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Bill Laswell|Outland

Outland

Bill Laswell & Pete Namlook

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The first of several collaborations between these two, Outland consists of a single piece a bit over an hour long, though the disc is arbitrarily divided into five-minute segments. It's essentially a drone that varies slightly in character from the initial sample of Mongolian throat singing to electronic hums and throbs. Not a whole lot happens to differentiate this from your standard new age-y bliss-out, after-the-rave relaxation music. Small, repeated rhythms burble to the surface on occasion, but to no great effect. If nothing else, one might have expected sort of Laswell-ian malevolence to taint the sounds in an interesting manner, but the entire affair remains disappointingly bland. Still, this subgenre of music has a following and Outland isn't appreciably worse than much of its competition (probably better, in fact), so if lightweight, spaced-out drone music is your thing, dig in.

© Brian Olewnick /TiVo

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1
From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 1 (Outland One)
00:04:59

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

2
From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 2 (Outland One)
00:04:59

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

3
From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 3 (Outland One)
00:05:02

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

4
From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 4 (Outland One)
00:04:57

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

5
From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 5 (Outland One)
00:04:59

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

6
From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 6 (Outland One)
00:05:00

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

7
From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 7 (Outland One)
00:05:00

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

8
From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 8 (Outland One)
00:04:59

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

9
From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 9 (Outland One)
00:05:00

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

10
From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 10 (Outland One)
00:04:59

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

11
From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 11 (Outland One)
00:05:00

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

12
From The Earth To The Ceiling - Part 12 (Outland One)
00:07:02

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

DISC 2

1
African Virus - Electronic Sonata With A Cold Loved By Nature - Part 1 (Outland Two)
00:09:30

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

2
African Virus - Electronic Sonata With A Cold Loved By Nature- Part 2 (Outland Two)
00:09:28

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

3
African Virus - Electronic Sonata With A Cold Loved By Nature - Part 3 (Outland Two)
00:18:09

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

4
African Virus - Electronic Sonata With A Cold Loved By Nature - Part 4 (Outland Two)
00:05:48

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

5
African Virus - Electronic Sonata With A Cold Loved By Nature - Part 5 (Outland Two)
00:06:08

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

6
African Virus - Electronic Sonata With A Cold Loved By Nature - Part 6 (Outland Two)
00:10:15

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

DISC 3

1
Definition Of Life (Outland Three)
00:14:13

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

2
The Question Of Containment (Outland Three)
00:20:44

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

3
Keeper Of The Purple Twilight (Outland Three)
00:11:47

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

4
DTSC (Outland Three)
00:07:47

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

DISC 4

1
The Old World (Outland Four)
00:05:09

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

2
East Meets West (Outland Four)
00:02:57

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

3
Our Small Blue World (Outland Four)
00:04:52

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

4
Bella Prime (Outland Four)
00:04:55

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

5
Physical Transformation (Outland Four)
00:04:40

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

6
African Dub (Outland Four)
00:09:14

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

7
East Leaves West (Outland Four)
00:06:26

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

8
DSPill (Outland Four)
00:12:06

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

DISC 5

1
Outland Exploration (Outland Five)
00:10:44

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

2
An Intelligent Force (Outland Five)
00:06:34

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

3
Object Approaching (Outland Five)
00:08:51

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

4
N-Dimensional (Outland Five)
00:17:44

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

5
The Origin (Outland Five)
00:13:35

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

DISC 6

1
Black Land (Outland Six)
00:40:00

Bill Laswell, Composer, MainArtist - Pete Namlook, Composer, MainArtist

(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

Album review

The first of several collaborations between these two, Outland consists of a single piece a bit over an hour long, though the disc is arbitrarily divided into five-minute segments. It's essentially a drone that varies slightly in character from the initial sample of Mongolian throat singing to electronic hums and throbs. Not a whole lot happens to differentiate this from your standard new age-y bliss-out, after-the-rave relaxation music. Small, repeated rhythms burble to the surface on occasion, but to no great effect. If nothing else, one might have expected sort of Laswell-ian malevolence to taint the sounds in an interesting manner, but the entire affair remains disappointingly bland. Still, this subgenre of music has a following and Outland isn't appreciably worse than much of its competition (probably better, in fact), so if lightweight, spaced-out drone music is your thing, dig in.

© Brian Olewnick /TiVo

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(C) 2023 Cold Spring (P) 2023 Cold Spring

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