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Ambient Compendium

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Ambient Compendium
Compilation album by
ReleasedAugust 27, 1996 (1996-08-27)
Recorded1993 (1993)–1996 (1996)
StudioGreenpoint, Brooklyn
GenreAmbient
Length131:56
LabelM.I.L. Multimedia
ProducerBill Laswell
Bill Laswell chronology
Chapter One: Book of Entrance
(1996)
Ambient Compendium
(1996)
Oscillations
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Ambient Compendium is a compilation album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on August 27, 1996, by M.I.L. Multimedia.

Track listing

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Disc one (Dark Massive)
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist (date)Length
1."Descent" (from Akasha)LaswellDivination (1995)6:04
2."Maps of Impossible Worlds" (from Dreamatorium)Buckethead, LaswellDeath Cube K (1994)5:50
3."Angel Tech" (from Psychonavigation)Laswell, NamlookBill Laswell & Pete Namlook (1994)7:00
4."Aion" (from Visitation)Laswell, SharpJonah Sharp/Bill Laswell (1994)6:46
5."Monochrome Existence (Part 6)" (from Cymatic Scan)Inoue, LaswellBill Laswell/Tetsu Inoue (1994)11:02
6."Open Url" (from Web)Laswell, ThaemlitzBill Laswell & Terre Thaemlitz (1995)10:19
7."Distal Sonority" (from Somnific Flux)Harris, LaswellM.J. Harris & Bill Laswell (1995)11:18
8."Broken Dream" (previously unreleased)LaswellBill Laswell (1996)7:29
Disc two (Disengage)
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artist (date)Length
1."Tangier Space Draft" (from Akasha)LaswellDivination (1995)7:04
2."Black Dawn" (from Psychonavigation)Laswell, NamlookBill Laswell & Pete Namlook (1994)7:20
3."Evil Eye" (from Ambient Dub Vol. II)LaswellDivination (1993)7:49
4."Port of Entry (The Future Is With Control)" (from Jihad)LaswellAutomaton (1994)11:40
5."Ancient Evenings" (from Light in Extension)LaswellDivination (1994)7:44
6."Zurvan Akarana" (from Visitation)Laswell, SharpJonah Sharp/Bill Laswell (1994)8:56
7."Asiyah Dub (Blinding the Starry Eyes of God)" (from Dub Terror Exhaust)Katz, LaswellAutomaton (1994)9:10
8."White Lies" (previously unreleased)LaswellBill Laswell (1996)6:25

Personnel

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Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1996 M.I.L. Multimedia CD ESP 8508

References

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  1. ^ "Ambient Compendium". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
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