Túwaqachi (The Fourth World)
{{Infobox album
| name = Túwaqachi (The Fourth World)
| type = album
| artist = Bill Laswell
| cover = Bill Laswell - Tuwaqachi.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2012|11|27}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Orange Music, West Orange, NJ
| genre = Ambient, sound collage
| length = 59:01
| label = M.O.D. Technologies
| producer = Bill Laswell
| prev_title = Means of Deliverance
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = The Dream Membrane
| next_year = 2014
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Túwaqachi (The Fourth World) is the eighteenth solo album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on November 27, 2012 by M.O.D. Technologies.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002451398|pure_url=yes}}|title=Túwaqachi (The Fourth World) |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=October 19, 2014}} It was composed by Laswell as an alternative film score to Godfrey Reggio's 1982 experimental film Koyaanisqatsi. With the blessing of the director, an edited version of the film along with the alternative score are intended to be played together in a live setting.{{cite web |url=http://www.mod-technologies.com/billlaswell.html |title=Bill Laswell: Tuwaqachi (The Fourth World) |publisher=M.O.D. Technologies |date=2011 |access-date=October 19, 2014}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| all_music = Bill Laswell
| title1 = Totoka
| length1 = 3:03
| title2 = Kwatoko
| length2 = 0:24
| title3 = Wikima
| length3 = 1:15
| title4 = The Upper Air
| length4 = 1:29
| title5 = Oraibi
| length5 = 1:40
| title6 = Pamösi
| length6 = 1:24
| title7 = Waki
| length7 = 1:50
| title8 = Pátuwvotah
| length8 = 4:29
| title9 = Pávati
| length9 = 2:17
| title10 = Kwátoko
| note10 = Part 2
| length10 = 1:02
| title11 = Wikima
| note11 = Part 2
| length11 = 0:59
| title12 = Panaiyoikyasi
| length12 = 2:23
| title13 = Cloud House
| length13 = 0:59
| title14 = Wénima
| length14 = 2:33
| title15 = Totoka
| note15 = Part 2
| length15 = 3:12
| title16 = Waki
| note16 = Part 2
| length16 = 2:37
| title17 = Solstice
| length17 = 3:54
| title18 = Pátuwvotah
| note18 = Part 2
| length18 = 1:36
| title19 = Cloud House
| note19 = Part 2
| length19 = 2:51
| title20 = Migration
| length20 = 12:53
| title21 = Wénima
| note21 = Part 2
| length21 = 6:20
}}
Personnel
- James Dellatacoma – assistant engineer
- Bill Laswell – bass guitar, drum programming, effects, producer
- Robert Musso – engineering
Release history
| class="wikitable"
! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
| United States
| 2012 | MOD0011 |
References
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/Bill-Laswell-Tuwaqachi-The-Fourth-World/release/4175747 Túwaqachi (The Fourth World)] at Discogs (list of releases)
- [http://billlaswell.bandcamp.com/album/tuwaqachi-the-fourth-world Túwaqachi (The Fourth World)] at Bandcamp
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