Bill Laswell - Hashisheen : The End Of Law

Label: Sub Rosa
Catalog#: SR 154 CD
Format: CD
Country:Belgium
Released:1999
Genre: Electronic, Non-Music
Style: Abstract, Spoken Word, Ambient
Credits: Compiled By, Arranged By - Bill Laswell
Engineer - Hugo Scholten
Engineer, Mixed By - Mark Ferda
Producer [Spoken Words], Arranged By [Spoken Words] - Janet Rienstra
Producer, Engineer - Peter Becker
Notes:
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Tracklisting:

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
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User Reviews:
eliks_postindustry, Sep 05, 2005

One of the most original and therefore well-recognised work among Laswells 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 Laswells 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.

Once I have been listening to this album while browsing through my colleagues pictures, and once for a good couple of seconds the lines of the story corresponded to what have I been seeming on the pictures! Its all about hasheesh, amazing.

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