Ambient Compendium

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Ambient Compendium
Bill Laswell - Ambient Compendium.jpg
Compilation album by Bill Laswell
Released August 27, 1996 (1996-08-27)
Recorded 1993 (1993) - 1996 (1996) at Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Genre Ambient
Length 131:56
Label M.I.L. Multimedia
Producer Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell chronology
Chapter One: Book of Entrance
(1996)Chapter One: Book of Entrance1996
Ambient Compendium
(1996)
Oscillations
(1996)Oscillations1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]

Ambient Compendium is a compilation album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on August 27, 1996 by M.I.L. Multimedia.

Track listing

Disc one (Dark Massive)
No. Title Writer(s) Artist (date) Length
1. "Descent" (from Akasha) Laswell Divination (1995) 6:04
2. "Maps of Impossible Worlds" (from Dreamatorium) Buckethead, Laswell Death Cube K (1994) 5:50
3. "Angel Tech" (from Psychonavigation) Laswell, Namlook Bill Laswell & Pete Namlook (1994) 7:00
4. "Aion" (from Visitation) Laswell, Sharp Jonah Sharp/Bill Laswell (1994) 6:46
5. "Monochrome Existence (Part 6)" (from Cymatic Scan) Inoue, Laswell Bill Laswell/Tetsu Inoue (1994) 11:02
6. "Open Url" (from Web) Laswell, Thaemlitz Bill Laswell & Terre Thaemlitz (1995) 10:19
7. "Distal Sonority" (from Somnific Flux) Harris, Laswell M.J. Harris & Bill Laswell (1995) 11:18
8. "Broken Dream" (previously unreleased) Laswell Bill Laswell (1996) 7:29
Disc two (Disengage)
No. Title Writer(s) Original artist (date) Length
1. "Tangier Space Draft" (from Akasha) Laswell Divination (1995) 7:04
2. "Black Dawn" (from Psychonavigation) Laswell, Namlook Bill Laswell & Pete Namlook (1994) 7:20
3. "Evil Eye" (from Ambient Dub Vol. II) Laswell Divination (1993) 7:49
4. "Port of Entry (The Future Is With Control)" (from Jihad) Laswell Automaton (1994) 11:40
5. "Ancient Evenings" (from Light in Extension) Laswell Divination (1994) 7:44
6. "Zurvan Akarana" (from Visitation) Laswell, Sharp Jonah Sharp/Bill Laswell (1994) 8:56
7. "Asiyah Dub (Blinding the Starry Eyes of God)" (from Dub Terror Exhaust) Katz, Laswell Automaton (1994) 9:10
8. "White Lies" (previously unreleased) Laswell Bill Laswell (1996) 6:25

Personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1996 M.I.L. Multimedia CD ESP 8508

References

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