Deconstruction: The Celluloid Recordings

~ Release by Bill Laswell (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

1993 - Restless (USA), 7 72665-2 (2CD)
1994 - Celluloid (Europe), CELCD 5100 (2CD)

1993 - Restless (USA), 7 72665-2 (2CD)
1994 - Celluloid (Europe), CELCD 5100 (2CD)

Annotation last modified on 2008-12-14 16:22 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶Medium
2▼Medium
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Oh My People
The Last Poets7:34
2Cross Examination
Fela Kuti11:54
3Interlock
Ginger Baker4:55
4Harima
percussion [drum] programming:
Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer) and Foday Musa Suso
assistant engineer:
Sam Fishkin (task: assistant at Studiomedia) and Hahn Rowe (task: assistant at Evergreen)
engineer:
Robert Stevens (engineer)
producer:
Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer), Material (group and producer team led by Bill Laswell) and Foday Musa Suso
mixer:
Dave Jerden
bass:
Joe Thomas (US funk/soul/disco artist)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Hamid Drake (US jazz drummer and percussionist)
dunun [dundungo]:
Reymond Sillah (percussionist, performed on Mandingo's "Watto Sitta" in the 1980's)
guest percussion:
Aïyb Dieng
guest synthesizer [Yamaha DX7]:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
guitar:
Abdul Hakeen
instruments:
Foday Musa Suso
percussion:
Adam Rudolph (jazz composer, percussionist)
background vocals:
Nora Harris (vocalist) and Isatou Walker (background vocalist, associated with Mandingo in the 1980’s)
guest background vocals:
Robin Robinson (soul jazz blues vocalist)
lead vocals:
Foday Musa Suso
recorded at:
Evergreen Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States and Studiomedia in Evanston, Illinois, United States
mixed at:
El Dorado Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Harima
composer and arranger:
Foday Musa Suso
publisher:
Mandingo Music (publisher for Mandingo Griot Society)
Mandingo6:04
5Locomotive
recording engineer:
Martin Bisi (from 1987-01-03 until 1987-01-06)
mixer:
Martin Bisi
recorded at:
B.C. Studios in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States (from 1987-01-03 until 1987-01-06)
recording of:
Locomotive
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Peter Brötzmann & Bill Laswell3:44
6Change the Beat
Fab 5 Freddy7:41
7Shango Message
Shango7:44
8Legs
additional engineer:
Greg Curry
engineer:
Martin Bisi and Jean-Marc Foussat (experimental music composer and improviser)
performer:
Fred Frith, Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer) and Fred Maher
recording of:
Legs
writer:
Massacre (US avant‐garde band)
Massacre2:04
9My Balls/Your Chin
Last Exit2:28
10Square Dance
engineer:
Martin Bisi
producer:
Martin Bisi and Material (group and producer team led by Bill Laswell)
mixer:
Michael Beinhorn, Martin Bisi and Fred Frith
alto saxophone:
Henry Threadgill
bass:
Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer)
trombone:
George Lewis (Chicago-born trombonist and experimental composer)
performer:
Michael Beinhorn, Fred Frith and Fred Maher
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Celluloid Records (drum and bass)
recorded at:
OAO Studio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Sorcerer Sound in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Square Dance
Material4:29
11Natalia
Touré Kunda4:57
12O.A.O.
recording of:
O.A.O.
Material4:44