Inamorata by Method of Defiance

released October 15, 2007

Method of Defiance is a super group from Bill Laswell where electronic beats meet flesh and blood musicians.
Inamorata is possibly one of his most ambitious projects in an prolific career that has included producing Grammy winning albums and singles for Herbie Hancock – who makes an appearance on electric piano.
All in all, 12 beatsmiths were commissioned from the top tiers of Drum & Bass – including Black Sun Empire, Evol Intent, Submerged, progressive wunderkinds Amit, and Fanu, and others.

Musicians were selected from the Miles Davis era of electronic fusion (Pete Cosey, Dave Liebman) to modern virtuosos such as Buckethead and Nils Petr Molvaer. The world of free jazz and avant composition weighs in throughout, with John Zorn and the Masada Strings, Toshinori Kondo, and legendary tenor player Pharoah Sanders.
Each musician then collaborated with a Drum & Bass producer, which was then arranged and mixed by Bill Laswell, who also plays bass across the whole disc.