History Music / Panthalassa

''Panthalassa: The Music of Music/MilesDavis 1969-1974'' is a 1998 album by Bill Laswell. Working from the premise that Davis' fusion albums were themselves heavily studio-edited, Laswell secured access to the original master tapes and [[RemixAlbum recut the music himself]]. Laswell aimed to create a more coherently-structured work, remixing the recordings to bring influential rhythm elements to the fore. Averting TheyChangedItNowItSucks, ''Panthalassa'' met a mostly positive response.

''Panthalassa: The Music of Music/MilesDavis 1969-1974'' is a 1998 album by Bill Laswell. Working from the premise that Davis' fusion albums were themselves heavily studio-edited, Laswell secured access to the original master tapes and recut the music himself. Laswell aimed to create a more coherently-structured work, remixing the recordings to bring influential rhythm elements to the fore. Averting TheyChangedItNowItSucks, ''Panthalassa'' met a mostly positive response.

* RearrangeTheSong: Rearranging the originals is the entire album concept, and arguably part of the originals' as well.

* CutSong: The latter parts of "Black Satin / What If / Agharta Prelude Dub" are comprised from earlier cut sound.
** CallForward: "Agharta Prelude Dub", to the LiveAlbum ''Agharta''

'''Panthalassa: The Music of Music/MilesDavis 1969-1974''' is a 1998 album by Bill Laswell. Working from the premise that Davis' fusion albums were themselves heavily studio-edited, Laswell secured access to the original master tapes and recut the music himself. Laswell aimed to create a more coherently-structured work, remixing the recordings to bring influential rhythm elements to the fore. Averting TheyChangedItNowItSucks, ''Panthalassa'' met a mostly positive response.

* {{Instrumentals}}

* IdiosyncraticAlbumTheming: The album title corresponds with Davis' LiveAlbum themeng - where "Agharta" and "Pangaea" denoted mythological continents, "Panthalassa" is named after the ocean of the same mythology.

''Panthalassa: The Music of Music/MilesDavis 1969-1974'' is a 1998 album by Bill Laswell. Working from the premise that Davis' fusion albums were themselves heavily studio-edited, Laswell secured access to the original master tapes and recut the music himself. Laswell aimed to create a more coherently-structured work, remixing the recordings to bring influential rhythm elements to the fore. Averting TheyChangedItNowItSucks, ''Panthalassa'' met a mostly positive response.

* [[Main/{{Ambient}} Ambient Music]]: Davis' ''Get Up With It'' was famously described as ''"music to fill a room"'', and Laswell plays up this aspect of the music for all it's worth, turning up tablas and electronic instrumentation where possible.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: "He Loved Him Madly". The original piece was Miles' tribute to then-recently diseased Duke Ellington.
* IdiosyncraticAlbumTheming: The album title corresponds with Davis' LiveAlbum themeng - where ''Agharta'' and ''Pangaea'' denoted mythological continents, ''Panthalassa'' is named after the ocean of the same mythology.

* TheStoic: ''In A Silent Way'', ''Shhh/Peaceful''.
* VaguenessIsComing: ''It's About That Time''.
* XMakesAnythingCool: For instance: naming an instrumental track ''Rated X''.

!! Black Satin tropes

* CutSong: The latter parts of "Black Satin/What If/Agharta Prelude Dub" are comprised from earlier cut sound.
** CallForward: ''"Agharta Prelude Dub"'', to the LiveAlbum ''Agharta''

* HeterosexualLifePartners: ''He Loved Him Madly''.

* CompilationAlbum

* [[Main/{{Ambient}} Ambient Music]]: Davis' ''Get Up With It'' was famously described as "music to fill a room", and Laswell plays up this aspect of the music for all it's worth, turning up tablas and electronic instrumentation where possible.

** CallForward: "Agharta Prelude Dub", to the LiveAlbum ''Agharta''

* IdiosyncraticAlbumTheming: The album title corresponds with Davis' LiveAlbum themeng - where ''Agharta'' and ''Pangaea'' denoted mythological continents, ''Panthalassa'' is named for the ocean of the same mythology.

* XMakesAnythingCool: Like naming an instrumental track ''Rated X''.

!!The album demonstrates the following tropes:

* RearrangeTheSong: Rearranging the originals is the entire album concept, and arguably part of the originals' as well.

''Panthalassa: The Music of [[Music/MilesDavis]] 1969-1974'' is a 1998 album by Bill Laswell. Working from the premise that Davis' fusion albums were themselves heavily studio-edited, Laswell secured access to the original master tapes and recut the music himself. Laswell aimed to create a more coherently-structured work, remixing the recordings to bring influential rhythm elements to the fore. Averting TheyChangedItNowItSucks, ''Panthalassa'' met a mostly positive response.

* IdiosynchraticAlbumTheming: The album title corresponds with Davis' LiveAlbum themeng - where ''Agharta'' and ''Pangaea'' denoted mythological continents, ''Panthalassa'' is named for the ocean of the same mythology.