Dissident (album)

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Dissident
Deadline - Dissident.jpg
Studio album by
Released1991 (1991)
RecordedGreenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Platinum Island Studios, NYC
Genre Electronic
Length36:28
Label Day Eight
Producer Jonas Hellborg, Bill Laswell
Deadline chronology
Down by Law
(1985)
Dissident
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Dissident is the second studio album by Deadline, released in 1991 by Day Eight Music.

Deadline was an Electronic music collective with an ever rotating line-up. The core of the group was bassist Bill Laswell and drummer Phillip Wilson for their first album and Laswell and Jonas Hellborg for their second. Artists such as Aïyb Dieng, Michael Beinhorn, Bernie Worrell, Fred Maher, Robert Quine also made contributions to the project.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Who's Who" Jonas Hellborg 4:39
2."Black Swans"Jonas Hellborg, Jens Johansson, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis 5:53
3."World Disorder"Jonas Hellborg4:50
4."Refrain"Jonas Hellborg5:17
5."Heart of Darkness"Jonas Hellborg, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis5:37
6."The Stone That Speaks"Jonas Hellborg, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis5:29
7."Broken Edge"Jonas Hellborg, Bill Laswell4:39

Personnel

Musicians
Bootsy Collins American musician

William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American musician and singer-songwriter.

Bass guitar Electric bass instrument

The bass guitar is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

Aïyb Dieng is a Senegalese drummer and percussionist specializing in hand drums. He has recorded one solo album, 1995's Rhythmagick, and has worked with a wide range of musicians, including bassist/producer Bill Laswell.

Technical personnel
Audio mixing (recorded music) audio mixing to yield recorded sound

In sound recording and reproduction, audio mixing is the process of combining multitrack recordings into a final mono, stereo or surround sound product. These tracks that are blended together are done so by using various processes such as equalization and compression. Audio mixing techniques and approaches can vary widely, and due to the skill-level or intent of the mixer, can greatly affect the qualities of the sound recording.

Sound recording and reproduction recording of sound and playing it back

Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording.

Robert Musso is a New York City-based guitarist, composer, engineer, and producer. He is the founder of the independent record label MuWorks as well as the current record label - MussoMusic.com. Over the course of a 40 - year career, working on any side of the mic, Musso has produced, mixed, re-mixed, played on, written, or otherwise contributed to over 2000 records, CDs, movie soundtracks, etc. on every continent in the world except Antarctica,.

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Germany 1991Day Eight CD DEMCD 027
Japan 1992JimcoCDJICK-89044

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References

  1. Anderson, Rick. "Dissident". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.