Ambient Compendium

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Ambient Compendium is a compilation album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on August 27, 1996 by M.I.L. Multimedia.

Track listing

Disc one (Dark Massive)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist (date)	Length
1.	"Descent" (from Akasha)	Laswell	Divination (1995)	6:04
2.	"Maps of Impossible Worlds" (from Dreamatorium)	Buckethead, Laswell	Death Cube K (1994)	5:50
3.	"Angel Tech" (from Psychonavigation)	Laswell, Namlook	Bill Laswell & Pete Namlook (1994)	7:00
4.	"Aion" (from Visitation)	Laswell, Sharp	Jonah Sharp/Bill Laswell (1994)	6:46
5.	"Monochrome Existence (Part 6)" (from Cymatic Scan)	Inoue, Laswell	Bill Laswell/Tetsu Inoue (1994)	11:02
6.	"Open Url" (from Web)	Laswell, Thaemlitz	Bill Laswell & Terre Thaemlitz (1995)	10:19
7.	"Distal Sonority" (from Somnific Flux)	Harris, Laswell	M.J. Harris & Bill Laswell (1995)	11:18
8.	"Broken Dream" (previously unreleased)	Laswell	Bill Laswell (1996)	7:29

Disc two (Disengage)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist (date)	Length
1.	"Tangier Space Draft" (from Akasha)	Laswell	Divination (1995)	7:04
2.	"Black Dawn" (from Psychonavigation)	Laswell, Namlook	Bill Laswell & Pete Namlook (1994)	7:20
3.	"Evil Eye" (from Ambient Dub Vol. II)	Laswell	Divination (1993)	7:49
4.	"Port of Entry (The Future Is With Control)" (from Jihad)	Laswell	Automaton (1994)	11:40
5.	"Ancient Evenings" (from Light in Extension)	Laswell	Divination (1994)	7:44
6.	"Zurvan Akarana" (from Visitation)	Laswell, Sharp	Jonah Sharp/Bill Laswell (1994)	8:56
7.	"Asiyah Dub (Blinding the Starry Eyes of God)" (from Dub Terror Exhaust)	Katz, Laswell	Automaton (1994)	9:10
8.	"White Lies" (previously unreleased)	Laswell	Bill Laswell (1996)	6:25

Personnel

• Bill Laswell – bass guitar, producer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1996	M.I.L. Multimedia	CD	ESP 8508