Aspiration (album)
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ReleasedMarch 15, 2011
RecordedGreenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Orange Music, West Orange, NJ
The House of the Caid Khoubane, District Chbanat, Morocco
Orange Music, West Orange, NJ
The House of the Caid Khoubane, District Chbanat, Morocco
Length48:05
| Aspiration | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | March 15, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, NY Orange Music, West Orange, NJ The House of the Caid Khoubane, District Chbanat, Morocco | |||
| Genre | Ambient | |||
| Length | 48:05 | |||
| Label | Metastation | |||
| Producer | Bill Laswell | |||
| Bill Laswell chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
Aspiration is a compilation album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on March 15, 2011, by Metastation.[2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pattabhi Jois" | Bill Laswell | 12:27 |
| 2. | "Bliss: The Eternal Now" | Alice Coltrane | 7:47 |
| 3. | "Searching for You" | Sussan Deyhim, Kudsi Erguner, Bill Laswell, Mark Nauseef | 7:03 |
| 4. | "The Hidden Garden/Naima" | John Coltrane, Bill Laswell, Simon Shaheen, Nicky Skopelitis | 5:26 |
| 5. | "Time" | Bill Laswell | 8:01 |
| 6. | "Peace in Essaouira" (for Sonny Sharrock) | Pharoah Sanders | 7:21 |
Personnel
Adapted from the Aspiration liner notes.[3]
- Musicians
- Jeff Bova – synthesizer (4)
- Bootsy Collins – bass guitar (4)
- Alice Coltrane – piano and harp (2), musical arrangements (2)
- Sussan Deyhim – vocals (3), musical arrangements (3)
- Aïyb Dieng – Ghatam, congas and percussion (4)
- Kudsi Erguner – ney (3)
- Jonas Hellborg – bass guitar (4)
- The Dalai Lama – voice (5)
- Zakir Hussain – tabla (1)
- K. Pattabhi Jois – chant (1)
- Toshinori Kondo – trumpet and electronics (5)
- Bill Laswell – bass guitar (1, 3, 4, 5), percussion (6), remix (2), producer
- Nils Petter Molvær – trumpet (1)
- Mark Nauseef – meditation bells (3)
- Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone (6)
- Carlos Santana – guitar (2)
- Simon Shaheen – oud and violin (4)
- Nicky Skopelitis – guitar, sitar and baglama (4), percussion (6)
- Bernie Worrell – electric piano and organ (4)
- Technical personnel
- James Dellatacoma – assistant engineering
- Michael Fossenkemper – mastering
- Russell Mills – cover art
- Robert Musso – engineering