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LASWELL, BILL - Hashisheen - the End of Law

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Sub Rosa SR154 Release Year: 1999 Note: a kind of experimental earplay with texts about & from HASAN-I SABBAH, the "old man from the mountain", leader of the Assassins in the 11th century - with voices & music by JANET RIENSTRA, WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, IGGY POP, HAKIM BEY, GENESIS P.ORRIDGE, IRA COHEN, ANNE CLARK, TECHNO ANIMAL, PAUL SCHÜTZE, EYELESS IN GAZA, HELIOS CREED, etc... great & inspiring work, back in stock ! Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info Eine sehr spezielle und schöne Veröffentlichung auf dem Brüsseler Label: Texte von & über HASAN-I SABBAH, den „Old Man of The Mountain“, eine mystische Figur der Assassinen aus dem 11. Jahrhundert, einer der berühmtesten Kiffer & frühen anarchistischen Freigeister. Hier mischen sich Fakten, literatische Mythen und lyrische Visionen mit adäquater Musikuntermalung, ein beeindruckendes Projekt mit Beteiligung von GENESIS P ORRIDGE, IGGY POP (!), BILL LASWELL, TECHNO ANIMAL, HAKIM BEY (!), JACKIE LIEBEZEIT, PATTI SMITH (!), PAUL SCHUETZE, HELIOS CREED, EYELESS IN GAZA, ANNE CLARK, und vielen anderen mehr.. alle texte sind im Booklet abgedruckt. "A long distance running project of Bill Laswell - after two years of work and strong collaborations with artists such as WS Burroughs, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Anne Clark, Jah Wobble, Paul Schutze, Techno Animal, Genesis P-Orridge...., Sub Rosa are proud to present you with the seminal Hashisheen." [label info] "The work of William S. Burroughs and collaborator Brian Gysin is the main inspiration and key to the initiation of The Hashisheen project...their cut-up experiments changed the course of modern fiction and had a profound effect on film and contemporary collage music. Through immense exposure to their innovative experimentation I developed a strong interest in North Africa, Arab culture, Islam, the Tangier scene, the Master Musicians of Jajouka, Paul Bowles, Ritual Magick, drugs and travel (physical and otherwise) and discovered their obsession with the wild heretical actions of the Persian-Hassan-I-Sabbah, who claimed to be the incarnation of God on earth - Hassan, son of Sabbah, Sheikh of the mountains and leader of the Assassins. Hashisheen - The End of Law, like the spells cast by Burroughs/Gysin, is a collaborative effort... Research and transformations by Peter Lamborn Wilson, spoken word produced by Janet Rienstra, with soundtrack contributions from - Paul Schutze, Techno Animal, Jah Wobble, Sussan Deyhim, Nicky Skopelitis and others. How Hassan-i-Sabbah came by his uncanny power and how his devotees struck terror into the hearts of men from the Caspian to Egypt, is one of the most extraordinary of all tales of secret societies. Today the sect of the Hashisheen still exists in the form of the Ismailis, whose undisputed chief endowed by them with divine attributes, is the Aga Khan." [Mektoub - Bill Laswell]