Lost in the Translation
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.
Overview
In The Ambient Century, Mark Prendergast describes Lost in the Translation as "an overlapping and intertwining collage of eight symphonicAmbient movements containing some of the most impressive music from the Axiom catalogue", noting that the Orb and Tetsu Inoue are both represented. Rick Anderson of AllMusic describes it as the zenith of Laswell's musical interest in "cybermysticism". Trouser Press named it one of three "star-packed repertory extravaganzas devoted to specific genre indulgence" in Laswell's catalogue, noting that it uses non-ambient musicians to "enter that realm."
The track "Peace in Essaouira", writes Prendergast, "was mixed for the late Eddie Hazel and Sonny Sharrock and featured the playing of both guitarists in a sublime dedication to Jimi Hendrix's 1967 ballad 'Little Wing'. The track concluded with the saxophonist Pharoah Sanders playing a haunting ballad for Sharrock in the coastal Moroccan town of Essaouira."
Personnel
Adapted from the Lost in the Translation liner notes.Musicians
- Tetsu Inoue – effects
- Bill Laswell – effects, producer
- The Orb – effects
- Terre Thaemlitz – effects