Nagual Site

Nagual Site
Nagual Site
Studio album by Sacred System
Released	August 25, 1998
Studio	Orange Music (West Orange, N.J.)
Genre	Ambient dub
Length	45:48
Label	Wicklow
Producer	Bill Laswell
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Last updated May 19, 2025

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Nagual Site is the third album by American composer Bill Laswell issued under the moniker Sacred System. It was released on August 25, 1998, by Wicklow.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Raag Sohni"	Bill Buchen, Gulam Mohamed Khan	5:55
2.	"Black Lotus"	Bill Laswell	10:13
3.	"X-Zibit-I"	Graham Haynes, Bill Laswell	7:45
4.	"Dèrive"	Byard Lancaster, Bill Laswell	5:24
5.	"Saiya Nikasegaye"	Bill Buchen, Gulam Mohamed Khan	6:13
6.	"Driftwork"	Clive Bell, Bill Laswell, Jah Wobble	8:53
7.	"Aab Yaad Kar Tu"	Bill Buchen, Gulam Mohamed Khan	7:38

Personnel

Adapted from the Nagual Site liner notes.^[3]Musicians

Clive Bell – khene, shakuhachi
Bill Buchen – slit drum, tablas, ektārā, musical arrangements (1, 5, 8)
Sussan Deyhim – voice
Aïyb Dieng – bells, chatan pot drums
Hamid Drake – drums, frame drum
Craig Harris – trombone
Graham Haynes – cornet
Zakir Hussain – tabla
Gulam Mohamed Khan – harmonium, voice, musical arrangements (1, 5, 8)
Bill Laswell – bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, musical arrangements, producer
Byard Lancaster – soprano saxophone
David Liebman – soprano saxophone
Badal Roy – tabla, voice
Nicky Skopelitis – six-string guitar, twelve-string guitar
Jah Wobble – bass guitar
Bernie Worrell – electric piano, organ

Technical

Michael Fossenkemper – mastering
James Koehnline – illustrations
Robert Musso – engineering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1998	BMG Classics, Wicklow	CD	09026 63263 2

References

↑ Love, Bret. "Sacred System: Nagual Site". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
↑ Green, Tony (December 1998). "Bill Laswell and Sacred Systems: Nagual Site". JazzTimes . Retrieved October 22, 2014.
↑ Nagual Site (booklet). Sacred System. Vancouver, Canada: Wicklow. 1998.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

Nagual Site at Discogs (list of releases)
Nagual Site at Bandcamp

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[allmusic-1] Love, Bret. "Sacred System: Nagual Site". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[jazztimesreview-2] Green, Tony (December 1998). "Bill Laswell and Sacred Systems: Nagual Site". JazzTimes . Retrieved October 22, 2014.

[linearnotes-3] Nagual Site (booklet). Sacred System. Vancouver, Canada: Wicklow. 1998.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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