Hallucination Engine
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Hallucination Engine is a 1994 album by the New York based music group Material. The album mixes jazz, dub, funk and Indian music.
"Mantra" was issued as a 12" and CD single in 1993 (Axiom / Island, AXMCD1) featuring a 17-minute "Praying Mantra Mix" by The Orb, the album's "Doors of Perception Mix", and a 5-minute edit.
A Tetsu Inoue mix of "Ruins" was included on the Axiom Ambient: Lost in the Translation album.
"Eternal Drift" was issued as a 12" single in 1994 (Axiom / Island, PR12 6901-1) featuring the album version with re-mixes "Tribal Remix" by Kupper and Hacker, "Construct Over Destiny Mix" by Bill Laswell and "Eternal Thaemlitz Curse Mix" by Terre Thaemlitz. The last two mixes were included on the Axiom Ambient: Lost in the Translation album.
William S. Burroughs reading of "Words of Advice for Young People" had appeared on his 1993 album Spare Ass Annie and other Tales (The Operator's Manual).
"Cucumber Slumber" is a cover of the Weather Report track from the 1974 album Mysterious Traveller.
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Credits
Arranged By – Bill Laswell
Bass – Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Jonas Hellborg
Drums [Kit] – Sly Dunbar
Dulcimer [Qanoun] – George Basil
Electric Piano, Organ [Hammond B-3] – Bernie Worrell
Engineer – Martin Bisi, Oz Fritz, Robert Musso
Featuring [Chatan], Congas, Percussion – Aiyb Dieng
Ghatam – Vikku Vinayakram
Guitar, Sitar, Baglama – Nicky Skopelitis
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
Ney – Jihad Racy*
Oud – Simon Shaheen
Producer – Bill Laswell
Sampler, Programmed By [Beats, Loops] – Bill Laswell
Synthesizer – Jeff Bova, Nicky Skopelitis
Tabla – Trilok Gurtu, Zakir Hussain
Tambourine [Daff], Tambourine – Michael Baklouk
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
Violin – Shankar, Simon Shaheen
Voice – Fahiem Dandan, Liu Sola, William S. Burroughs
Written-By – Bill Laswell (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 8)
Notes
Recorded at Greenpoint Studio, Brooklin; B.C. Studio, Brooklin; Platinum Island, NYC; Krypton Studio, NYC; Media Arts, Madras, India
Mixed at Greenpoint Studio, Brooklin / Mastered at Masterdisk
Cover by James Koehnline
℗ & © 1994 Island Records, Inc.
Made in Japan, contains promotional stamps, obi and inserts
tracks
1 Black Light | Written-By – Wayne Shorter | 7:33
2 Mantra | Written-By – Shankar | 8:44
3 Ruins (Submutation Dub) | 8:54
4 Eternal Drift | Written-By – Nicky Skopelitis | 7:35
5 Words Of Advice | Written-By – William S. Burroughs | 3:58
6 Cucumber Slumber (Fluxus Mix) | Written-By – Alphonso Johnson, Joe Zawinul | 7:30
7 The Hidden Garden / Naima | Written-By – Nicky Skopelitis, Simon Shaheen | 13:00
8 Shadow Of Paradise | Written-By – Nicky Skopelitis, Shankar | 9:45