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People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be as valuable as what they do.

Bill Laswell

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Bill Laswell
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 12
Bassist
Composer
Jazz Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Salem
Illinois
William Otis Laswell
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