DEADLINE

DISSIDENT

  1/  Who's Who                                  (Hellborg)                    4.39
  2/  Black Swans                                (JH,BL,Skopelitis,Johansson)  5.51
  3/  World Disorder                             (Hellborg)                    4.48
  4/  Refrain                                    (Hellborg)                    5.15
  5/  Heart of Darkness                          (Hellborg,Laswell,Skopelitis) 5.37
  6/  The Stone That Speaks                      (Hellborg,Laswell,Skopelitis) 5.29
  7/  Broken Edge                                (Hellborg,Johansson)          4.38

          Recorded at Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, New York and Platiinum Island,
            New York City
          Engineered by Robert Musso and Oz Fritz
          Mixed at Greenpoint by Oz Fritz
          Produced by Jonas Hellborg
          Tracks 1,2,4,5 and 6 co-produced by Bill Laswell
          Mastered at Masterdisk by Howie Weinberg
Bootsy Collins: bass; Jonas Hellborg: bass; Bill Laswell: bass; Jens Johannson: keyboards; Bernie Worrell: keyboards; Aiyb Dieng: percussion; Nicky Skopelitis: Fairlight.

          1991 - Day Eight Music (Germany), DEMCD 027 (CD)

REVIEWS :

As a rule, it's a bad idea for a band to have more than one bass player. Three bass players, under normal circumstances, would be completely out of the question. But when the three are Bill Laswell, Jonas Hellborg and Bootsy Collins, well...at least you need to give a listen. And in this case, the sound of common sense being thrown out the window has never been so sweet. Aiding and abetting our three bass-playing overachievers on this album are keyboardists Jens Johanssen and Bernie Worrell, percussionist Aib Dieng and guitarist Nicky Skopelitis, most of whom have worked together on other projects and all of whom share a penchant for the funkily experimental. Not surprisingly, bass is the dominant voice here: Laswell's is deep and funky, Hellborg's is virtuosic and mystical, and Bootsy's, no surprise, is just plain weird. And funky. The band explores all kinds of interesting musical terrain, from the dark, industrial angst of "World Disorder" to the murmuring electronic jungle of "Who's Who." This is lots of fun, though those unfamiliar with the work of Laswell, Hellborg and Collins in other areas may be a bit mystified at first.

Rick Anderson (courtesy of the All Music Guide via the Get Music website)