Túwaqachi (The Fourth World)

Túwaqachi (The Fourth World)
Studio album by Bill Laswell
Released	November 27, 2012 (2012-11-27)
Studio	Orange Music, West Orange, NJ
Genre	Ambient, sound collage
Length	59:01
Label	M.O.D. Technologies
Producer	Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell chronology
Means of Deliverance (2012) Túwaqachi (The Fourth World) (2012) The Dream Membrane (2014)

Túwaqachi (The Fourth World) is the eighteenth solo album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on November 27, 2012 by M.O.D. Technologies. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

Track listing

All music is composed by Bill Laswell.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Totoka"	3:03
2.	"Kwatoko"	0:24
3.	"Wikima"	1:15
4.	"The Upper Air"	1:29
5.	"Oraibi"	1:40
6.	"Pamösi"	1:24
7.	"Waki"	1:50
8.	"Pátuwvotah"	4:29
9.	"Pávati"	2:17
10.	"Kwátoko" (Part 2)	1:02
11.	"Wikima" (Part 2)	0:59
12.	"Panaiyoikyasi"	2:23
13.	"Cloud House"	0:59
14.	"Wénima"	2:33
15.	"Totoka" (Part 2)	3:12
16.	"Waki" (Part 2)	2:37
17.	"Solstice"	3:54
18.	"Pátuwvotah" (Part 2)	1:36
19.	"Cloud House" (Part 2)	2:51
20.	"Migration"	12:53
21.	"Wénima" (Part 2)	6:20

Personnel

• James Dellatacoma – assistant engineer
• Bill Laswell  – bass guitar, drum programming, effects, producer
• Robert Musso  – engineering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	2012	M.O.D. Technologies	Digital download	MOD0011

References

1. "Túwaqachi (The Fourth World)". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
2. "Bill Laswell: Tuwaqachi (The Fourth World)". M.O.D. Technologies. 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

External links

• Túwaqachi (The Fourth World) at Discogs (list of releases)
• Túwaqachi (The Fourth World) at Bandcamp