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2021 – 2023 (1 year)
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 / 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,… read more
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 Eu… read more
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 / bands he was working with, such as Gon… read more

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1 Play track Island Records Post Punk Box Set - Out Come The Freaks Bustin' Out
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2 Play track Secret Life Reduction
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3 Play track The Best of Material Memories
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4 Play track Memory Serves Memory Serves
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5 Play track Memory Serves Conform to the Rhythm
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6 Play track Memory Serves Disappearing
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7 Play track Memory Serves Metal Test
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8 Play track Hallucination Engine Mantra
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9 Play track Memory Serves Upriver
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10 Play track Memory Serves Silent Land
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Albums

  1. 11,997 listeners

    1 Jan 1981 · 8 tracks

    Memory Serves
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  2. 10,312 listeners

    1 Jan 1993 · 8 tracks

    Hallucination Engine
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  3. 7,609 listeners

    13 Feb 1986 · 12 tracks

    Secret Life
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  4. 4,772 listeners

    27 Sep 1999 · 17 tracks

    Intonarumori
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