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Material

American band led by Bill Laswell
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Material

Summary

Material is a musical group[1]. Material ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (317 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Material's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Material's founder is recorded as Bill Laswell[4].
  • Material's genre is no wave[5].
  • Material's record label is recorded as ZE Records[6].
  • Material's discography is recorded as Material discography[7].
  • Material's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • Material comprises Bill Laswell[9].
  • Material comprises Michael Beinhorn[10].
  • Material comprises Fred Maher[11].
  • Material comprises Daevid Allen[12].
  • January 1, 1979 marks the founding of Material[13].
  • Material's location of formation is recorded as New York City[14].
  • Material's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Material'}[15].
  • Material's different from is recorded as material[16].
  • Material's start of work period is recorded as 1979[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[18]

  • Country: US[19]

  • Began / founded: 1978[20]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1999[21]

  • Genre(s): acid jazz, experimental rock, funk, jazz, no wave, punk[22]

  • Community tags: acid jazz, experimental rock, funk, jazz, no wave, punk[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ceaf841a-60e9-4391-9e26-88b853cd4658[24]

Body

Founding

Material's founder is recorded as Bill Laswell[4]. January 1, 1979 marks the founding of Material[13]. Material's location of formation is recorded as New York City[14].

Identity

Material's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Material'}[15].

Why It Matters

Material ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (317 views/month).[2] Material has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

Related Entities

Ginger Baker New York City Nile Rodgers United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Material. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/material-q3298452
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_material-q3298452_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Material}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/material-q3298452}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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