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)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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	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

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

External links

The End of Law at Discogs (list of releases)
The End of Law at Bandcamp

Bill Laswell

Related
people

Albums

Killing Time (1981)
" Baselines ( Bill Laswell solo album)" (1982)
Future Shock (1983)
Sound-System (1984)
Album (1986)
Rhythm Killers (1987)
Instinct (1988)
The Burning World (1989)
Make Them Die Slowly (1989)
Brain Drain (1989)
Funk of Ages (1990)
Bucketheadland (1992)
Third Eye Open (1992)
Holy Terror (1993)
Pieces of Woo: The Other Side (1993)
Giant Robot (1994)
Dreamatorium (1994)
Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud
Funkcronomicon (1995)
The Day of the Robot (1996)
The Last Wave (1996)
Aftershock 2005 (1996)
Disembodied (1997)
Arc of the Testimony (1997)
Free Agent: A Spaced Odyssey (1997)
Future 2 Future (2001)
No Place to Be (2006)
Torn from Black Space (2009)

Bands

Method of Defiance	The Only Way To Go Is Down Inamorata Nihon Jahbulon Incunabula Dub Arcanum Arcandrum Nahariama

The Golden Palominos	The Golden Palominos Visions of Excess Blast of Silence A Dead Horse Drunk With Passion This Is How It Feels Pure Dead Inside

Material	About Time Temporary Music Memory Serves One Down Seven Souls Live from Soundscape The Third Power Live in Japan Hallucination Engine The Road to the Western Lands Intonarumori

Painkiller	Guts of a Virgin Buried Secrets Rituals: Live in Japan Execution Ground Painkiller: The Collected Works Talisman: Live in Nagoya 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 12

Praxis	Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) Sacrifist Metatron Live in Poland Transmutation Live Collection Warszawa Zurich Tennessee 2004 Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)

Shin Terai	Unison Heaven & Hell Lightyears

Other bands: Ashes
Last Exit
Massacre
Soup
Tabla Beat Science
Time Zone

Labels

Bill Laswell album discography

Solo

Studio albums	Baselines Hear No Evil Outer Dark Silent Recoil Oscillations City of Light Oscillations 2 Invisible Design Imaginary Cuba Permutation Dub Chamber 3 Lo. Def Pressure Filmtracks 2000 Points of Order Version 2 Version Invisible Design II Means of Deliverance Túwaqachi

As a pseudonym	Ambient Dub Volume I Ambient Dub Volume II Doom Ride Dub Terror Exhaust Jihad Axiom Ambient Akasha Axiom Funk Off World One Distill Chapter One Axiom Dub Chapter Two Nagual Site Sacrifice The End of Law Serene Timeless Joy The Redesign Book of Exit

Remix albums	Oscillations Remixes Trojan Dub Massive: Chapter One Trojan Dub Massive: Chapter Two

Cover albums	Jazzonia

Soundtrack albums	Broken Vessels

Compilations	Deconstruction: The Celluloid Recordings Light in Extension Ambient Compendium Final Oscillations ROIR Dub Sessions Aspiration

Collaborative

Studio albums	Low Life Outland Psychonavigation Cymatic Scan Visitation Web Somnific Flux Subsonic 2: Bass Terror Psychonavigation 2 Interpieces Organization Outland 2 Psychonavigation 3 Dub Meltdown Outland 3 Psychonavigation 4 Charged Outland IV Life Space Death Radioaxiom: A Dub Transmission Psychonavigation 5 Buck Jam Tonic Aftermathematics Soup A Navel City/No One Is There Brutal Calling Episome Outland 5 Lodge No Matter Konton Near Nadir BLIXT The Dream Membrane The Process

Live albums	Asian Games Soup Live Live at the Bowery Poetry Project Bass & Drums

Other albums

Bill Laswell band discography

The Golden Palominos

Anton Fier Tony Scherr Andy Hess Nicole Blackman Lori Carson Knox Chandler Bootsy Collins Fred Frith Jody Harris Lydia Kavanagh Robert Kidney Amanda Kramer Bill Laswell Arto Lindsay David Moss Nicky Skopelitis Syd Straw Bernie Worrell John Zorn

Studio albums	The Golden Palominos (1983) Visions of Excess (1985) Blast of Silence (Axed My Baby for a Nickel) (1986) A Dead Horse (1989) Drunk with Passion (1991) This Is How It Feels (1993) Pure (1994) Dead Inside (1996)

Compilations	Thundering Herd: The Best of The Golden Palominos (1991) A History (1982–1985) (1992) A History (1986–1989) (1992)

Singles	"Alive and Living Now"

with Kevn Kinney	A Good Country Mile (2012)

Last Exit

Peter Brötzmann Ronald Shannon Jackson Bill Laswell Sonny Sharrock

Studio albums	Iron Path

Live albums	Last Exit The Noise of Trouble Cassette Recordings '87 Köln Headfirst into the Flames

Compilations	Best of Live

Categories	Albums Members

Massacre

Fred Frith Bill Laswell Fred Maher Charles Hayward

Studio albums	Killing Time (1981) Funny Valentine (1998)

Live albums	Meltdown (2001) Lonely Heart (2007)

Material

Bill Laswell Michael Beinhorn Fred Maher Daevid Allen Bill Bacon Cliff Cultreri Michael Lawrence

Studio albums	Temporary Music Memory Serves One Down Seven Souls The Third Power Hallucination Engine Intonarumori

Live albums	Live from Soundscape Live in Japan

EPs	American Songs

Singles	"Bustin' Out"

Related	Discography About Time

Painkiller

Members	John Zorn Bill Laswell Mick Harris Yoshida Tatsuya

Collaborators	Justin Broadrick G. C. Green Keiji Haino Yamatsuka Eye Hamid Drake Mike Patton

Studio albums	Guts of a Virgin Buried Secrets Execution Ground

Live albums	Rituals: Live in Japan Talisman: Live in Nagoya 50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 12 The Prophecy: Live in Europe

Box sets	Painkiller: The Collected Works

Related articles	Naked City Godflesh Scorn

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