Dark Massive / Disengage: Ambient Compendium

Bill Laswell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 27, 1996)
• Original Release Date: September 26, 1996
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: M.I.L. Multimedia
• ASIN: B000005X6Q
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,863 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Descent

2. Maps of Impossible Worlds

3. Angel Tech

4. Aion

5. Monochrome Existence

6. Open Url

7. Distal Sonority

8. Broken Dream

Disc: 2

1. Tangier Space Draft

2. Black Dawn

3. Evil Eye

4. Ports of Entry

5. Ancient Evenings

6. Zurvan Akarana

7. Asiyah Dub

8. White Lies

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's dark, it's massive..., June 27, 2000

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Kevin (Victoria, BC Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Massive / Disengage: Ambient Compendium (Audio CD)

Like the title says. This album does a wonderful job of conveying these vibes. Dark and massive. The massive part is especially profound in a few tracks, when listening to this album, I've had moments where I felt like I was floating in the sea, with waves crashing overhead at the surface, and massive blue whales swimming beneath me. It was pretty cool. Bill Laswell rules!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots 2 like!, August 18, 2004

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Rinchen Choesang "Empty Seeker" (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Massive / Disengage: Ambient Compendium (Audio CD)

Each of the 16 tracks on this album has something diferent to offer. The Terre Thaemlitz track, as expected, vibrates the house with its deep bass rumbles. The Tetsu Inoue and MJ Harris collaborations and the two Laswell solo's are my other highlights of a satisfying 'Ambient' entree.

Enter the 'Ambient, Bass and Drums' disc. The two Laswell solos are again highlights, along with the Jah Wobble and Jeff Bova, Automaton and Jonah Sharp collaborations. This second CD is great chillout music, good for sitting in the sun and drinking something cool - the sky seems bluer, the trees seem greener, the birdsong sweeter!

Good album, good value.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Moment in Time, December 1, 2008

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Bicycle Day - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Massive / Disengage: Ambient Compendium (Audio CD)

With 16 tracks spread evenly over two disks, this release was once a fascinating overview of his early-1990's work, but is now a means to hear a number of selections that are very difficult or impossible to find due to albums no longer being manufactured.

There is a flow to the presentation, which focuses on a much more introspective, brooding canvas of soundscapes. This is one area in a multi-dimensional career of a true artist, but an excellent way to appreciate an ambience developed over a specific moment in time.