Hooked Light Rays

Hooked Light Rays Artist: Somma One
Label: Dunya
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 045775803029
EAN: 0045775803029
ASIN: B00020VZYI


Release Date: 2004-04-20

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Tracks:

  1. Generation Stage Awakening
  2. Water Transformation . Chhu .
  3. Fire Channels. Me
  4. Fluids Emanation . Khu-Wa .
  5. Absorbed Path

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Eccentric Chants.......2005-08-16

Most Laswell fans know him for many things, among these his penchant for inspired, ambient journeys into meta-musical soundscapes. With Hooked Light Rays, Mr. Laswell 'goes Tibetan' in a way most of his fans would not expect. Of course, Laswell's signature etheric touches abound, but this record is all about shattering expectations, transcending aural comfort zones and entering bizarre realms of deep ritual and states of deeper trance.
Low, throaty, droning Tibetan chants dominate the recording. These swell into occasional (and frequent) bursts of ringing bells, horns, and a clamour that is at first jarring, but with patience the listener becomes aware that this is more ritual than music and more esoteric Tibetanism than anything Laswell could hope to create on his own. The album seems to be more about Bill Laswell bringing you to a place in music that one would otherwise never hear: the centre of a most eccentric from of Tibetan 'sound and vision'. Nothing more, nothing less. Hooked Light Rays may not be the most-played disc you'll ever own, but for those who enjoy participating in Bill Laswell's exploration of 'occult' music, HLR an absolute must.

3 out of 5 stars a traditional buddist monk experiance.......2004-06-09

This album is a bit different for that of laswell and bernocchi. The album is very traditional, with heavelly laiden chanting and ambience, after about every 2 min or so they break out into a furious rage of tibetan drums, horns, bells, very kaotic no real beat, lots of loose ripping. All except for fluid emations, which after the riping which only lasts of a few seconds, laswell kicks in the dub bass with very soft sounds and light airy drums, then back to the ripping. It wasnt exactelly what i was expecting but none the less a laswell classic. If youve got all the laswell but this one buy it i did.

Music CD:

  1. 3 (Three) ~ Birkin Tree
  2. Music of Martinique 1929-1950 ~ Various Artists
  3. Spread the Word Vol 1 & 2
  4. Anefas Trankil ~ Akli D
  5. Mundo LA Fora ~ Sonic Junior
  6. Healing Voice International EP
  7. L' Equilibrista ~ Pupo
  8. Serenad/Harp Duos ~ Elinor Bennett, Meinir Heulyn
  9. This Is How I See It ~ Chrissie Feros
  10. Reda Caire 1934-1962 ~ Reda Caire

Music CD

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Music CD

Lil' Somethin' Somethin' ~ Foesum

We Will Become Like Birds ~ Erin McKeown

River Runs Again: Live 2003 ~ Life of Agony

The Get Downs, Vol. 1 ~ Murray Saul

Shaking Off the Weirdness ~ Zen Tricksters

Historical Figures and Ancient Heads ~ Canned Heat & Little Richard

Twist in Der Ddr ~ Various Artists

Electrically Speaking ~ Arthur Lee & Love

Music from the Films of Blake Edwards (Film Composers' Series, Vol. 4) ~ Henry Mancini

Let My People Go-Go