Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-74

Artist: Miles Davis , and Bill Laswell
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: LP Record
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 074646790915
EAN: 0074646790915
ASIN: B00000I658

Release Date: 1998-12-08

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Tracks:

In a Silent Way/Shhh/Peaceful/It's About Time
Black Satin/What If/ Agharta Preude Dub
Rated X/Billy Preston
He Loved Him Madly

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Customer Reviews:

I think somethings missing.......2007-03-09

Well I dont know, this album was just not doing it for me. The complete absence of music was maybe it....maybe. It was like background music, and Miles forgot to play his trumpet over it. Theres not much on here except airy and repititous nothingness. Sorry guys.

Mr. no original talent does it again.......2007-01-15

Do yourself a favor and get the real thing! A real travesty!

Nothing New In The Mix.......2006-07-17

It was a novel idea to take the choice original tracks from the electric phase of Miles Davis and put a new spin on the music with the emerging studio technology. The problem is the "new" cuts do nothing to enhance the legacy left by Davis as a pioneer in the creation of fusion.

Davis was not a musician to look back on what he played in the studio or on stage. There is no doubt that Bill Laswell was heavily influenced by the Davis of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

And this is where there is a great divide...Panthalassa is nothing more than a mix-tape that says more about Laswell than the musical context in which the pieces were originally produced. Essentially, there could have been numerous artists given the opportunity to put their signature on the music and there still would be the dilemma of diminishing the vision of Miles.

I strongly urge those interested in this rich period of Davis's creativity to purchase the studio and live material produced at that time before delving into Panthalassa.

Deep and intriguing.................................2006-02-11

If you appreciate Miles' electric period stuff, than you will really love this re-translation, Combining works from "In a Silent Way", "On the corner", "Agharta" and "Get up with it" and re-remixing them into a cohesive whole may sound a bit Haphazard but it works so well. Embracing all of Miles eclectical forms, Laswell really let's Miles and his band shine and he brings empasis and structure to "He loved him Madly", from "Get up with it" , that captures Miles in a seriously beautiful melancholy that is evident from his lyrical, colorful playing and the ominous dissonance that pervades the track. This cd hasn't left my rotation for 10 years and I never stop turning people on to it. You will miss out if you don't check it out! One of my absolute best cd's.

Fantastic reworking but still faithful to the originals.......2005-05-03

This is exactly what a "remix & reconstruction" should be. Bill Laswell has made a lot of great music that's heavily indebted to Miles' electric period (check out Material's "Memory Serves"), so it's only natural that the musician/producer/mixer should take on a project like this. Basically what Laswell did here was take pieces of 'In A Silent Way', and some funky stuff from 'On The Corner' and 'Get Up With It', improve the sound a bit, edit some songs into each other, and play around with the mixes. The reason it works is because it but sounds modern and cutting edge while still remaining respectful to the original recordings. And the best part is that the end result makes a great introduction to Miles Davis' underrated electric period from 1969-1975. Now check out the original albums...

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