Bill Laswell - Ambient Compendium 2-cd (1996)

This 2-cd compilation brings you a collection of previously released material by Bill Laswell, most of which were created in collaboration with other people (see track lists). Only track 9 on each cd is a new release. However, quite a few of the re-releases underwent a remix. Dark Massive (cd1) contains minimal ambient soundscapes; Disengage (cd2) is more rhythm-oriented, experimenting with styles such as hip-hop, dub, jungle... Overally this is an interesting album with high quality production.

The compilation comes with "Fractint", the first great fractal program (originally developed in 1988) with which you can create pretty impressive dynamic fractal images. Read more about Fractint here. The program is included in the download, but as it's rather dated by now, you can get better programs here.

Tracks cd 1 "Ambient"
1. Descent (6:04)
2. Maps of Impossible Worlds (5:50) with Buckethead
3. Angel Tech (6:59) with Pete Namlook
4. Aion (6:46) with Jonah Sharp
5. Monochrome Existence (11:02) with Tetsu Inoue
6. Open Url (10:19) with Terre Thaemlitz
7. Distal Sonority (11:17) with M.J. Harris
8. Broken Dream (7:29)

Tracks cd 2 "Ambient Bass and Drums"
1. Tangier Space Craft (7:03) with DXT
2. Black Dawn (7:21) with Pete Namlook
3. Evil Eye (7:47) with Jah Wobble, Jeff Bova
4. Ports of Entry (11:42) with Automaton
5. Ancient Evenings (7:43)
6. Zurvan Akarana (8:55) with Jonah Sharp
7. Asiyah Dub (9:11) with Automaton
8. White Lies (6:20)

Bill_Laswell_Ambient_Compendium_256.part1.rar
Bill_Laswell_Ambient_Compendium_256.part2.rar
Bill_Laswell_Ambient_Compendium_256.part3.rar

posted by Paxjorge @ Wednesday, March 29, 2006