The End of Law

The End of Law
Studio album by Hashisheen
Released	May 25, 1999
Genre	Electronic, dub
Length	47:53
Label	Sub Rosa
Producer	Peter Becker, Janet Rienstra
Bill Laswell chronology
Psychonavigation 4 (1999) The End of Law (1999) Charged (1999)

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Allmusic	[1]

Hashisheen: The End of Law is an album by American composer Bill Laswell. It was released on May 25, 1999 by Sub Rosa.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"First Reading"		0:30
2.	"The Old Man of the Mountain"		3:12
3.	"The Western Lands"		6:12
4.	"The Spilled Cup"		1:47
5.	"Marco Polo's Tale"		1:43
6.	"Pilgrimage to Cairo"		1:50
7.	"Freya Stark at Alamut"		0:20
8.	"Castles"		0:57
9.	"Hashish Poem"		2:52
10.	"Sinan's Post"		1:56
11.	"Assassinations"		0:33
12.	"The Mongols Destroy Alamut"		1:14
13.	"The Divine Self"		5:09
14.	"Morning High"		3:03
15.	"A Quick Trip to Alamut"		3:41
16.	"Slogans"		0:47
17.	"Book of the Highest Initiation"		2:41
18.	"The Lord of the Resurrection"		0:52
19.	"Assassinations"		0:52
20.	"Tale of the Caliph Hakem"		5:00
21.	"The Assassins"		2:05
22.	"Last Reading"		0:37

Personnel

Adapted from the Hashisheen: The End of Law liner notes.^[3]

Spoken word artists Hakim Bey – spoken word (5, 6, 21) Nicole Blackman – spoken word (7, 9, 11, 19) William S. Burroughs – spoken word (3) Anne Clark – spoken word (20) Ira Cohen – spoken word (10) Lizzy Mercier Descloux – spoken word (14) Sussan Deyhim – spoken word (1, 4, 22) Umar Bin Hassan – spoken word (18) Percy Howard – spoken word (2, 8, 12) Genesis P-Orridge – spoken word (2, 16, 17, 20) Iggy Pop – spoken word (3, 15) Patti Smith – spoken word (14) Jah Wobble – bass guitar, keyboards and spoken word (13)

Musicians Helios Creed – guitar and effects (16, 17) Anton Fier – drums (7, 8, 11, 19) Bill Laswell – bass guitar and effects (16, 17), musical arrangements Jaki Liebezeit – drums (13) Neville Murray – bendir and congas (13) Oliver Ray – guitar (14) Paul Schütze – instruments (12, 15) Nicky Skopelitis – guitar (5, 14) Techno Animal – instruments (3) Technical personnel Peter Becker – producer, engineering Mark Ferda – engineering, mixing Janet Rienstra – producer, musical arrangements Hugo Scholten – engineering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1999	Sub Rosa	CD	SR154

References

1. Anderson, Rick. "Hashisheen: The End of Law". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
2. "Bill Laswell: Hashisheen - The End of Law". Sub Rosa. 1999. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
3. The End of Law (booklet). Hashisheen. Bruxelles, Belgium: Sub Rosa. 1999.

External links

• Hashisheen : The End of Law at Discogs (list of releases)