Elektra Formats: LP	32
Seven Souls	Released: 1989 Label: Virgin Formats: CD	—
The Third Power	Released: 1991 Label: Axiom Formats: CD, LP	—
Hallucination Engine	Released: 1993 Label: Axiom Formats: CD, LP	—
Intonarumori	Released: September 28, 1999 Label: Axiom, Palm Pictures Formats: CD, LP	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details
Improvised Music New York 1981	Released: 1991 Label: MuWorks Formats: CD
Live in Japan	Released: 1993 Label: Restless Formats: CD
Live from Soundscape	Released: 1994 Label: DIW Formats: CD
Mesgana Ethiopia	Released: 2010 Label: M.O.D. Technologies Formats: CD

EPs

Title	Album details	UK Indie ^[2]
Temporary Music 1	Released: 1979 Label: ZÙ Formats: LP	—
Temporary Music 2	Released: 1980 Label: Red Formats: LP	43
American Songs	Released: 1981 Label: Celluloid Formats: LP	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Title	Year	US Dance ^[1]	Album
"Discourse"	1980	—	Temporary Music
"Reduction"	1981	—	Temporary Music
"Ciquri"		—	American Songs
"Bustin' Out"		3	Non-album single
"Memories"	1982	—	One Down
"I'm the One"	1982	43
"Time Out"	1983	—
"For a Few Dollars More"	1984	—	Non-album single
"Reality"	1991	—	The Third Power
"Playin' With Fire"	1992	—	The Third Power
"Mantra"	1993	—	Hallucination Engine
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums

Title	Album details
The Road to the Western Lands	Released: 1998 Label: Mercury Formats: CD, LP

Compilation albums

Title	Album details
Temporary Music	Released: 1981 Label: Celluloid Formats: LP
Red Tracks	Released: 1985 Label: Vinyl Japan Formats: CD, LP
Secret Life	Released: 1986 Label: Vinyl Japan Formats: CD
The Best of Material	Released: 1998 Label: Charly Schallplatten GmbH Formats: CD

Collections

1991: Axiom Collection: Illuminations – contains "Cosmic Slop"
1993: Axiom Collection II: Manifestation – contains "Mantra" [Doors of Perception Mix] and "Playin' with Fire" [Praxis Remix / Edit]
1995: Axion Funk: Funkcronomicon – contains "Cosmic Slop"
1996: Axiom Dub: Mysteries of Creation – contains "Ghost Light / Dread Recall"
1996: Altered Beats: Assassin Knowledges of the Remanipulated – contains "3D-Cut Transmission"
1996: Tetragramton: Submerge – contains "Turn the Screw" by Material with Graham Haynes, and "Active Code" by Material with Byard Lancaster
1996: Myth: Dreams of the World – contains "Hermes" by Material with Umar Bin Hassan, and "Apollo" by Material with Abiodun Oyewole
1997: Asana – contains "Mantra"
1998: The Best of Material - contains 13 tracks from the Celluoid era 1979-1984
1998: Abstract Depressionism – contains "Downward"
2000: Asana 2: Moving Meditation – contains "Devata"

Collaborations

This list features recordings that at least in part explicitly credits Material, and features production, writing and/or performance by members of the Material collective.

1982: Tribe 2 – "What I Like" – 12" single
1982: Phase II – "The Roxy" – 12" single
1983: D.ST. – "Crazy Cuts" – 12" single
1983: Lenny White – Attitude – tracks "My Turn to Love You"
1983: Herbie Hancock – Future Shock
1983: Herbie Hancock- "Rockit" – 7" & 12" single
1983: Herbie Hancock – "Future Shock" / "Earth Beat" – 12" single
1983: Herbie Hancock – "Autodrive" / "Chameleon" – 12" single
1983: Fab Five Freddy – "Une Sale Histoire: Part 1 & Part 2" – 12" single
1983: Nona Hendryx – Nona
1983: Nona Hendryx – "Transformation" – 12" single
1984: Bill Laswell – Baselines
1984: Yellowman – King Yellowman – tracks "Strong Me Strong" and "Disco Reggae"
1984: Yellowman – "Strong Me Strong" – 12" single
1984: Gil Scott-Heron – "Re-Ron" – 7" and 12" single
1984: Timezone featuring Afrika Bambaataa and John Lydon – "World Destruction" – 7" and 12" single
1984: Fab Five Freddy – "Change the Beat" – 7" and 12" single
1984: Herbie Hancock – Sound-System
1984: Herbie Hancock – "Metal Beat" – 12" single
1984: Herbie Hancock – "Hard Rock" – 12" single
1984: Shango featuring Afrika Bambaataa – Shango Funk Theology
1984: Shango featuring Afrika Bambaataa – "Zulu Groove" – 12" single
1984: Shango featuring Afrika Bambaataa – "Shango Message" – 12" single
1984: Nona Hendryx – The Art of Defense
1984: Nona Hendryx – "I Sweat" – 12" single
1984: Nona Hendryx – "To the Bone" – 12" single
1984: Genji Sawai – Sowaka
1984: Yla-Mago – "TVO-Rock" – 12" single
1985: The Last Poets – Oh my People
1985: The Last Poets – "Get Movin'" – 12" single
1985: Deadline featuring Manu Dibango – Down by Law
1985: B-Side – Cairo Nights – tracks "Change the Beat" and "What I Like (American Dreams)"
1985: Manu Dibango – Electric Africa
1985: Manu Dibango – "Pata Piya" – 12" single
1985: Mick Jagger – She's the Boss
1985: Mick Jagger – "Just Another Night" – 12" single
1985: Mick Jagger – "Lucky in Love" – 12" single
1985: Sly and Robbie – Language Barrier
1985: Sly and Robbie – "Bass and Trouble" – 12" single
1985: Sly and Robbie – "Get to This, Get to That" – 12" single
1985: Public Image Ltd. – Album / Compact Disc / Cassette
1986: Ginger Baker – Horses and Trees
1986: Toshinori Kondo – Konton
1986: Manu Dibango – Afrijazzy – tracks "Makossa "87 / Big Blow"
1986: Manu Dibango – "Makossa '87" – 7" single
1987: Sly and Robbie – Rhythm Killers – 12" single
1987: Sly and Robbie – "Boops (Here to Go)" – 12" single
1987: Sly and Robbie – "Fire" – 12" single
1987: Afrika Bambaataa and Family – The Light
1988: Gettovetts – Missionaries Moving
1988: Gettovetts – "Battle Call" – 12" single
1988: Herbie Hancock – Perfect Machine
1988: Herbie Hancock – "Vibe Alive" – 12" single
1989: Nicky Skopelitis – Next to Nothing
1992: Manu Dibango – Bao Bao

References

General

"The Bill Laswell Discography". turning-groove.de. Retrieved 2014-10-16.

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Material: Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Retrieved October 16, 2014.

Material

Bill Laswell Michael Beinhorn Fred Maher Daevid Allen Bill Bacon Cliff Cultreri Michael Lawrence

Studio albums	Temporary Music Memory Serves One Down Seven Souls The Third Power Hallucination Engine Intonarumori

Live albums	Live from Soundscape Live in Japan

EPs	American Songs

Singles	"Bustin' Out"

Related	Discography About Time

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Related people

Albums

Killing Time (1981)
" Baselines ( Bill Laswell solo album)" (1982)
Future Shock (1983)
Sound-System (1984)
Album (1986)
Rhythm Killers (1987)
Instinct (1988)
The Burning World (1989)
Make Them Die Slowly (1989)
Brain Drain (1989)
Funk of Ages (1990)
Bucketheadland (1992)
Third Eye Open (1992)
Holy Terror (1993)
Pieces Of Woo: The Other Side (1993)
Giant Robot (1994)
Dreamatorium (1994)
Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud
Funkcronomicon (1995)
Day of the Robot (1996)
The Last Wave (1996)
Aftershock 2005 (1996)
Disembodied (1997)
Arc of the Testimony (1997)
Free Agent: A Spaced Odyssey (1997)
Future2Future (2001)
No Place to Be (2006)
Torn from Black Space (2009)

Bands

Method of Defiance	The Only Way To Go Is Down Inamorata Nihon Jahbulon Incunabula Dub Arcanum Arcandrum Nahariama

The Golden Palominos	The Golden Palominos Visions of Excess Blast of Silence A Dead Horse Drunk With Passion This Is How It Feels Pure Dead Inside

Material	About Time Temporary Music Memory Serves One Down Seven Souls Live from Soundscape The Third Power Live in Japan Hallucination Engine The Road to the Western Lands Intonarumori

Painkiller	Guts of a Virgin Buried Secrets Rituals: Live in Japan Execution Ground Painkiller: The Collected Works Talisman: Live in Nagoya 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 12

Praxis	Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) Sacrifist Metatron Live in Poland Transmutation Live Collection Warszawa Zurich Tennessee 2004 Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)

Shin Terai	Unison Heaven & Hell Lightyears

Labels