Imaginary Cuba

Imaginary Cuba
Imaginary Cuba
Studio album by Bill Laswell
Released	September 14, 1999
Studio	Orange Music, West Orange, NJ
Genre	Dub, sound collage
Length	57:26
Label	Wicklow
Producer	Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Alternative Press	^[2]
DownBeat	^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[4]

Imaginary Cuba is the ninth solo album by the American composer Bill Laswell, released on September 14, 1999, by Wicklow.

Critical reception[edit]

Noting the influence taken from Latin American music, AllMusic reviewer Rick Anderson wrote: "Imaginary Cuba finds [Laswell] taking an approach somewhat similar to the one he employed on his Off World One project -- building on a foundation of field recordings, he constructs complex and often dub-inflected sound collages that sound like no one but Laswell while still maintaining respect for the music's origins."^[1]

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Habana Transmission #1/Avisale a la Vecina Dub"	Bill Laswell	4:57
2.	"Para Clave y Guaguanco"	Amado de Jesús Dedeu Hernández	3:04
3.	"Loungin With F.E."	Frank Emilio Flynn	1:09
4.	"Chacón and Daniel"	Bill Laswell	4:26
5.	"Déjala en la Puntica"	Amado de Jesús Dedeu Hernández	2:21
6.	"Habana Transmission #2/Cuban Evolution"	Bill Laswell	4:39
7.	"Los Ibellis"	Los Ibellis, Bill Laswell	6:37
8.	"Habana Transmission #3/Shango Sound Scan"	Los Ibellis	4:44
9.	"Hombre Lobo, No! Hombre Nuevo, Si"	Bill Laswell	3:48
10.	"Guerillero Heroico"	Bill Laswell	3:33
11.	"Shango"	Los Ibellis	1:15
12.	"Pompa at the House"	Guillermo Pompa	1:53
13.	"Madre No Me Pida in Dub"	Raúl Planas	3:37
14.	"Chaos in the Heat"	Bill Laswell	4:49
15.	"Drafting Shadows/Leaving la Habana"	Bill Laswell	6:34

Personnel[edit]

Adapted from the Imaginary Cuba liner notes.^[5]

Bill Laswell – bass guitar, drum programming, musical arrangements, producer, recording
Oz Fritz – engineering
Daniel Laine – photography

Release history[edit]

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1999	Wicklow	CD	09026-63514-2

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Anderson, Rick. "Imaginary Cuba". AllMusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
^ columnist (December 1999). "Bill Laswell - Imaginary Cuba". Alternative Press: 102.
^ columnist (February 2000). "Bill Laswell - Imaginary Cuba". DownBeat: 69.
^ Browne, David (February 4, 2000). "Havana Ball: The Electronica Cash-In". Entertainment Weekly. No. 524. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
^ Imaginary Cuba (booklet). Bill Laswell. Vancouver, Canada: Wicklow. 1999.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links[edit]

Imaginary Cuba at Discogs (list of releases)
Imaginary Cuba at Bandcamp

[allmusic-1] Anderson, Rick. "Imaginary Cuba". AllMusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[altpressmag-2] umnist (December 1999). "Bill Laswell - Imaginary Cuba". Alternative Press: 102.

[downbeatmag-3] umnist (February 2000). "Bill Laswell - Imaginary Cuba". DownBeat: 69.

[entertainmentweekly-4] Browne, David (February 4, 2000). "Havana Ball: The Electronica Cash-In". Entertainment Weekly. No. 524. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[linearnotes-5] Imaginary Cuba (booklet). Bill Laswell. Vancouver, Canada: Wicklow. 1999.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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