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:
Rating:	4.5/5 (17 votes) Rate It
Submitted by:	al1
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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

User Reviews:

eliks_postindustry, Sep 05, 2005

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.

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! It's all about hasheesh, amazing.

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