Lost in the Translation

Lost in the Translation
Lost in the Translation
Studio album by Axiom Ambient
Released	November 8, 1994
Studio	Greenpoint (Brooklyn)
Genre	Ambient
Length	121:33
Label	Axiom
Producer	Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Down Beat	^[2]

Lost in the Translation is an album by American composer Bill Laswell, issued under the moniker Axiom Ambient. It was released on November 8, 1994, by Axiom.^[3]

Track listing[edit]

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Eternal Drift" (Below the Boundaries of the Inner Station/Eternal Thaemlitz Curse/ Light of Darkness/Construct Over Destiny/Sacred Drift)	Laswell, Skopelitis, Thaemlitz	15:53
2.	"Peace" (My Soul to Keep/Who Does She Hope to Be?/Peace in Essaouria)	Hazel, Sanders, Sharrock	17:11
3.	"Aum" (Soul Searcher/Praying Mantra (Second Attention)/Tarab Scan/Ritual in Transfigured Time)	Caroline, Lakshminarayana, Rao, Shankar, Skopelitis, Wobble	17:37
4.	"Cosmic Trigger" (Through the Flames/Cosmic Slop/Animal Behavior)	Buckethead, Collins, Laswell, Worrell	16:19

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dharmapala" (Along a Ghostly Path/Before Dark/Knox Om Pax)	Hellborg, Wahab	14:35
2.	"Flash of Panic" (Pipes of Pan/Up Above the World/Under Black Skies/Out of the Ether)	Attar, Baker, Laswell, Skopelitis	15:17
3.	"Holy Mountain" (Assassin's Dream/Blues in the East/Alamut Transmission)	Laswell, Sola	16:41
4.	"Ruins" (Bubble Wrap mix)	Inoue, Laswell	8:00

Personnel[edit]

Adapted from the Lost in the Translation liner notes.^[4] Musicians

Tetsu Inoue – effects ("Ruins")
Bill Laswell – effects, producer
The Orb – effects ("Aum")
Terre Thaemlitz – effects ("Eternal Drift")

Technical

Release history[edit]

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1994	Axiom	CD, LP	314-524 053

References[edit]

^ Anderson, Rick. "Axiom Ambient: Lost in the Translation". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
^ columnist (September 1995). "Axiom Ambient - Lost in the Translation". Down Beat: 48.
^ Robbins, Ira (2007). "Bill Laswell". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
^ Lost in the Translation (booklet). Axiom Ambient. New York City, New York: Axiom. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links[edit]

Axiom Ambient - Lost in the Translation at Discogs (list of releases)
Lost in the Translation at Bandcamp

[allmusic-1] Anderson, Rick. "Axiom Ambient: Lost in the Translation". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[downbeatmag-2] umnist (September 1995). "Axiom Ambient - Lost in the Translation". Down Beat: 48.

[trouserpress-3] Robbins, Ira (2007). "Bill Laswell". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[linearnotes-4] Lost in the Translation (booklet). Axiom Ambient. New York City, New York: Axiom. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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