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Ambient Compendium

Bill Laswell

1996 · Electronic

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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Ambient Compendium by Bill Laswell

Ambient Compendium is an Electronic album by Bill Laswell, originally released in 1996. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

  1. Dark Massive (Ambient)
  2. 1-1Descent6:04
  3. 1-2Maps Of Impossible Worlds5:50
  4. 1-3Angel Tech6:59
  5. 1-4Aion6:46
  6. 1-5Monochrome Existence11:02
  7. 1-6Open URL10:19
  8. 1-7Distal Sonority11:17
  9. 1-8Broken Dream7:29
  10. Disengage (Ambient Bass And Drums)
  11. 2-1Tangier Space Craft7:03
  12. 2-2Black Dawn7:21
  13. 2-3Evil Eye7:47
  14. 2-4Ports Of Entry11:42
  15. 2-5Ancient Evenings7:43
  16. 2-6Zurvan Akarana8:55
  17. 2-7Asiyah Dub9:11
  18. 2-8White Lies6:20

Sound DNA

  • Electronic
  • Ambient & Downtempo
  • cavernous
  • meditative
  • spacey

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Created at Greenpoint Studios, Brooklyn, New York. Tracks 1-8 and 2-8 are previously unreleased.
Both CDs have the FractInt program on them as the first (data) track, so the audio track indices begin at 2. More information about FractInt can be found on Wikipedia.
C&P 1996 Esperanto
Released in 2CD jewel case with a black tray (mid-swivel axis) and 4-page booklet.

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Rare pressing on Gatefold · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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