# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-laswell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:20:16.641Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-laswell"
name: "Bill Laswell"
slug: "bill-laswell"
description: "William Otis Laswell is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, world music, jazz, dub, and ambient styles."
tagline: "American musician (born 1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill-laswell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-02-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.32
  momentum:             0.6140350877192983
  historical:           17.09533866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/modtechnologies"
    handle:    "modtechnologies"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0489960/"
    handle:    "nm0489960"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.billlaswell.net/"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5RISqKCcrhGITX2TQAPGPL"
    handle:    "Bill Laswell"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بيل لاسويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%BA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ビル・ラズウェル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Ласвелл, Билл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Laswell"
    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8b7a121c-5b50-4912-ab4c-e49a631a2db0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552511"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Bill Laswell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump