Bill Laswell (1999)
1 First Reading 0:29
Vocals - Sussan Deyhim
2 The Old Man Of The Mountain 3:12
Vocals - Genesis P-Orridge* , Percy Howard
3 The Western Lands 6:12
Featuring - Techno Animal
Vocals - Iggy Pop
Voice - William S. Burroughs
4 The Spilled Cup 1:47
Featuring - Sussan Deyhim
5 Marco Polo's Tale 1:43
Featuring - Nicky Skopelitis
Vocals - Hakim Bey
6 Pilgrimage To Cairo 1:50
Vocals - Hakim Bey
7 Freya Stark At Alamut 0:20
Featuring - Anton Fier
Vocals - Nicole Blackman
8 Castles 0:57
Featuring - Anton Fier
Vocals - Percy Howard
9 Hashish Poem 2:52
Vocals - Nicole Blackman
10 Sinan's Post 1:56
Vocals - Ira Cohen
11 Assassinations 0:33
Featuring - Anton Fier
Vocals - Nicole Blackman
12 The Mongols Destroy Alamut 1:14
Featuring - Paul Schütze
Vocals - Percy Howard
13 The Divine Self 5:09
Producer - Jah Wobble
14 Morning High 3:03
Featuring - Nicky Skopelitis
Vocals - Lizzy Mercier Descloux
Voice - Patti Smith
15 A Quick Trip To Alamut 3:41
Featuring - Paul Schütze
Vocals - Iggy Pop
16 Slogans 0:47
Featuring - Helios Creed
Vocals - Genesis P-Orridge*
17 Book Of The Highest Initiation 2:41
Featuring - Helios Creed
Vocals - Genesis P-Orridge*
18 The Lord Of The Resurrection 0:52
Vocals - Umar Bin Hassan
19 Assassinations 2 0:52
Featuring - Anton Fier
Vocals - Nicole Blackman
20 Tale Of The Caliph Hakem 5:00
Producer - Eyeless In Gaza
Vocals - Anne Clark , Genesis P-Orridge*
21 The Assassins 2:05
Vocals - Hakim Bey
22 Last Reading 0:37
Vocals - Sussan Deyhim
One of the most original and therefore well-recognised work among Laswell's vast catalogue. A group of artists read pieces of the story of Hassan Ibn Sabbah, a legendary outcast and chief of nomadic assassins in the ancient Middle East. The voices are amazing (think Iggy Pop for starters), and backed up with Laswell's groovy bass and drums give you one great an experience in music. Spoken word ambient pieces are usually risky, certainly not for a casual listening, however this one is worth as many attempts as required to get the feeling of its humid, illusionary atmosphere - all the hints are there. eliks_postindustry (Discogs)
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I`m looking for old album of Bruce Gilbert - "This Way". Can you help?
Yes Anon.
Here it is:
http://rapidshare.com/files/321236659/bruce_gilbert_this_way.zip.html
Thanks so much!
Thank you!
I checked this album out. It was horribly dissappointing. Thanks for the opportunity to check it out. I do love the majority of the other posts you have made.
Just to provide another viewpoint, I think this is one of Laswell's finest moments, period. The sense of stepping inside the universe of Hassan I Sabbah is almost visceral in its intensity and the way Laswell acts as a strange attractor to cultural workers in the musical arena and beyond when he creates a specific project is masterfull in terms of choices and diversity; where else would you hear Hakim Bay (Peter Lamborn Wilson), Iggy Pop, Jah Wobble & Ira Cohen on the same recording I wonder.
I have heard this record being called many things in the years since it came out but "horribly disappointing" was never one of them!
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