The End of Law
{{Infobox album
| name = The End of Law
| type = album
| artist = Hashisheen
| cover = Bill Laswell - The End of Law.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1999|5|25}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Electronic, dub
| length = 47:53
| label = Sub Rosa
| producer = Peter Becker, Janet Rienstra
| chronology = Bill Laswell
| prev_title = Psychonavigation 4
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Charged
| next_year = 1999
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Rick |last=Anderson |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000242614|pure_url=yes}}|title=Hashisheen: The End of Law |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=October 19, 2014}}
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Hashisheen: The End of Law is an album by American composer Bill Laswell. It was released on May 25, 1999, by Sub Rosa.{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.subrosa.net/en/catalogue/soundworks/bill-laswell_03.html |title=Bill Laswell: Hashisheen - The End of Law |publisher=Sub Rosa |date=1999 |accessdate=October 19, 2014}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = First Reading
| writing1 =
| length1 = 0:30
| title2 = The Old Man of the Mountain
| writing2 =
| length2 = 3:12
| title3 = The Western Lands
| writing3 =
| length3 = 6:12
| title4 = The Spilled Cup
| writing4 =
| length4 = 1:47
| title5 = Marco Polo's Tale
| writing5 =
| length5 = 1:43
| title6 = Pilgrimage to Cairo
| writing6 =
| length6 = 1:50
| title7 = Freya Stark at Alamut
| writing7 =
| length7 = 0:20
| title8 = Castles
| writing8 =
| length8 = 0:57
| title9 = Hashish Poem
| writing9 =
| length9 = 2:52
| title10 = Sinan's Post
| writing10 =
| length10 = 1:56
| title11 = Assassinations
| writing11 =
| length11 = 0:33
| title12 = The Mongols Destroy Alamut
| writing12 =
| length12 = 1:14
| title13 = The Divine Self
| writing13 =
| length13 = 5:09
| title14 = Morning High
| writing14 =
| length14 = 3:03
| title15 = A Quick Trip to Alamut
| writing15 =
| length15 = 3:41
| title16 = Slogans
| writing16 =
| length16 = 0:47
| title17 = Book of the Highest Initiation
| writing17 =
| length17 = 2:41
| title18 = The Lord of the Resurrection
| writing18 =
| length18 = 0:52
| title19 = Assassinations
| writing19 =
| length19 = 0:52
| title20 = Tale of the Caliph Hakem
| writing20 =
| length20 = 5:00
| title21 = The Assassins
| writing21 =
| length21 = 2:05
| title22 = Last Reading
| writing22 =
| length22 = 0:37
}}
Personnel
Adapted from the Hashisheen: The End of Law liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=The End of Law |others=Hashisheen |year=1999 |type=booklet |publisher=Sub Rosa |location=Bruxelles, Belgium}}
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Spoken word artists
- Hakim Bey – spoken word (5, 6, 21)
- Nicole Blackman – spoken word (7, 9, 11, 19)
- William S. Burroughs – spoken word (3)
- Anne Clark – spoken word (20)
- Ira Cohen – spoken word (10)
- Lizzy Mercier Descloux – spoken word (14)
- Sussan Deyhim – spoken word (1, 4, 22)
- Umar Bin Hassan – spoken word (18)
- Percy Howard – spoken word (2, 8, 12)
- Genesis P-Orridge – spoken word (2, 16, 17, 20)
- Iggy Pop – spoken word (3, 15)
- Patti Smith – spoken word (14)
- Jah Wobble – bass guitar, keyboards and spoken word (13)
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Musicians
- Helios Creed – guitar and effects (16, 17)
- Anton Fier – drums (7, 8, 11, 19)
- Bill Laswell – bass guitar and effects (16, 17), musical arrangements
- Jaki Liebezeit – drums (13)
- Neville Murray – bendir and congas (13)
- Oliver Ray – guitar (14)
- Paul Schütze – instruments (12, 15)
- Nicky Skopelitis – guitar (5, 14)
- Techno Animal – instruments (3)
Technical
- Peter Becker – producer, engineering
- Mark Ferda – engineering, mixing
- Janet Rienstra – producer, musical arrangements
- Hugo Scholten – engineering
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Release history
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=588286 |name=The End of Law |type=album}}
- [http://billlaswell.bandcamp.com/album/the-end-of-law The End of Law] at Bandcamp
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