Invisible Rhythm

1. Gathering Power

2. Circular Valley

3. Relocations

4. Within Silence

5. Invisible Rhythm

6. Temple Sleep

7. Lament

8. Where Tears Begin

9. Behind the Sky

10. Epiphany

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Altered Beats: Assassin Knowledges Of The Remanipulated

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A rare fusion of Turntablism & Experimental music.....
Visionary
The Fututre of Hip-Hop

Altered Beats: Assassin Knowledges Of The Remanipulated
Bill Laswell , Material , and Invisible Scratch Pickles
Manufacturer: Axiom
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Temporary Power Surge
Reanimation
3D-Cut Transmission
Shin-Ki-Row
Black Hole Universe
If 9 Was 6
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Ancient Style
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A rare fusion of Turntablism & Experimental music............2005-04-22

Bill Laswell is probably one of the most prolific (and accomplished) producer/performers of the last 20 years. His influence and productions have touched upon: World Music, Jazz, Rock, Dub, Experimental, Ambient, Electronica & Fusion. He's probably best known for this music involving Dub music (his true love), but this project is different. What Bill Laswell has done in effect, is assemble a collective of some of Hip-Hop greatest Turntablists, and constructed a project that although heavily indebted to Hip-Hop is a fusionistic sound of sorts. Whereby Hip-Hop production skills & approaches are coupled with Worldbeat sampling, Spoken Word Dialogue and music that touches upon & covers: metal, rock, funk, hip-hop, jazz, and are all seamlessly blended together by a group of turntablists that are arguably amongst the finest artists in their field. "Rob Swift, DJ Krush, Prince Paul, DJ Q-Bert, Invisibl Scratch Piklz (incorrectly & amusingly spelt "Invisible Scratch Pickles" on the back of the CD Case). Although this stunning album features Turntablists, It isn't purely a turntable practitioners album, as various artists from the field of Experimental, Worldbeat (& the axiom Label), all contribute to produce something based around 'Fusion' (albeit one, with a heavy emphasis on scratching & Mixing). But the inclusion of experimental rock/ Avant-garde musicians give the project a completely new slant (Bootsy Collins, Jah Wobble, Liu Sola, New Kingdom, Laswell).

"Reanimation" sees 'Rob Swift' cutting up samples and sounds usually found in World music to stunning effect, with heavy bass sounds twisted and warped to sound like electronically produced worldbeat. "3D - Cut Transmission" finds Jah Wobble on Bass Guitar duties with Percussion & effects courtesy of Bill Laswell & Jerome Brailey, with 'DXT' (who features on several tracks here), handling the subtle turntable trickery sonics. Its a sound not a million miles away from the experimental Dub Albums that both Wobble & Laswell are famous for, and remains a engaging different sound with DXT's deft mixing. "Shin-Ki-Row" introduces japan's favourite turntablist "'DJ Krush' onto the decks, and his slow brooding style of instrumental Trip-Hop is a agreeably welcome change of pace. With Hypnotic grooves and thick, layered breaks, almost ambient in texture, his subtle scratching also manages to push all the right buttons. 'DXT's' similarly styled "Black Hole Universe", although not quite as much a journey into the excursions of hip-hop avant-garde, as DJ Krush's effort, it's still a massively realised track of mid- to slow-tempo grooves and breaks, with varying low bass tones, that prove DXT to be a truly versatile DJ.

"If 9 was 6" finds 'Prince Paul' providing a more uptempo, Hip-Hop instrumental, that any turntable compilation would be more to happy to include, but it's true potential is realised with the next track, which takes his instrumental blueprint and adds 'Bootsy Collins' on Bass & Vocal (with some re-editing from DXT), and suddenly the track evolves into a full blown slightly P-funk derived track (think if..."Funkadelic / Paraliment", did Hip-Hop). "Ancient Style" is a glorious slow-burning, almost soul-inflicted tempo, with Rob deftly shunning thudding beats, in favour of something far more melodic and considered, with vocalist 'Liu Sola' (a Chinese Multicultural vocalist), whose incorporates Chinese opera, free jazz, funk, blues, and even Japanese theatre in her performances....but here she textures the grooves with harmonies and soft melodies, that although not quite Avant-garde, is certainly unlike most tracks on the majority of turntable-inspired records, and yet feels utterly unique & compelling.

"Invasion of the Octopus People" & "One Legged Centipede" are two tracks later on in the album, that are produced and performed by 'Invisibl Skratch Piklz", and their energetic turntable acrobatics, finds a welcome home here, as the fractured and freewheeling music aesthetic that they are renowned for, is fully in evidence here, and the hybrid of furious scratching & a Unified montage of abstract beats and dialogue that is broken down into their simplest elements, and using their highly skilled level of ability...cutting, scratching, and beat juggling everything until it's unrecognisable and sounds as something completely new. And almost as if to show that Hip-Hop isn't all about head-Nodding beats..."Valis'" introduces the intitally unassuming dreamy electronic psychedelia of "Black Wax", with it's ambient tones and downtempo mood, it's more Trip-Hop than it is Hip-Hop, but it's Cerebral, Organic & Ethereal tones, are perfectly in keeping with some of Laswells modern Creative/ Dark Ambient work.

If you can find this Cd (good luck and its long since been deleted), and you have even a remote passing interest in the dynamics of turntable-derived music, this really is required purchasing....because as well as being technically as accomplished, as other leading turntable albums, this has the added benefit of (thanks to Bill Laswell producing the album), pushing the album into new territory, think of this album as a sort of Avant-garde turntablisim record, and your halfway to understanding how utterly essential this record is.

Visionary.......2004-01-23

Probably one of the best albums that Bill Laswell has helmed in recent memory. Chill, jazzy, sophisticated, and sometimes irreverent. And Bootsy Collins guests with his bass on one track. The result: happiness.

The Fututre of Hip-Hop.......1998-05-08

If you had any doubt that turntable-scratching is a musical talent just as much as sax-blowing or fiddle-playing, this album will set you straight. The beats are perfectly synched with the scratching and samples that sometimes fly faster than the ear can hear, sometimes wait and linger. The beats are broken occasionally by vocals, including long samples and call-and-response, that show that this music never lost its brain.

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It swept me away!

Invisible Rhythm
Satori
Manufacturer: Ancient Sun
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ASIN: B00000J5P8
Release Date: 1999-01-01

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Within Silence
Invisible Rhythm
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Where Tears Begin
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Album Description

asm2006 INVISIBLE RHYTHM - Satori

A deep and intimate journey featuring primitive flutes, vintage synthesizers and exotic percussion gently woven together to form an organic ambient tapestry. Within the rich harmonic drones, resonant voices and hyper-environmental trances, Satori explores the modern primitive psyche. This incarnation of the Satori collective: (Crystal Michelle Rayburn and Barry Stramp with contributions from Joel Young and Bill Laswell).

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It swept me away!.......2002-12-01

The first time I heard this album was on a flight to Alaska in deep winter. Each time I hear it, I am transported to the vast ice and snow in the twilight of an arctic day and I can feel the wind against my face and see the brilliance of the Northern Lights. I have shared this album with many of my clients, I am a massage therapist, and would recommend it for anyone who craves a musical experience that is unique and memorable. I own three copies of this album! Enjoy!

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Compared to prior SCORN releases.. this one is B-O-R-I-N-G!!
scorn is beyond the petty concept of individual opinions.
An o.k. later-era album

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Compared to prior SCORN releases.. this one is B-O-R-I-N-G!!.......2005-07-19

I love Scorn, don't get me wrong. The prior albums were great. But I think there's something MISSING. Obviously that which is missing is Nik. When I got this album intially, I listened to it with full attention but found it repetitive (in a bad way) and boring with no depth. I decided later on to give it another try but this time as background music.
Still boring.
And bordering on annoying.
I don't think Mick Harris should be able to ride on his old material and have people release this lazy material. This album reminds me of some vinyl record that an unknown electronic artist put out on his own. Not an established artist such as Harris.

Sorry, Scorn fanatics, sometimes you have a call a spade a spade.

scorn is beyond the petty concept of individual opinions........2000-11-15

the whole concept behind scorn and the entire post-post-post industrial, techno, etc. minimalist dub thing is that the music is totally devoid of "meaning". or, at least the kind of meaning that weighs down such trite fair as "popular" music. that is to say, that the above reviewer is totally missing the point of Scorns work. or maybe we just see it differently. anyway, if someone just wrote a piece of software to crank out scorn-esq. albums every month, I'd buy all of it. actually, I've just totally confused myself. I am however glad that there is one other person on the face of the earth that likes scorn.

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An o.k. later-era album.......1999-10-20

Another Mick Harris solo effort under the Scorn banner, this album doesn't vary much from the style he once chose with "Gyral". Mick is still one of the best drummers ever, but in the late '90s his work missed inspiration and energy. For those who don't own any Scorn album yet, "Zander" is a good first purchase. For the others, especially for those who have already listened to "Evanescence", "White Irises Blind" and "Logghi Barogghi", this album could be a rather one-dimensional affair. Mick's rhythm patterns wear thin after a few listens, and this album lacks the vocals/guitars/melodies of early Scorn releases. However, it's still much more interesting than plenty of music coming from today's drum n'bass/ambient house scene. Other recommendable Harris releases in my opinion are:

Mick Harris & E. Bernocchi ~ "Total station" (4 stars)

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Invisible Rhythm
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Magic!

Invisible Rhythm
Coco's Lunch
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Release Date: 2006-03-28

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Journey
Sing of This Time
Mio Caro
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Mama Mo
Gubaveeny
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Magic!.......2006-07-06

Coco's Lunch is an acclaimed Australian acapella group of five women, who compose and perform songs in a wide variety of styles, gravitating to a "world music" framework. In my opinion "Invisible Rhythm" is their best album; the combination of earthy songwriting with etherial vocal timbres is amazing!
The songs include features such as African-style parallel harmony, soulful improvisation, voice percussion; they switch seamlessly between spacious free-time and powerful rhythmic drive. The music is deep and meditative, but at the same time very catchy.