HOLIDAYS ON THE FUN SIDE
Cypher 7: Security.
Jeff Bova and Alex Haas again create dreamscapes and nightmares. Intensely textured
inner visions clash with rhythm, not reality. With Bill Laswell and Jaron Lanier.
On Subharmonic.
Bill Laswell and Terre
Thaemlitz: Web. The infinite deep is punctured by hellish visits from the
other side. Titles include "Open URL" and "Transfer Complete." On Subharmonic.
Valis I: Destruction of
Syntax. Hip-hop ambient dub, from the constant redefinition of music as
conscience. Tracks by Automaton, DXT, Spectre, Corporal Blossom, DJ Spooky and
more. On Subharmonic.
Divination: Akasha.
"Ambient"on one disc, "Rhythm" on one disc, light and darkness. With Haruomi
Hosono, M.J. Harris, Anton Fier and DXT. On Subharmonic.
M.J.Harris and Bill
Laswell: Somnific Flux. Dark journeys in beatless space, a
quiet nightmare of eerie silences. On Subharmonic.
Divination Ambient
Dub Vol. 2: Dead Slow. An excursion into ambient music and dub with Bill
Laswell, Jah Wobble, Mick Harris, and Jeff Bova. Bass engine music for opiate
dreams.
Chaos Face: Doom Ride.
A never-ending sonic nightmare possessed with harsh and brutal rhythms.
Some of the most frightening sounds ever on disc (including Peter Wetherbee's
steam radiator) appear here.
Bill Laswell and Jonah
Sharp: Visitation. A sonic transmission of ambient dreamspace, this takes
the infinite journey through endless time.
Cypher 7: Decoder.
Trance-like musical cycles that envelop the listener until all sense of time
vanishes. Dreamy, yet engaging. With Jeff Bova and Alex Haas.
Automaton Jihad:
Points of Order. Middle Eastern dub assassins and mystical anarchists
drifting into the black. Visions of terror mix with beats, violin, guitar, bass.
With Nicky Skopelitis, Liu Haydn, Tetsu Inoue, Bill Laswell and Robert Musso.
Death Cube K:
Dreamatorium. Grinding guitar and bass, music for the mortuary. With
Buckethead and Bill Laswell.