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Seven Souls (album)

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Released
  
1989

Artist
  
Material

Producer
  
Bill Laswell

Genre
  
No wave

Seven Souls(1989)
  
The Third Power(1991)

Release date
  
1989

Label
  
Triloka

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Studio
  
Platinum Island Studio and BC Studio, New York

Similar
  
Material albums, No wave albums, Other albums

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Seven Souls is a 1989 album by New York based music group Material.A collaboration with author William S. Burroughs, the album features his narration of passages from his novel The Western Lands (1987) set to musical accompaniment.

Contents

The album was re-released in 1997 with bonus tracks, three re-mixes that were added to the beginning of the album. In 1998, a new title, The Road to the Western Lands, was issued, composed of new mixes of the tracks.

"Equation" / "Ineffect" was released as a single in 1989 (Virgin America, PR 3380).

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Track listing

  1. "Ineffect" (Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis, William S. Burroughs, Simon Shaheen) – 7:34
  2. "Seven Souls" (Laswell, Burroughs) – 5:42
  3. "Soul Killer" (Laswell, Burroughs) – 4:32
  4. "The Western Lands" (Laswell, Skopelitis, Burroughs) – 6:54
  5. "Deliver" (Laswell, Skopelitis, Foday Musa Suso) – 5:48
  6. "Equation" (Laswell, Skopelitis, Rammellzee) – 5:06
  7. "The End of Words" (Laswell, Burroughs) – 5:06

Seven Souls (Remix)

  1. "The Western Lands" [a Dangerous Road Mix] (Laswell, Burroughs) – 8:31
  2. "Seven Souls" [Tim Simenon Mix] (Tim Simenon, Burroughs) – 7:06
  3. "Soul Killer" [Remote Control Mix by Terre Thaemlitz] (Terre Thaemlitz, Burroughs) – 8:15

The rest of the album as per the original release

The Road to the Western Lands

  1. Bill Laswell – "The Seven Souls" (Burroughs, Laswell) – 5:47
  2. Talvin Singh – "The Western Lands" (Burroughs, Talvin Singh) 6:36
  3. DJ Soul Slinger – "The Western Lands" (Burroughs, DJ Soul Slinger) 5:09
  4. Spring Heel Jack – "The Road to the Western Lands" (Burroughs, John Coxon, Ashley Wales) 6:17
  5. The Audio Janitor (DJ Olive) – "Joan's Haunted Hints at the Gate to the Western Lands" (Burroughs, DJ Olive) 6:37
  6. Bill Laswell – "Seven Souls" [The Secret Name] (Burroughs, Laswell) 10:37
  7. Material – "The Western Lands" [A Dangerous Road Mix] (Burroughs, Laswell) – 8:31

Personnel

Material

  • Bill Laswell – 4, 6 and 8-string basses, acoustic guitar, tapes, percussion

    • Additional personnel

  • William S. Burroughs – voice
  • Rammellzee – voice ("Equation")
  • Foday Musa Suso – voice ("Deliver")
  • Fahiem Dandan – voice ("Ineffect")
  • Nicky Skopelitis – 6 and 12 string guitars, baglama, coral sitar, saz, Fairlight CMI
  • Simon Shaheen – violin
  • L. Shankar – violin
  • Jeff Bova – electronic keyboards
  • Sly Dunbar – drums, Fairlight
  • Aïyb Dieng – percussion

    • "The Western Lands" [a Dangerous Road Mix]

  • Jah Wobble – bass
  • Bill Laswell – bass samples
  • Nicky Skopelitis – guitar
  • Tetsu Inoue – electronics
  • DJ Spooky – noise

    • "The Seven Souls" [The Secret Name]

  • Alicia Renee aka Blue Eyes: vocals
  • Nicky Skopelitis: guitar
  • Bill Laswell: bass, keyboards, turntable

    • Production

  • Recorded at Platinum Island Studio and BC Studio, New York.
  • Produced by Bill Laswell / Material.

    • Release history

  • Seven Souls – 1989 – Virgin, CDV 2596 (CD)
  • Seven Souls (Remix) – 1997 – Triloka Records, 314 534 905-2 (CD)
  • The Road to the Western Lands – 1998 – Triloka / Mercury, 314 558 021-2 (2x 12" / CD)

    • The track "Seven Souls" is featured in the opening scene and in the closing credits of The Sopranos Season 6 episode, "Members Only".

    Songs

    1Ineffect7:34
    2Seven Souls5:45
    3Soul Killer4:34

    References

    Seven Souls (album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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