Biography

Investigations into the collision of Drum'n bass with jazz, dub and electronica and a modicum of funk - this might be an appropriate, albeit restrictive description of the ethos behind the Method Of Defiance project.

METHOD OF DEFIANCE

A REVOLUTION IN SOUND PERSPECTIVES

Iconoclast Drum & Bass, Massive Dub, Avant Funk, Black Noise, Hardcore Electronica, Futurists Rock, Ambient, Metal, Roots Reggae, Mutant Dancehall and much more…

Beyond Fusion, Hybrid, and Recombinant: A true detonator of sonic and aesthetic borders.

Designed by: Bill Laswell

Grammy-Winning electric bassist/Producer/Reconstructionist/SoundAssassin. A universe unto himself, creating from an unsanctified palette, marginal instruments, new technology and iconoclastic written texts alongside established traditions from around the world. Creator of Herbie Hancock’s Rockit/Future Shock, bringing Proto-Turntablism and Electronica to a mass audience and since then working with an unimaginable range of musicians, artists and thinkers, among them, William S. Burroughs, Afrika Bambaataa, John Zorn, George Clinton, Mick Jagger, Rammellzee, Zakir Hussain, Paul Bowles, Hakim Bey, The Last Poets, John Lydon, The Dalai Lama, Ryuchi Sakamoto, Motorhead, Brian Eno, Tony Williams, Sting, Carlos Santana, Pharoah Sanders, Bootsy Collins and hundreds more from the Americas, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, China and Japan.

Always displaying a revolutionary spirit and consistently charting innovative paths leading to the most creative processes possible.

Method of Defiance are

Keyboard Master Bernie Worrell of Parliament Funkadelic, Talking Heads, Black Uhuru, Rolling Stones and countless others.

Dr. Israel – Voice and Electronics - Has worked with Mad Professor, Jah Shaka, Sepultura and others, various solo projects and collaborations with Wordsound and Baraka Collectives. He is a true innovator of Brooklyn’s urban underground.

Hawk/Hawkman – Vocalist - Jamaican born, he’s collaborated with Tricky, Sly and Robbie, Live, Tool, Praxis and others. He’s a new voice of power.

Toshinori Kondo – Electric Trumpet - Japanese Trumpeter, Writer, Actor, Cultural Critic

Guy Licata – Drums - Post Modern rhythm destroyer

Additional Guests:

DJ Krush – Turntable legend / Beat icon