Aspiration (album)

Aspiration
Compilation album by Bill Laswell
Released	March 15, 2011 (2011-03-15)
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
Konton (2011) Aspiration (2011) Near Nadir (2011)

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Allmusic	[1]

Aspiration is a compilation album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on March 15, 2011 by Metastation.^[2]

Track listing

Personnel

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)
• His Holiness 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

Release history

References