Arcana (Bill Laswell, Tony Williams) - Arc Of The Testimony (1997)
Arcana (Bill Laswell, Tony Williams) - Arc Of The Testimony (1997)
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Genre: jazz, experimental jazz | RAR 5% Rec. | Label: Axiom / Island | # 524 431 | 1997
Arc of Testimony is one of the last recordings to feature legendary drummer Tony Williams, and its bold, experimental textures are a fitting epitaph to his career. Arcana was formed by bassist/producer Bill Laswell with the intention of exploring the outer reaches of fusion, ambient and free jazz. Like the group's debut, Last Wave (released only in Japan), Arc of the Testimony is a freewheeling, unpredictable blend of electronic and acoustic sounds.
Arcana (Bill Laswell, Tony Williams) - Arc Of The Testimony (1997)
However, this record is even more adventurous, since it finds a common ground between improvisation and post-production studio trickery. All of the musicians – Williams, Laswell, saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, saxophonist Byard Lancaster, cornetist Graham Haynes, guitarist Nicky Skopelitis and guitarist Buckethead – are open-minded and help push the music forward, resulting in a thoroughly involving, challenging listen.
Arcana (Bill Laswell, Tony Williams) - Arc Of The Testimony (1997)
The last recordings made by the legendary Tony Williams, this jazz metal fusion fizzes with explosive and exhilarating technique harnessed to a monstrous energy that threatens to break loose of the studio and rage through the adjacent neighbourhoods. The players, Williams, Bill Laswell, Buckethead, and Nicky Skopelitis make up a ferocious nucleus of power, augmented by Pharoah Sanders, Graham Haynes and Byard Lancaster. These are musicians at the very top of their game and this project reinvented fusion, making it relevant (and loud!) in a way that the seventies could never have imagined. Tony Williams died before the album was completed, but this recording showcases a creative spirit and a talent that burned brightly.
"It was just really important to work with Tony [Williams] and I felt that Tony played phenomenally. It was great that we even got to do it and hear him playing with that velocity, force and aggression. It was a phenomenal achievement to get him to do that. We had decided to maybe create a live band and do that more and more, but he died before we could realize that."
Laswell's innerview
TRACKLIST
1. Gone Tomorrow (9:39)
2. Illuminator (6:07)
3. Into The Circle (9:25)
4. Returning (4:29)
5. Calling Out The Blue Light (6:37)
6. Circles Of Hell (7:15)
7. Wheeless On A Dark River (4:27)
8. The Earth Below (5:28)
ARTISTS
Tony Williams - drums
Bill Laswell - 4- & 6-string basses, fretless bass, ebo, sfx
Pharoah Sanders - tenor sax on #1 & 6
Byard Lancaster - alto sax on #3 & 5, bass clarinet on #1, 3 & 5
Graham Haynes - cornet on #1 & 3
Nicky Skopelitis - 6- & 12-string guitars on #1 to 7
Buckethead - guitar on #2, 4 & 6
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Arcana / Arc of the Testimony
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EAC extraction logfile from 20. July 2008, 17:57
Arcana / Arc of the Testimony
Used drive : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-760A Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 30
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=EAC FLAC -8" %s
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 9:41.65 | 0 | 43639
2 | 9:41.65 | 6:07.02 | 43640 | 71166
3 | 15:48.67 | 9:27.05 | 71167 | 113696
4 | 25:15.72 | 4:30.13 | 113697 | 133959
5 | 29:46.10 | 6:40.10 | 133960 | 163969
6 | 36:26.20 | 7:15.40 | 163970 | 196634
7 | 43:41.60 | 4:28.37 | 196635 | 216771
8 | 48:10.22 | 5:30.73 | 216772 | 241594
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Arcana (Bill Laswell, Tony Williams) - Arc Of The Testimony (1997)
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