Filmtracks 2000

1. Oman

2. Turf War

3. Oum el Bouaghi

4. Haji Baig

5. Into the Void

6. Comoro 1

7. Siren Song

8. Soldiers of Misfortune

9. Deadly Haven

10. Portals

11. Jammu

12. Abu Sayyam

13. Taliban

14. Comoro 2

15. Odyssey

16. El-Oued

Tracks:

Oman
Turf War
Oum El Bouaghi
O Haji Baig
Into The Void
Comoro 1
Siren Song
Soldiers Of Misfortune
Deadly Haven
Portals
Jammu
Abu Sayyam
Dark Wave
Comoro 2
Odyssey
El-Oued

Customer Reviews:

filming the tracks of our life.......2006-02-21

this is a great compilation of material edited from various projects
permutation is the core release of the filmtracksmusic which was released on tzadik. encoded is oman, Oum El Bouaghi is acid test, scatter is into the void, perimiter is El-Oued, turf war from ginger baker's middle passage is south to the dust, Soldiers Of Misfortune is time be time, jammu is under black skies, comora is Chacon And Daniel from imaginary cuba, siren song is the first song from operazone, deadly heaven is black ice from lo. def pressure, the taliban is from invisible degign, odyssey ive never heard before. but all in all this is a great record, melding all these styles together, the varieties mesh extremelly well with each other making it a whole new laswell album. im not sure why so manny people have a hard time with this, laswell does this all the time but most of you dont realize where it originally comes from. laswell is the greatest in making us appriciate the small suddlties you can do to a track, most of the tracks on the original albums are verry long, take black ice, 23:00min long song broken down to 4:47 min long, you couldnt fit all these tracks unedited together, so i listen to it quite often specially when i have people over that want variety with out repotition. also if your not into lots of ambience that laswell usually fills his songs with for minutes ata a time, their isnt really any of that going on, the longest song is 9:09 min. enjoy

Bill's Best.......2003-07-31

Lemme tell ya...I've heard many many Bill Laswell CDs...
and ya know? In my humble opinion, this is his best.
Why? First of all, NO VOCALS! Hallelujah! That alone
is a real treat. Also, it's an excellent mix of different
styles that don't clash, but merge well together, like a collage.
Plus, this CD respects your sub-woofer: lots of nice deep bass.
Unlike other excellent Laswell CDs that have "challenging"
tracks that are difficult to love, this CD is 100% lovable.
Therefore, I consider it Bill's best.

...for an imaginary film.......2003-03-09

Despite the plethora of compilations and/or albums that are characterised by the Asian Undergorund sounds this one does stand out.
Bill Laswell knows his way around the paths of ethnic elements and western sounds and proves it emphatically in this, a collection of his works titled "Filmtracks 2000".
Collaborating with a variety of names from the international scene as well as the electronic scene, Laswel delivers a very tasty result. At times intimidating, at times downright gorgeous the music is simply music to dream by, contemplate and wander off in very special mind trips.
Asian and African sounds mixed beautifully with either jazz or dub elements and then some (deep sensoous beats) gives an overall result that keeps the balances and doesnt lose the mysticism of the ethnic components of the music.
The overall mood seems to be shifting a lot, ranging from dark to dreamy and alteranting to mysterious soundscapes that will satisfy the most demanding of listeners.
Essential for those with a trained ear in electronic experimentations.

Scraps from the Cutting Room floor.......2002-08-16

Laswell enthusiasts who - like me - own his 1998 album 'Permutation' and/or the Laswell-produced Ginger Baker album 'Middle Passage' will be disappointed to discover that 'Filmtracks 2000' consists largely of edits of tracks from these earlier works. (This is particularly irritating in view of the fact that 'Permutation' is itself a recycling of tracks from Laswell's 'Broken Vessels' filmtrack.) In some cases these edits are alternative - and not especially revealing - mixes. In other cases the editing simply consists of fading out the track half way through. That's not to say that this album has nothing going for it. If you're a newcomer to Laswell it's a good introduction to one of his favourite styles: dub bass plus middle-eastern sounds. Longstanding admirers of Laswell, though, might consider spending their money on something fresher.

Soundtrack stuff, very good..........2002-02-11

Bill Laswell has done many great things... Things like the bands Pain Killer (with j. zorn) and Massacre (w/ f. frith) and this CD is not unlike some of his other releases minus the improvising constantly. The one thing that sets this one aside is that the material is strong thru out the entire album... There are only 2/3 tracks I don't care for and that's the only reason I didn't give this album a 5 star rating. This stuff will certainly stand up to repeated listenings, and if this is your first Laswell purchase, it's a super place to start...

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