Akasha (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Akasha

| type = album

| artist = Divination

| cover = Bill Laswell - Akasha.jpeg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1995|3|28}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, NY

| genre = Dark ambient

| length = 88:20

| label = Subharmonic

| producer = Anton Fier, Mick Harris, Bill Laswell

| prev_title = Light in Extension

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Distill

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Bill Laswell

| type = album

| prev_title = Somnific Flux

| prev_year = 1995

| title = Akasha

| year = 1995

| next_title = Subsonic 2: Bass Terror

| next_year = 1995

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |first=Rick |last=Anderson |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000172248|pure_url=yes}}|title=Akasha |website=Allmusic |access-date=October 19, 2014}}

}}

Akasha is the third album by American composer Bill Laswell to be issued under the moniker Divination. It was released on March 28, 1995, by Subharmonic.{{cite web |first=Ira |last=Robbins |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=bill_laswell |title=Bill Laswell |publisher=Trouser Press |year=2007 |access-date=October 19, 2014}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc one (Ambient)

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = Descent

| writer1 = Laswell

| extra1 = Bill Laswell

| length1 = 14:55

| title2 = Rain Dream

| writer2 = Hosono

| extra2 = Haruomi Hosono

| length2 = 5:49

| title3 = Ascesis

| writer3 = Fier

| extra3 = Anton Fier with Lydia Kavanaugh

| length3 = 10:06

| title4 = Stir

| writer4 = Harris

| extra4 = Mick Harris

| length4 = 11:17

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc two (Rhythm)

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = Tangier Space Draft

| writer1 = Laswell

| extra1 = Bill Laswell with DXT

| length1 = 15:21

| title2 = Navigations

| writer2 = Hosono, Shimizu

| extra2 = Haruomi Hosono and Yasuaki Shimizu

| length2 = 14:41

| title3 = Illuminoid Assassin

| writer3 = Laswell

| extra3 = Bill Laswell with DXT

| length3 = 16:11

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Akasha liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Akasha |others=Divination |year=1995 |type=booklet |publisher=Subharmonic |location=New York City}}

Musicians

Anton Fier – effects and producer (1.3)
Grand Mixer DXT – turntables (2.1, 2.3)
Mick Harris – effects and producer(1.4)
Haruomi Hosono – drum programming and effects (1.2, 2.2)
Lydia Kavanaugh – vocals (1.3)
Bill Laswell – bass, effects, drum programming, producer and mixing (1.1, 1.2, 2.1–2.3), editing