Aspiration (album)

Aspiration
Compilation album by Bill Laswell
Released	March 15, 2011 (2011-03-15)
Recorded	Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, NY Orange Music, West Orange, NJ The House of the Caid Khoubane, District Chbanat, Morocco
Genre	Ambient
Length	48:05
Label	Metastation
Producer	Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell chronology
Konton (2011) Aspiration (2011) Near Nadir (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Aspiration is a compilation album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on March 15, 2011 by Metastation. ^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pattabhi Jois"	Bill Laswell	12:27
2.	"Bliss: The Eternal Now"	Alice Coltrane	7:47
3.	"Searching for You"	Sussan Deyhim, Kudsi Erguner, Bill Laswell, Mark Nauseef	7:03
4.	"The Hidden Garden/Naima"	John Coltrane, Bill Laswell, Simon Shaheen, Nicky Skopelitis	5:26
5.	"Time"	Bill Laswell	8:01
6.	"Peace in Essaouira" (for Sonny Sharrock)	Pharoah Sanders	7:21

Personnel

Adapted from the Aspiration liner notes. ^[3]

Musicians

• Jeff Bova  – synthesizer (4)
• Bootsy Collins  – bass guitar (4)
• Alice Coltrane  – piano and harp (2), musical arrangements (2)
• Sussan Deyhim  – vocals (3), musical arrangements (3)
• Aïyb Dieng  – Ghatam, congas and percussion (4)
• Kudsi Erguner  – ney (3)
• Jonas Hellborg  – bass guitar (4)
• The Dalai Lama  – voice (5)
• Zakir Hussain  – tabla (1)
• K. Pattabhi Jois  – chant (1)
• Toshinori Kondo  – trumpet and electronics (5)
• Bill Laswell  – bass guitar (1, 3, 4, 5), percussion (6), remix (2), producer
• Nils Petter Molvær  – trumpet (1)
• Mark Nauseef  – meditation bells (3)
• Pharoah Sanders  – tenor saxophone (6)
• Carlos Santana  – guitar (2)
• Simon Shaheen  – oud and violin (4)
• Nicky Skopelitis  – guitar, sitar and baglama (4), percussion (6)
• Bernie Worrell  – electric piano and organ (4)

Technical personnel

• James Dellatacoma – assistant engineering
• Michael Fossenkemper – mastering
• Russell Mills  – cover art
• Robert Musso  – engineering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	2011	Metastation	CD	MT 0024

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "Aspiration". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
2. "Bill Laswell: Aspiration". Metastation. 1999. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
3. Aspiration (booklet). Bill Laswell. Santa Barbara, California: Metastation. 2011.

External links

• Aspiration at Discogs (list of releases)