- Pattabhi Jois
- Bliss: The Eternal Now
- Searching for You
- The Hidden Garden/Naima
- Time
- Peace in Essaouira [For Sonny Sharrock]
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Jeff Bova Synthesizer
Aiyb Dieng Congas,Ghatam,Percussion
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Voices
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Chant
Toshinori Kondo Trumpet,Electronics
Alice Coltrane Harp,Piano
Sussan Deyhim Vocals
Bernie Worrell Organ,Piano (Electric)
Bootsy Collins Bass
Kudsi Erguner Ney
Carlos Santana Guitar
Jonas Hellborg Bass
Pharoah Sanders Sax (Tenor)
Nicky Skopelitis Sitar,Guitar,Baglama,Percussion
Nils Petter Molvaer Trumpet
Simon Shaheen Oud,Violin
Zakir Hussain Tabla
Michael Webster Treatments,Design Assistant
John Baldessari Cover Photo
Bella Rienstra Assistant
Dom Corigliano Engineer
Linda Hall Design Assistant
Toshinori Kondo Interviewer
Alice Coltrane Composer,String Arrangements
Bill Laswell Composer,Reconstruction,Additional Music,Additional Production
Kurt Renker Producer
Walter Quintus Engineer
Robert Musso Engineer
James Dellatacoma Second Engineer


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Overview
Aspiration is one of the mostly aptly titled recordings in Bill Laswell's vast catalog. While he is the constant in each of these six tracks as producer, player, and often remixer, the concept as articulated in the press release states that: "Each artist (here) has created a track that was inspired by another artist or higher concept that they aspire to." "Aspiration" is a key word; in these proceedings it is very different from "attainment." The set begins with Laswell's bass, Nils Petter Molvaer's trumpet, and Zakir Hussein's tablas creating a seamless, amorphous, yet rhythmically and melodically beautiful meditation. Molvaer and Hussein give the impression of Miles Davis and Badal Roy playing together with a much more static bassline. Only at track's end does the sampled chant from Sri K. Pattabhi Jois appear. This is followed by one of Laswell's "reconstructions" featuring a recording from Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana that feels like a leftover track from the producer's Divine Light: Reconstruction & Mix recording. Likewise, His Holiness The Dalai Lama XIV's praying is sampled for "Time" (bizarrely called an "interview" by Toshinori Kondo in the sleeve notes) with Kondo and Laswell adding electronics, trumpet, and a dubwise bassline layered over everything. "Searching for You," one of the more successful moments here, adds Sussan Deyhim's iconic multi-tracked vocals and Laswell's bass to Mark Nauseef's meditation bells and Kudsi Erguner's ney. It feels perfectly alien and strange, aspiring to something outside of this earthly realm. "The Hidden Garden/Naima," with Simon Shaheen, Nicky Skopelitis, Aiyb Deng, and three basses played by Laswell, Jonas Helborg, and Bootsy Collins, with keyboards by Bernie Worrell and synths by Jeff Bova, may aspire to pay tribute to John Coltrane, but sounds like little more than an amorphous mess. Things end beautifully, however, with Pharoah Sanders playing his tenor largely unaided on "Peace in Essaouria" for five of the cut's seven minutes; the last two minutes offer only some echo bells and percussive textures by Skopelitis and Laswell. The bottom line is simple, while this recording may "aspire" to pay tribute to artists and ideas, at least half of this sounds like a muddle of old tracks remixed with only a couple of exceptions. ~ Thom Jurek
Product Details
Release Date: | 03/15/2011 |
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Label: | METASTATION |
UPC: | 0616892135661 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Bill Laswell Primary Artist,Bass,PercussionJeff Bova Synthesizer
Aiyb Dieng Congas,Ghatam,Percussion
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Voices
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Chant
Toshinori Kondo Trumpet,Electronics
Alice Coltrane Harp,Piano
Sussan Deyhim Vocals
Bernie Worrell Organ,Piano (Electric)
Bootsy Collins Bass
Kudsi Erguner Ney
Carlos Santana Guitar
Jonas Hellborg Bass
Pharoah Sanders Sax (Tenor)
Nicky Skopelitis Sitar,Guitar,Baglama,Percussion
Nils Petter Molvaer Trumpet
Simon Shaheen Oud,Violin
Zakir Hussain Tabla
Technical Credits
Russell Mills Design,Artwork,Paintings,TreatmentsMichael Webster Treatments,Design Assistant
John Baldessari Cover Photo
Bella Rienstra Assistant
Dom Corigliano Engineer
Linda Hall Design Assistant
Toshinori Kondo Interviewer
Alice Coltrane Composer,String Arrangements
Bill Laswell Composer,Reconstruction,Additional Music,Additional Production
Kurt Renker Producer
Walter Quintus Engineer
Robert Musso Engineer
James Dellatacoma Second Engineer
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