Hallucination Engine

Hallucination Engine
Hallucination Engine
Studio album by Material
Released	1994
Studio	Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, Platinum Island, BC Studio/Gowanus, Brooklyn, Krypton Studio, NY, Media Arts, Madras, India
Genre	Jazz, dub, Indian
Label	Axiom/Island/PolyGram Records; 518 351
Producer	Bill Laswell
Material chronology

Hallucination Engine is a 1994 album by the New York based music group Material. The album mixes jazz, dub, funk and Indian music.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	6/10^[2]

"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.

Track listing

"Black Light" (Bill Laswell, Wayne Shorter) – 7:33
"Mantra" [Doors of Perception Mix] (Laswell, L. Shankar, Caroline) – 8:44
"Ruins" [Submutation Dub] (Laswell) – 8:54
"Eternal Drift" (Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis) – 7:35
"Words of Advice" (Laswell, William S. Burroughs) – 3:58
"Cucumber Slumber" [Fluxus Mix] (Joe Zawinul, Alphonso Johnson) – 7:30
"The Hidden Garden" (Laswell, Simon Shaheen, Skopelitis) / "Naima" (John Coltrane) – 13:00
"Shadows of Paradise" (Laswell, L. Shankar, Skopelitis) – 9:45

Personnel

Material

Bill Laswell – basses, beats, loops, samples, etc.

Additional personnel

Wayne Shorter – soprano and tenor saxophones
William S. Burroughs – voice ("Words of Advice")
Liu Sola – voice ("Eternal Drift")
Simon Shaheen – violin and oud
Nicky Skopelitis – acoustic and electric 6- and 12- string guitars, coral electric sitar, baglama and Fairlight CMI
Bernie Worrell – electric piano, Hammond B-3 organ
Bootsy Collins – space bass
L. Shankar – electric violin
Sly Dunbar – drum kit
Jeff Bova – synthesizers
Jihad Racy – ney
Jonas Hellborg – acoustic bass guitar and fretless electric bass
Zakir Hussain – tabla
Trilok Gurtu – tabla
Vikku Vinayakram – ghatam
Fahim Dandan – voice ("The Hidden Garden")
George Basil – qanoun
Michael Baklouk – daff, tambourine
Aïyb Dieng – chatan, congas, percussion
[SA]-Hallucination

Production

Recorded at Greenpoint Studio, BC Studio/Gowanus, Platinum Island Studio and Krypton Studio (New York) and Media Arts (Madras, India)
Produced and arranged by Bill Laswell.
Engineers Robert Musso, Oz Fritz and Martin Bisi
Mixed by Robert Musso at Greenpoint Studio
Cover by James Koehnline

Release history

1994 – Axiom/Island/PolyGram 518 351
1994 – Axiom/BMG, 74321-18190

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Hunter, James (1995). "Material". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 242–243. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.

External links

Hallucination Engine at Discogs (list of releases)
Hallucination Engine at Bandcamp

[AM-1] Allmusic review

[2] Hunter, James (1995). "Material". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 242–243. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.

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