Material - Hallucination Engine - 1994

"Hallucination Engine" es un álbum lanzado en 1994 por la banda neoyorquina-multinacional Material, comandada por el bajista Bill Laswell. En él se mezclan jazz, dub, funk y música india.

BLACK LIGHT

"Cucumber Slumber" es una versión de un tema de Weather Report de 1974, del álbum "Mysterious Traveller."

CUCUMBER SLUMBER (FLUXUS MIX)

MANTRA

Entre los colaboradores estelares, se encuentra William S. Burroughs.El texto que él recita aquí, apareció anteriormente en su álbum de 1993 "Spare Ass Annie and other Tales (The Operator's Manual)."

WORDS OF ADVICE

THE HIDDEN GARDEN/NAIMA

TRACKLISTING
01) "Black Light" (Bill Laswell, Wayne Shorter) – 7:33
02) "Mantra" [Doors of Perception Mix] (Laswell, L. Shankar, Caroline) – 8:44
03) "Ruins" [Submutation Dub] (Laswell) – 8:54
04) "Eternal Drift" (Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis) – 7:35
05) "Words of Advice" (Laswell, William S. Burroughs) – 3:58
06) "Cucumber Slumber" [Fluxus Mix] (Joe Zawinul, Alphonso Johnson) – 7:30
07) "The Hidden Garden" (Laswell, Simon Shaheen, Skopelitis) / "Naima" (John Coltrane) – 13:00
08) "Shadows of Paradise" (Laswell, L. Shankar, Skopelitis) – 9:45


PERSONAL
Material
Bill Laswell – basses, beats, loops, samples, etc.
Additional personnel
Wayne Shorter – soprano and tenor saxophones
William S. Burroughs – voice ("Words of Advice")
Liu Sola – voice ("Eternal Drift")
Simon Shaheen – violin and oud
Nicky Skopelitis – acoustic and electric 6- and 12- string guitars, coral electric sitar, baglama and Fairlight
Bernie Worrell – electric piano, Hammond B-3 organ
Bootsy Collins – space bass
L. Shankar – electric violin
Sly Dunbar – drum kit
Jeff Bova – synthesizers
Jihad Racy – ney
Jonas Hellborg – acoustic bass guitar and fretless electric bass
Zakir Hussain – tabla
Trilok Gurtu – tabla
Vikku Vinayakram – ghatam
Fahim Dandan – voice ("The Hidden Garden")
George Basil – qanoun
Michael Baklouk – daff, tambourine
Aïyb Dieng – chatan, congas, percussion
Producción
Recorded at Greenpoint Studio, B.C. Studio, Platinum Island Studio and Krypton Studio, New York, and Media Arts, Madras, India.
Produced and arranged by Bill Laswell.
Engineers Robert Musso, Oz Fritz and Martin Bisi.
Mixed by Robert Musso at Greenpoint Studio
Cover by James Koehnline.