Bill Laswell - Axiom Ambient - Lost In The Translation FLAC

Bill Laswell Ambient 1994 Europe

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Eternal Drift Featuring [Contributions] – Terre ThaemlitzWritten-By – B. Laswell, N. Skopelitis, T. Thaemlitz*	(15:53)
1-1a	Below The Boundaries Of The Inner Station
1-1b	Eternal Thaemlitz Curse
1-1c	Light Of Darkness
1-1d	Construct Over Destiny
1-1e	Sacred Drift
Peace Written-By – E. Hazel, P. Sanders, S. Sharrock*	(17:11)
1-2a	My Soul To Keep
1-2b	Who Does She Hope To Be?
1-2c	Peace In Essaouria (For Sonny Sharrock And Eddie Hazel)
Aum Featuring [Contributions] – The OrbWritten-By – C. Shankar, Ganam Rao, Jah Wobble, N. Skopelitis, Shankar, V. Lakshminarayana	(17:37)
1-3a	Soul Searcher
1-3b	Praying Mantra (Second Attention)
1-3c	Tarab Scan
1-3d	Ritual In Transfigured Time
Cosmic Trigger Written-By – B. Worrell, B. Laswell, B. Collins, Buckethead, G. Clinton	(16:19)
1-4a	Through The Flames
1-4b	Cosmic Slop
1-4c	Animal Behavior
Dharmapala Written-By – J. Hellborg, M.A. Wahab	(14:35)
2-1a	Along A Ghostly Path
2-1b	Before Dark
2-1c	Knox Om Pax
Flash Of Panic Written-By – B. Laswell, G. Baker, H.A. Attar, N. Skopelitis	(15:17)
2-2a	Pipes Of Pan
2-2b	Up Above The World
2-2c	Under Black Skies
2-2d	Out Of The Ether
Holy Mountain Written-By – B. Laswell, L. Sola	(16:41)
2-3a	Assassin's Dream
2-3b	Blues In The East
2-3c	Alamut Transmission
Ruins Featuring [Contributions] – Tetsu InoueWritten-By – B. Laswell, T. Inoue	(8:00)
2-4	Bubble Wrap Mix

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Island Records Inc.
Copyright (c) – Island Records Inc.
Distributed By – Island Records Inc.
Recorded At – Greenpoint Studios
Mastered At – Greenpoint Studios
Manufactured By – PMDC, USA

Credits

Artwork [Cover Art] – Shinro Ohtake's Floor*
Design – Aldo Sampieri
Engineer – Robert Musso
Engineer [Assistant] – Layng Martine
Liner Notes – Mark Riva, Peter Wetherbee
Other [Axiom] – Peter Wetherbee/Bill Murphy
Other [Material, Inc.] – Tracy McKnight
Other [Subharmonic] – Robert Soares
Performer [Directions In Music - Sound Sculptures], Producer [Realisateur] – Bill Laswell

Notes

Sound sculptures by Bill Laswell with contributions from Terre Thaemlitz, The Orb, Tetsu Inoue.

Created at Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn.
Mastered at Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn.

(P)(C)1994 Island Records, Inc.

Made in the U.S.A.
Printed in the U.S.A.

Seven of the eight tracks actually contain individual movements or sub-tracks.

Issued in a standard double jewel case with grey tray.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 7 314-524053-2 6
Barcode (Scanned): 731452405326
Matrix / Runout (CD1. Variant 1): 314 524 054-2 01!
Matrix / Runout (CD1. Variant 2): 314 524 054-2 01! B
Matrix / Runout (CD2): 314 524 055-2 01%
Matrix / Runout (CD2. Variant 2): 314 524 055-2 01% B
Matrix / Runout (CD1 & CD2. Moulded in Moulding Area): MADE IN USA BY PMDC
Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI L005
Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI L007
Mould SID Code (CD1 (Variant 1)): IFPI 0353
Mould SID Code (CD1 (Variant 2)): IFPI 0333
Mould SID Code (CD1 (Variant 3. With Matrix/Runout Variant 2)): IFPI 0351
Mould SID Code (CD2 (Variant 1)): IFPI 0348
Mould SID Code (CD2 (Variant 2)): IFPI 0343
Mould SID Code (CD2 (Variant 3. With Matrix/Runout Variant 2)): IFPI 0346

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
524 053-1, 12AXM 4	Bill Laswell	Axiom Ambient - Lost In The Translation ‎(LP, Album + 12", Maxi + Ltd, Num)	Axiom, Axiom	524 053-1, 12AXM 4	Europe	1994
none	Bill Laswell	Axiom Ambient - Lost In The Translation ‎(8xFile, ALAC, Album, RE)	Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)	none	US	2016
524 053-1, 12AXM 4	Bill Laswell	Axiom Ambient - Lost In The Translation Promo ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, Promo + 12")	Axiom, Axiom	524 053-1, 12AXM 4	Europe	1994
314-524 053-4, 314-524 054-4, 314-524 055-4	Bill Laswell	Axiom Ambient - Lost In The Translation ‎(2xCass, Album)	Axiom, Axiom, Axiom	314-524 053-4, 314-524 054-4, 314-524 055-4	US	1994
314-524 053-1	Bill Laswell	Axiom Ambient - Lost In The Translation ‎(2x12")	Axiom	314-524 053-1	US	1994

Keath

Consistently amazing.

Lanin

Surprised no comments here. And I don't see it any lists either. Because of those and fairly good ratings I still wouldn't say it's underrated though. But just because of Laswell's busy discography it's hard to pick out the better. Well this is my favorite of the dozen or so Laswell's I have. This is a really well done ambient record. Eternal Drift creates atmosphere beginning the album with a somber a beautiful tribal melody which sound like combinations of wind instruments. The song concludes with bringing it back to original melody that it started with after a trip that even featured some deep acid lines. As you can see from the titles there are segments to each song. This is great from an album perspective. It creates a depth and a must listen through completely. Most of the album is very tribal sounding. Like searching for lost ruins. There is an occasional bassline (granted, it's Laswell) and beat that separates this from similar sounding albums. The album plays a good balance between eerie, haunting and magical all along. With contributions from The Orb (who if you compare the period this was made to the orb's catalog it would be just before their much heralded Orbvs Terrarvm album which it could blend with nicely) and two ambient geniuses in my book, Terre Thaemlitz and Tetsu Innoue who in 1994 were doing some fantastic ambient on Fax and Instinct / Instinct Ambient. The song Peace has a Eno Apollo album feel and guitar to it. Later a horn section that sounds like an interlude from Roxy Music ala the song India. Very mellow and relaxing. Aum gets into a long eastern influenced section and whether that is to your liking or not, Cosmic Trigger gets the album quickly back on track with a most memorable air fx guitar. I remember passing up buying this one time in 1994. Never saw it again until this year I picked up a copy for $7.99. Money well spent and a double album to boot.